REACCIONES SEROLOGICAS EN PACIENTES CON AMIBIASIS

  • Marcos Restrepo Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Fabiola de Restrepo Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)
  • David Botero Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

Abstract

A group of 135 patients that included cases with asymtomatic or chronic intestinal amebiasis, the acute form of the disease, hepatic abscess, genital amebiasis and a control group, were studied for antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica,using the complement fixation test, indirect hemagglutination, agar immunodiffusion and latex agglutination test.

The cases with intestinal amebiasis showed circulating antibodies in different titers that did not permit to differentiate the different clinical forms of intestinal amebiasis. In the patients with acute and chronic intestinal amebiasis higher antibody titers were found in the complement fixation and hemagglutination tests than in the precipitin tests, indicating low tissue invasion of the parasites.

The highest titers in all the tests were found in the cases with hepatic abscess. The latex test was in general more sensible but less specific than the other tests, especially the immunodiffusion test.

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Author Biographies

Marcos Restrepo, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina

Fabiola de Restrepo, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina

Published
1976-12-11
How to Cite
Restrepo, M., de Restrepo, F., & Botero, D. (1976). REACCIONES SEROLOGICAS EN PACIENTES CON AMIBIASIS . Acta Médica Colombiana, 1(4), 223-228. Retrieved from https://actamedicacolombiana.com/ojs/index.php/actamed/article/view/4535
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