Mullan DP, Ward AM, Shah S, Jeanes AL. Diagnostic value of liver function tests and Entamoeba histolytica antibody studies in East Africans.
J Clin Pathol 1967;
20:180-4. [PMID:
4301409 PMCID:
PMC473451 DOI:
10.1136/jcp.20.2.180]
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Abstract
Liver function tests and Entamoeba histolytica (E.H.) antibody titres have been studied in a variety of tropical and liver diseases. Patients with hepatic amoebiasis had a raised E.H. antibody titre and tended to have a low pseudocholinesterase activity. In two cases of amoebic liver abscess, which were treated by aspiration and emetine, there was a remarkable drop in the E.H. antibody titre. In a number of other hepatic and tropical conditions the E.H. antibody titre was not significantly raised and the liver function tests were typical of the various conditions studied.
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