TABLE 4.

Lack of correlation of ELISA results for fecal lectin antigen detection and culture with zymodeme determination for E. histolytica and E. dispar^a

Result of stool culture with zymodeme determination for E. histolytica or E. dispar	No. of samples with ELISA result
	E. histolytica antigen		E. dispar antigen
	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive
Negative	1,038	147	807	272
Positive	26	6	69	22

^aIncludes all ALA patients and controls, all observations for baseline and 9 to 18 months of follow-up in which culture and ELISA for lectin antigen were performed, P > 0.5.