Morphological Findings in Trophozoites during Amoebic Abscess Development in Misoprostol-Treated BALB/c Mice

Table 1

Percentage of damage obtained in E. histolytica infected animals treated or not with MPL.

Specie	Treatment	Days p.i.	Weight (g)		Damage; (%)
			Liver	Abscess
Hamster	—	2	5.8 ± 1.3	0.6 ± 0.1	10 ± 2
	—	4	6.5 ± 1.5	1.3 ± 0.8	18 ± 7
	—	7	11.5 ± 4	4.1 ± 0.4	35 ± 2
Mice	—	2	1.9 ± 0.4	0.227 ± 0.09	11 ± 5
	MPL	2	2.4 ± 0.4	0.215 ± 0.01	12 ± 3
	—	4	2.38 ± 0.9	0.236 ± 0.09	10 ± 2
	MPL	4	2.3 ± 0.4	0.273 ± 0.10	12 ± 2
	—	7	2.3 ± 0.4	0.191 ± 0.10	8 ± 0.1
	MPL	7	2.3 ± 0.2	0.192 ± 0.04	8 ± 0.1

versus liver weight from noninfected hamsters.