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

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess (ALA) in patients on anti-amoebic drugs is difficult. There is scanty data on this issue using Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) lectin antigen and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We studied utility of lectin antigen, PCR, and IgG antibody in diag...

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Autores principales: Jaiswal, Virendra, Ghoshal, Ujjala, Baijal, Sanjay S, Mittal, Balraj, Dhole, Tapan N, Ghoshal, Uday C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-416

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-416

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