Because of the lack of specificity in diagnostic technique, coenurosis can be misdiagnosed as neurocysticercosis or echinococcosis, other parasitic diseases affecting nervous system tissue.

The basic findings emanating from these experiments made possible the use of laser fluorescence as a powerful plasma diagnostic technique.

It can be one diagnostic technique used in identifying pelvic inflammatory disease (in which case purulent fluid will be extracted) and ectopic pregnancy.

Exact numbers depend on the population studied and the sensitivity of the diagnostic technique.

Treating infected plants with antibiotics such as tetracycline to see if this cured the plant was another diagnostic technique employed.