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

Table 3

Morphometric analysis of trophozoites detected in liver abscesses from experimental groups.

Days; p.i.	BALB/c mice				Hamster
	Infected		Infected + MPL		Infected
	MD	md	MD	md	MD	md
2	5.8 ± 1.1	4.9 ± 1.4	5.8 ± 1.4	4.8 ± 1.3	9.6 ± 2.7	7.3 ± 2.1
4	4.1 ± 0.	3.4 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.	2.6 ± 0.60	8.9 ± 1.8	6.9 ± 0.62
7	2.7 ± 1.	2.5 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.	1.9 ± 0.28	8.8 ± 1.0	6.3 ± 1.26

MD: major diameter; md: minor diameter; MPL: misoprostol (10⁻⁴ M).
difference among species.
difference between treatments.
difference between p.i. times.