Diagnostic tests for amoebic liver abscess: comparison of enzyme - linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE)

The liver abscess is the most frequent extraintestinal complication of intestinal amoebiasis: its diagnosis is suggested by the clinical picture but it must be confirmed by paraclinic tests. Themost stringent diagnosis requires identification of E. histolytica. But this is possible only in a few cas...

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Main Authors: Marcos I. Restrepo, Zoraida Restrepo, Consuelo López Elsa Villareal, Aura Aguirre, Marcos Restrepo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1996-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821996000100006