The comparison of cultures, widal agglutination test and polymerase chain reaction as a diagnostic tool in typhoid fever

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-474

  Devrim, Ilker ^a   Ergünay, Koray ^a   Kara, Ates ^a   Tezer, Hasan ^a   Yiǧitkanl, Inci ^a   Bülent Cengiz, Ali ^a   Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Gür, Deniz ^a   Seçmeer, Gülten ^a   Ustaçelebi, Şemsettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Typhoid fever; Widal agglutination test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 54349096998     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-008-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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