The TUBEX test detects not only typhoid-specific antibodies but also soluble antigens and whole bacteria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-323

  Tam, Frankie C H ^a   Ling, Thomas K W ^a   Kam, Tak Wong ^a   Leung, Danny T M ^a   Chan, Raphael C Y ^a   Lim, Pak Leong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROLOGY; SIMULATION; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; URINE;

EID: 40549131246     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47365-0     Document Type: Article

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