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 polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We studied utility of le...

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Autors principals:	Jaiswal Virendra, Ghoshal Ujjala, Baijal Sanjay S, Mittal Balraj, Dhole Tapan N, Ghoshal Uday C
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	BMC 2012-08-01
Col·lecció:	BMC Research Notes
Matèries:	<it>Entamoeba histolytica</it> Amoebiasis Pyogenic liver abscess Anti-amoebic IgG antibody
Accés en línia:	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/416
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