The Advantages of Kato Katz Polkessin Against Floatation Technique in Detection of STH in School-Age Children in The Martapura Riverbank Area, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Advantages of Kato Katz; STH Detection

Abstract

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) still remain a public health problem in developing countries. In Indonesia, STH is most prevalent in school-age children, especially with a lack of water sanitation and hygiene in riverbank areas. To elevate STH elimination in these areas, its need a highly sensitive method for STH detection. The Kato-Katz Polkessin was an innovation of the modified Kato-Katz method with low-cost materials consideration. This study aims to determine the advantage of Kato-Katz Polkessin against the Flotation technique for STH detection in school-age children in the Martapura riverbank area. An observational study in the population of elementary school children aged 6-13 years old. The total number of stool samples was 166 conducted by duplicated Kato-Katz Polkessin stool preparations that were examined for STH egg detection against the duplo flotation technique method. Both preparations used microscopy examination by two trained technicians. There were cost benefits of Kato-Katz Polkessin that it only uses a simple disposable stool template and the simple clearing process by glycerol than the relative expense of conical tube and the clearing steps by multiple centrifugations The microscopy examining results showed that the mean of STH egg per gram (EPG) by Kato-Katz Polkessin was 46 (range 23-253) and by Flotation technique was only 4 (range 1-36). The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test result reveals that there was a significantly different EPG result by Kato-Katz than by the Flotation technique, with a p-value of 0.001, which is less than the significance level (α) of 0.05. In conclusion, there are advantages of Kato-Katz Polkessin against the Flotation technique in STH detection in school-age children in the Martapura riverbank area as follows it has higher numbers of EPG than the Flotation technique, it’s easier, and it’s less expensive. It is recommended for further study to compare the sensitivity and specificity of both methods with PCR.

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AU  - Rifqoh
AU  - Jujuk Anton Cahyono
AU  - Yayuk Kustiningsih
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/23
TI  - The Advantages of Kato Katz Polkessin Against Floatation Technique in Detection of STH in School-Age Children in The Martapura Riverbank Area, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Health Polytechnic Surabaya (ICoHPS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 522
EP  - 530
SN  - 2468-5739
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