TY - JOUR
T1 - RELATIVE EFFICACY OF BLOOD, URINE, RECTAL SWAB, BONE-MARROW, AND ROSE-SPOT CULTURES FOR RECOVERY OF SALMONELLA TYPHI IN TYPHOID FEVER
AU - Gilman, Robert H.
AU - Terminel, Miguel
AU - Levine, Myron M.
AU - Hernandez-Mendoza, Pablo
AU - Hornick, Richard B.
PY - 1975/5/31
Y1 - 1975/5/31
N2 - The recovery of Salmonella typhi from blood, rectal swab, urine, bone-marrow, and rose spots was compared in 62 patients with typhoid fever, most of whom had received some antibiotic therapy before presentation. S. typhi was isolated from culture of bone-marrow in 56 patients (90%); in contrast, S. typhi was recovered from blood in only 25 (40%), from stool in 23 (37%), and urine in 4 (7%). S. typhi was isolated from 24 (63%) of 38 patients who had rose-spot cultures. If culture sites had been limited to blood, stool, and urine, the bacteriological diagnosis would have been missed in 24 patients.
AB - The recovery of Salmonella typhi from blood, rectal swab, urine, bone-marrow, and rose spots was compared in 62 patients with typhoid fever, most of whom had received some antibiotic therapy before presentation. S. typhi was isolated from culture of bone-marrow in 56 patients (90%); in contrast, S. typhi was recovered from blood in only 25 (40%), from stool in 23 (37%), and urine in 4 (7%). S. typhi was isolated from 24 (63%) of 38 patients who had rose-spot cultures. If culture sites had been limited to blood, stool, and urine, the bacteriological diagnosis would have been missed in 24 patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(75)92194-7
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(75)92194-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 48834
AN - SCOPUS:0016694627
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 305
SP - 1211
EP - 1213
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 7918
ER -