RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Comparative yield of Salmonella typhi from blood and bone marrow cultures in patients with fever of unknown origin.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 258
OP 259
DO 10.1136/jcp.44.3.258
VO 44
IS 3
A1 Farooqui, B J
A1 Khurshid, M
A1 Ashfaq, M K
A1 Khan, M A
YR 1991
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/3/258.abstract
AB Over three years, a comparative study on 100 selected patients with fever of unknown origin was undertaken to determine the yield of Salmonella typhi from their blood and bone marrow cultures. The results indicate that in patients who had an infection with S typhi the organism was isolated from the bone marrow in all of them and from the blood in only 66%. This suggests that bone marrow cultures may be attempted when blood cultures are negative for bacterial growth after three to four days of incubation.