Comparison of rectal swabs with fecal cultures for detection of Salmonella typhimurium in adult volunteers

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Kotton, Camille N ^a   Lankowski, Alexander J ^a   Hohmann, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Salmonella; Swab

Indexed keywords

TYPHOID VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SWAB; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FECES; HUMANS; RECTUM; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA VACCINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33749235894     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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