Rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever by antigen detection

Sivadasan, K. ; Kurien, Betty ; Jacob John, T. (1984) Rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever by antigen detection Lancet, 323 (8369). pp. 134-135. ISSN 0140-6736

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Abstract

Salmonella typhi antigen was demonstrated in the blood of patients with typhoid fever by a passive staphylococcal agglutination test. This test was positive in 10 culture-proven typhoid patients and negative in 10 febrile patients without typhoid.

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