Product Information

• Salmonella typhi/paratyphi
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• Catalog No.: TP882001VC

Product Description

CerTest Salmonella typhi+paratyphi one step combo card test is a coloured chromatographic immunoassay for the simultaneous qualitative detection of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi in stool samples and Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi suspected colonies in stool culture.

CerTest Salmonella typhi+paratyphi combo card test offers a simple and a highly sensitive screening assay to make a presumptive diagnosis of Salmonella typhi and/or Salmonella paratyphi infection and it could be used to identify isolates of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi form selective media (stool culture).

Enteric fever caused by Salmonella paratyphi is indistinguishable from that caused by Salmonella typhi. This fever usually develops one to three weeks after exposure and caries in severity. Symptoms include high fever, weakness, lethargy, muscle pain, headache, loss of appetite and diarrhea or constipation. Pink spots appear on the chest; examinations will usually reveal enlargement of the liver and spleen.