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. 1989 May;27(5):1112–1114. doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.5.1112-1114.1989

Use of a DNA probe to detect Salmonella typhi in the blood of patients with typhoid fever.

F A Rubin 1, P D McWhirter 1, N H Punjabi 1, E Lane 1, P Sudarmono 1, S P Pulungsih 1, M Lesmana 1, S Kumala 1, D J Kopecko 1, S L Hoffman 1
PMCID: PMC267496  PMID: 2745686

Abstract

A DNA probe was used to detect Salmonella typhi from blood samples from 14 of 33 patients with culture-confirmed typhoid fever, using the equivalent of 2.5 ml of blood. In contrast, S. typhi was detected in 17 of the same 33 patients by culture of 8 ml of blood. The probe hybridized to blood samples of 4 of 47 patients from whom S. typhi was not isolated.

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