A Routine Combined Method of 'Widal Reaction and Clot Culture' for the Diagnosis of Enteric Infections
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Renu Mathew et al A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ENTERIC FEVER
Introduction: Enteric fever continues to be a global health problem and isolation of organism from blood is the gold standard for the diagnosis. Objectives: Aim of this study was to find out the usefulness of three different methods such as blood culture, clot culture & Widal test for diagnosis of enteric fever. Materials & Methods: Total number of blood samples collected was 290 from patients ...
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دوره 67 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017