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Original Article

Comparison of a rapid commercial test, Enterocheck WB®, with automated blood culture for diagnosis of typhoid fever

R Anusha Department of PaediatricsKanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital and The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India
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R Ganesh Department of PaediatricsKanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital and The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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J Lalitha Department of PaediatricsKanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital and The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Pages 231-234 | Accepted 01 Jun 2011, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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