Comparison of a rapid commercial test, enterocheck WB®, with automated blood culture for diagnosis of typhoid fever

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Anusha, R ^a   Ganesh, R ^a   Lalitha, J ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROCHECK WB; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 79960592548     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000030     Document Type: Article

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