Table 2.

Detection of serum antiamoebic antibody, liver pus E. histolytica antigen, liver pus Entamoeba DNA and urine Entamoeba DNA in ALA patients.

		No. (%) of positive results by:
		IHA for :	ELISA for:	PCR for:
Diagnosis	No of patients
		Antiamoebic antibody in sera	Amoebic lectin antigen in liver pus	Entamoeba DNA in liver pus			Entamoeba DNA in urine
				E. histolytica	E. dispar	E. moshkovskii	E. histolytica	E. dispar	E. moshkovskii
				(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

^aamoebic liver abscess; ^bpyogenic liver abscess