The early diagnosis of typhoid fever prior to the Widal test and bacteriological culture results

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Khan, Mohammad ^a   Coovadia, Yacoob Mahomed ^a   Connoly, Catherine ^b   Sturm, Adriaan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leucocyte count; South Africa; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIOLOGICAL CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WIDAL TEST;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031597611     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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