Evaluation of Nested PCR in Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (1), 431-432
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.1.431-432.2005
Abstract
In this study, nested PCR using H1-d primers, which is specific for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, was compared to blood culture and the single-tube Widal test. Results indicate that nested PCR can be used as a gold standard to determine the cutoff titer of the Widal test for diagnosis of typhoid fever.Keywords
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