Typhoid fever associated with acute appendicitis caused by an H1-j strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1470-1472

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Chan, Clair Y F ^a   Woo, Wai Lan ^a   Woo, Gibson K S ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INDONESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROTYPE TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; X RAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPING; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 14944356171     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1470-1472.2005     Document Type: Article

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