The diagnosis of typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi
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Molecular Characterization of Flic Gene by Semi Nested Pcr for the Detection of Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi in the Peripheral Blood of Patients from Chennai, India
Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. enterica serovar typhi) is one of the important public health problems in many developing countries. Conventional blood culture is currently the gold standard for diagnosis of typhoid fever by this bacterium, but it is time-consuming requiring several days for isolation of bacterium resulting in delay to initiate proper antibiotic th...
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تاریخ انتشار 2010