The relationship between blood sample volume and diagnostic sensitivity of blood culture for typhoid and paratyphoid fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis

<strong>Background</strong> Blood culture is the standard diagnostic method for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever in surveillance studies and clinical trials, but sensitivity is widely acknowledged to be suboptimal. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine sour...

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Main Authors: Antillon, M, Saad, NJ, Baker, S, Pollard, AJ, Pitzer, VE
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018