Diagnosis of amoebic colitis by antigen capture ELISA in patients presenting with acute diarrhoea in Cairo, Egypt

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-370

  Abd Alla, Mohamed D ^a,b   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^b  

^a El Hussein University Hosiptal   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diarrhoea; Egypt; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LECTIN;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH MONITORING; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; EGYPT; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EGYPT;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036267920     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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