False positive malaria rapid diagnostic test in returning traveler with typhoid fever

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Meatherall, Bonnie ^a   Preston, Keith ^b   Pillai, Dylan R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

False positive; Malaria; Rapid diagnostic test; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEK 2;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID TEST; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPORIATRICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; CANADA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; TRAVEL MEDICINE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84903859538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-377     Document Type: Article

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