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Typhoid Fever Diagnosed by Isolation of S. typhi from Gastric Aspirate
Author(s) -
KHOURIEH M.,
SCHLESINGER M.,
TABACHNIK E.,
BIBI H.,
ARMONI M.,
POLLAK S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb17959.x
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , salmonella typhi , isolation (microbiology) , serology , blood culture , virology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , antibiotics , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
. The diagnosis of typhoid fever (TF) is usually established by culturing 5. typhi from the blood or by serology. In this report we describe three patients in whom the diagnosis of TF was made by the isolation of 5. typhi from gastric contents, despite negative blood urine and stool cultures. Culture of gastric contents has not previously been recognized as a diagnostic tool in this disease.