The diagnosis of typhoid fever in children
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Thao
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
typhoid, children
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Typhoid Fever;
Child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;474(3):64-66
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
87 children aged 7-15 years old were treated in Dong Thap General Hospital from October 1999 to April 2000 were diagnosed as typhoid fever. Patients underwent routine examinations, blood culture and bone marrow culture, and clinical care. Results showed that: Mab-based dot-blot ELISA technique for diagnosing typhoid fever on pediatric patient urine sample was a rapid technique, easy to collect sample, stable sensitivity and specificity, it could be combined with blood culture for early diagnosis of typhoid fever, especially in patients, which underwent treatment. The assay was easy to realized without complicated equipment, and easy to observe the result.
