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A new test for the diagnosis of invasive amebiasis is evaluated. There were 96 positive results in 100 proved cases of both hepatic abscesses and intestinal amebiasis; there were 5 per cent false-positive results in the control group of 200 cases. The authors recommend the test as an aid to the clinical study of the patient, especially when the differential diagnosis is difficult to establish.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14, 1972.
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Heiblum, M., Cordero, C.B. Evaluation of the latex-agglutination test for the diagnosis of invasive amebiasis. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 368–370 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587579
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587579