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How do you concentrate stool sample for microscopy?
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Purpose?: This will depend upon the reason it is being submitted. Generally your doctor will provide you with a container into which a specimen can be placed. Sometimes they can extract enough during a rectal exam to satisfy the need for a specimen. If it is for culture, it should be fresh (if that is an acceptable term for stool). Same for exam of parasites.
Answered 7/30/2012
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