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Marie-Pierre Otto1, Patrick Gérôme, Christophe Rapp
1Department of Biology, HIA Desgenettes, Lyon, France. mp0207@hotmail.fr
Journal of Travel Medicine
|March 8, 2013
Abstract:
Amebiasis, the parasitic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica, may result in extra-intestinal diseases among which liver abscess is the most common manifestation. We report two cases of amebic liver abscess illustrating the inequal sensitivity of serologic tests detecting anti-amebic antibodies.