Two different chitinase genotypes in a patient with an amebic liver abscess: a case report.
The present work deals with the identification of a patient with two liver abscesses containing two different strains of Entamoeba histolytica, as defined by chitinase gene plymorphisms.
Valenzuela
Olivia
O
Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, México.
Morán
Patricia
P
Ramos
Fernando
F
Cardoza
Jorge I
JI
García
Gabriela
G
Valadez
Alicia
A
Rojas
Liliana
L
Garibay
Adriana
A
González
Enrique
E
Ximénez
Cecilia
C
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002688:Chitinases / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D017931:DNA Primers; D002688:Chitinases