Evaluation of antigen detection and polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess in patients on anti-amoebic treatment

Evaluation of antigen detection and polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess in patients on anti-amoebic treatment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess (ALA) in patients on anti-amoebic drugs is difficult. There is scanty data on this issue using <it>Entamoeba histolytica</it> (<it>E. histolytica</it>) lectin antigen and pol...

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Main Authors: Jaiswal Virendra, Ghoshal Ujjala, Baijal Sanjay S, Mittal Balraj, Dhole Tapan N, Ghoshal Uday C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
<it>Entamoeba histolytica</it>
Amoebiasis
Pyogenic liver abscess
Anti-amoebic IgG antibody
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/416

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