Table 4.
Diagnostic sensitivity of the lateral flow dipstick test as compared to real-time PCR.
| Lateral flow dipstick test | Real-time PCR for detection of E. histolytica |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
| Positive | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Negative | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Total | 26 | 19 | 45 |
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