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hariompriyom · Credits: 3362 My Scrapbook

ISOLATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES BUT THEY ARE NOT USUALLY EMPLOYED.BONE MARROW CULTURE IS VALUABLE AS IT IS POSITIVE IN MOST CASES EVEN WHEN BLOOD CULTURE IS NEGATIVE. reference antha/6/275.OTHER THAN A POSITIVE CULTURE ,NO SPECIFIC LABORATORY TEST IS DIAGNOSTIC FOR ENTERIC FEVER.THE DIAGNOSTIC GOLD STANDARD IS A CULTURE POSITIVE FOR S.TYPHI OR S.PARATYPHI.UNLIKE BLOOD CULTURE ,BONE MARROW CULTURES REMAIN HIGHLY SENSITIVE (90%)DESPITE </=5 DAYS ANTIBIOTIC THERPY.reference/16/harrison/899. SO ANSWER IS BONEMARROW CULTURE

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1st wk blood culture,2nd wk agglutination i.e;widal,3rd wk stool culture ,4th wk urine culture.but bone marrow culture is positive in cases where blood culture is negative but as marrow culture is not frequently done the ans may be mostly blood culture

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