Performance of Widal test and stool culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever among suspected patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

OBJECTIVE: We set an experiment to determine the diagnostic performance of the Widal test and stool culture in typhoid-suspected cases attending tertiary hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania using blood culture as a golden standard. We also evaluated the agreement between Widal, stool and blood cult...

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Autores principales: Mawazo, Akili, Bwire, George M., Matee, Mecky I. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6551910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31167646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4340-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6551910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31167646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4340-y

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