Duodenal string cultures: practicality and sensitivity for diagnosing enteric fever in children

J Infect Dis. 1986 Feb;153(2):359-62. doi: 10.1093/infdis/153.2.358.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Bone Marrow / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Duodenum / microbiology*
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Paratyphoid Fever / diagnosis*
  • Paratyphoid Fever / microbiology
  • Salmonella paratyphi A / isolation & purification*
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Typhoid Fever / diagnosis*
  • Typhoid Fever / microbiology