Of interest, this finding is not concordant with the previous bacteriology study of liver abscesses in Taiwan, where the prevalence of HBV infection is very high, which reported about 20% of ...

ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein ...