A simple validated prediction rule to diagnose typhoid fever in Turkey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1068-1074

  Hosoglu, Salih ^a   Geyik, Mehmet Faruk ^a   Akalin, Serife ^a   Ayaz, Celal ^a   Kokoglu, Omer Faruk ^b   Loeb, Mark ^c  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enteric fever; Prediction rule; Turkey; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TYPHOID FEVER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33748153636     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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