Table 2 Detection of serum antiamoebic antibody, liver pus E. histolytica antigen, liver pus Entamoeba DNA and urine Entamoeba DNA in ALA patients.
| Â | Â | No. (%) of positive results by: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | IHA for : | ELISA for: | PCR for: | Â | ||||
Diagnosis | No of patients | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Â | Antiamoebic antibody in sera | Amoebic lectin antigen in liver pus | Entamoeba DNA in liver pus | Entamoeba DNA in urine | ||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | E. histolytica | E. dispar | E. moshkovskii | E. histolytica | E. dispar | E. moshkovskii |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | (439 bp) | (174 bp) | (553 bp) | (439 bp) | (174 bp) | (553 bp) |
ALAa | 53 | 38 (71.7) | 29 (54.7) | 51 (96.2) | 0 | 0 | 21(39.6) | 0 | 0 |
PLAb | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |