학술논문
Comparison of a Stool Antigen Detection Kit and PCR for Diagnosis of Entamoeba histolyticaand Entamoeba disparInfections in Asymptomatic Cyst Passers in Iran
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Article
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology; June 2006, Vol. 44 Issue: 6 p2258-2261, 4p
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00951137; 1098660X
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe present study was conducted to compare stool antigen detection with PCR for the diagnosis of Entamoebasp. infection in asymptomatic cyst passers from Iran. Entamoeba disparand, in one case, E. moshkovskiiwere the Entamoebaspp. found in the amebic cyst passers. There was a 100% correlation between the results from the TechLab E. histolyticaII stool antigen kit and those from nested PCR. We concluded that E. disparis much more common in asymptomatic cyst passers in Iran and that antigen detection and PCR are comparable diagnostic modalities.