Table 2.

Agreement between anti-amoebic IgG antibody with E. histolytica -lectin antigen and E. histolytica -PCR among ALA* and unclassified patients (n=159)

		Disease status by IgG		Total	Kappa value	P value
		ALA	Unclassified
Disease status by E. histolytica Ag	ALA	20	2	22	0.020	0.447
	Unclassified	116	21	137
Total		136	23	159
Disease status	ALA	135	15	150	0.456	0.001
by PCR	Unclassified	1	8	9
Total		136	23	159

*Amoebic liver abscess