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Table 3 Results from real time PCR and DNA sequencing compared with PCR based suspension array for nine stool samples

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

Stool samples

Real time PCR

DNA sequencing

PCR based suspension array assay

02/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar

E.dispar; E.coli

03/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar

E.dispar

05/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar

E.dispar

06/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar

E.dispar

15 br

Negative

E.coli

E. coli

17/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar; E.hart

E.dispar; E.hart

18/Br

Negative

E.hatmanni

E.hartmanni

19/Br

E.dispar

E.dispar; E.hart

E.dispar; E.hart

28/Br

Negative

E.coli

E. coli; E.hart