Zarażenie owsikiem (Enterobius vermicularis) a wyniki biochemicznej diagnostyki glistnicy

A hundred children from a primary school at Lublin, in whom Enterobius vermicularis was detected by Graham's method, were examined for the presence of volatile fatty acids in the urine by Soprunova's method. In the same children coproscopic examinations were carried out by the method of direct smear and by Riva's and Faust's methods. The obtained results show that E. vermicularis does not excrete volatile fatty acids characteristic of Ascaris, which means that infecticon by E. vermicularis does not affect the results of biochemical diagnostics of ascaridosis. The results confirm the specificity of Soprunova's method and point at its possible use in field examinations.