Diagnostics for invasive Salmonella infections: Current challenges and future directions

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue S3, 2015, Pages C8-C15

  Andrews, Jason R ^a   Ryan, Edward T ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Enteric fever; Invasive; Non typhoidal; Paratyphoid; Salmonella; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY FLUID; COST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INVASIVE NON TYPHOIDAL SALMONELLA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TYPHOID FEVER; VELOCITY; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PROCEDURES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84930818027     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.030     Document Type: Review

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