title: Rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever by antigen detection.
abstract: Salmonella typhi antigen was demonstrated in the blood of patients with typhoid fever by a passive staphylococcal agglutination test. This test was positive in 10 culture-proven typhoid patients and negative in 10 febrile patients without typhoid.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial