Open AccessComparison of a Stool Antigen Detection Kit and PCR for Diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar Infections in Asymptomatic Cyst Passers in Iran
Author(s) -
Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi,
Mostafa Rezaian,
Zahra Babaei,
Azam Rajabpour,
Ahmad Reza Meamar,
Ahmad A. Pourbabai,
William A. Petri
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00530-06
Subject(s) - dispar , entamoeba histolytica , asymptomatic , entamoeba , antigen , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cyst , virology , medicine , immunology , pathology
The present study was conducted to compare stool antigen detection with PCR for the diagnosis ofEntamoeba sp. infection in asymptomatic cyst passers from Iran.Entamoeba dispar and, in one case,E. moshkovskii were theEntamoeba spp. found in the amebic cyst passers. There was a 100% correlation between the results from the TechLabE. histolytica II stool antigen kit and those from nested PCR. We concluded thatE. dispar is much more common in asymptomatic cyst passers in Iran and that antigen detection and PCR are comparable diagnostic modalities.