Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Infected Patients Seeking Healthcare in a Rural Hospital in Ghana

Table 2

Parasites and their stages identified in stool samples using various detection techniques.

Parameter	Total	Wet prep	FECT	Both wet prep and FECT
Parasitic agent
A. lumbricoides	4 (1.19)	3 (0.90)	1 (0.30)	0 (0.00)
E. histolytica/dispar	3 (0.90)	3 (0.90)	1 (0.30)	1 (0.30)
G. lamblia	10 (2.99)	10 (2.99)	2 (0.60)	2 (0.60)
T. trichiura	3 (0.90)	0 (0.00)	3 (0.90)	0 (0.00)
Total	20 (5.97)	16 (4.78)	7 (2.09)	3 (0.90)
Stage of parasitic agent
Trophozoites	11 (3.28)	11 (3.28)	—
Egg	5 (1.49)	5 (1.49)	—
Cyst	7 (2.09)	—	7 (2.09)

Data are presented as figures with corresponding percentages in parentheses. FECT = formol-ether concentration techniques; Prep = preparation.