Comparison of multiplex single round PCR and microscopy in diagnosis of amoebiasis

• Main Authors: Sri-Hidajati Bs, Sukmawati Basuki, Suhintam Pusarawati, Kusmartisnawati, Lynda Rossyanti, Sri Wijayanti Sulistyowati, Dwi Peni Kartikasari, Heny Arwati, Indah Tantular, Alpha Fardah, Andy Darma, Retno Handajani, Subijanto Marto Soedarmo
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: African Ethnomedicines Network 2018
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/124490/1/08.%20COMPARISON%20OF%20MULTIPLEX.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124490/2/C.-8.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124490/3/08.%20Comparison%20of%20multiplex%20single%20round%20PCR%20and%20microscopy.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124490/; https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/AJID/article/view/5043
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Abstract Background: Amoebiasis, the cause of dysentery and extra-intestinal abscesses, now becomes second fatal parasitic disease in the world. As routine microscopic diagnosis cannot differentiate causative Entamoeba histolytica from non-pathogenic E. dispar and E. moshkovskii, better diagnosis h...