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Specimens and culture media for the laboratory diagnosis of typhoid fever
Author(s) -
John Wain,
To Song Diep,
Phan Van Be Bay,
Amanda L. Walsh,
Ha Vinh,
Nguyen Minh Duong,
Vô Anh Hó,
Tran Tinh Hien,
Jeremy Farrar,
Nicholas J. White,
Christopher M. Parry,
Nicholas Day
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.164
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , buffy coat , blood culture , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , immunology , biology , antibiotics
Culture of S. Typhi is necessary for the definitive diagnosis of typhoid fever and provides isolates for antibiotic susceptibility testing and epidemiological studies. However, current methods are not fully optimised and sourcing culture media and bottles for culture media may be problematic.

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