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- Title
Utility of an Automatic Vision-Based Examination System (AVE-562) for the Detection of Clonorchis sinensis Eggs in Stool.
- Authors
Yu Jeong Lee; Eun Jeong Won; Young-Chang Cho; Soo Hyun Kim; Myung Geun Shin; Jong Hee Shin
- Abstract
Stool examination is the gold standard for the detection of intestinal parasites. We assessed the performance of a newly developed AVE-562 analyzer (AVE Science & Technology Co., Hunan, China) for the vision-based detection of eggs of Clonorchis sinensis--the most common intestinal parasite in Korea--in stool samples. In total, 30 stool samples with a high or low egg count or without eggs (as negative control samples) (N=10 each) were prepared and analyzed. The performance of the AVE-562 analyzer was compared with that of the formalin-ether concentration (FEC) method. The overall correct identification rate of the AVE-562 analyzer based on FEC results was 66.6%. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the AVE-562 analyzer for detecting C. sinensis eggs were 36.4%, 100.0%, 100.0%, and 73.1%, respectively. The average time required to run five tests simultaneously was 27 min using the AVE-562 analyzer and 58 min using the FEC method. Although the AVE-562 analyzer enables rapid and convenient stool examination, its sensitivity needs to be improved, particularly considering the prevalence of low-burden C. sinensis infection in Korea.
- Subjects
NORTH Korea; HUNAN Sheng (China); CLONORCHIS sinensis; INTESTINAL parasites; EXAMINATIONS; DEFECATION
- Publication
Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2021, Vol 41, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
2234-3806
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3343/alm.2021.41.2.221