LUMINEX®: a new technology for the simultaneous identification of five Entamoeba spp. commonly found in human stools

Table 4 Results of Luminex assay and real time PCR with 15 DNA from stool samples

	*E.dispar*	*E. hist*	*E. moshk*	*E hart*	*E.coli*	Real time PCR^**
CTL+ Eh_ 1^*	−41	981	93	140	−89	-
CTL+ Ed_1	1368	54	−61	214	−79	-
CTL+ Em_ 2	−76	−48	547	−45	−86	-
CTL+ Ehart_1	−82	−87	−80	1844	−85	-
CTL+ Ecoli	−75	−60	−84	−53	1194	-
Sample 1	530	−15	−64	181	−73	E.dispar
Sample 2	772	−10	−74	728	−76	E.dispar
Sample 3	−77	−76	−71	−79	−68	Negative
Sample 4	−44	1094	135	201	59	E. hist
Sample 5	−43	1144	154	185	75	E. hist
Sample 6	597	−4	−75	578	−80	E.dispar
Sample 7	−79	−70	−77	−89	−87	Negative
Sample 8	−50	1027	101	172	44	E. hist
Sample 9	−39	1144	117	197	49	E. hist
Sample10	−39	1145	172	255	97	E. hist
Sample 11	−85	−69	−86	−94	−93	Negative
Sample 12	−83	−84	−91	−95	−88	Negative
Sample 13	487	−23	−78	394	−73	E.dispar
Sample 14	−75	−69	−81	−78	−71	Negative
Sample 15	530	−11	−65	478	−63	E.dispar
Average blank^***	111	101	116	117	115

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