Bone marrow culture vs blood culture in FUO

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 174, 2009, Pages 135-138

  Jha, Abhimanyu ^a   Sarda, R ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Talwar, O P ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Bone marrow culture; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74849097804     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.229     Document Type: Article

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