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S2 Table. Search Terms
1) Database: PubMed
Limits on all searches: human; English language
Exclusions (terms): non-typhoid salmonella; food-borne illness; diarrheal diseases; gastroenteritis; Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella typhimurium; vector-borne
diseases; malaria; dengue
Exclusions (publication types): commentary; editorial; non-comparison studies
general concept
pathogens
salmonella
conditions
febrile illness
diagnostics
diagnosis
diagnostic tests
specificity/specificity
accuracy
bacteria detection
microbiology
lab tests
urine tests
blood tests
polymerase chain
reaction
immunoassay
latex agglutination test
gene amplification
cell culture
microscopy
search terms - MeSH
search terms - text words
Salmonella; Salmonella enterica; Salmonella typhi; Salmonella
paratyphi A; Salmonella paratyphi B; Salmonella paratyphi C;
salmonella infections
typhoid; typhoid fever; S.typhi; S.paratyphi A; S.paratyphi B;
S.paratyphi C; salmonella serovar
fever
febrile illness; pyrexia
diagnosis
diagnostic tests, routine; diagnostic techniques; reagent kits,
diagnostic
sensitivity and specificity
predictive value of tests
bacteria/isolation & purification; bacteriological techniques
colony count, microbial; microbial sensitivity tests; molecular
diagnostic techniques
laboratory techniques and procedures; clinical laboratory
techniques
urine/microbiology; urinalysis
hematological tests; serologic tests
polymerase chain reaction ; reverse transcriptase polymerase
chain reaction
Immunoassay; immunoenzyme techniques; enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay; enzyme multiplied Immunoassay
technique; immunologic tests
latex fixation tests; agglutination tests
genetic techniques; nucleic acid amplification techniques; DNA,
bacterial; nucleic acids; RNA, bacterial; genes, bacterial; gene
amplification
cell culture techniques; culture techniques
microscopy
diagnosis
diagnostic tests
Sensitivity; specificity
accuracy
bacteriological tests
microbiology
lab test; laboratory test
urine test
blood test; Widal test; Tubex test; Typhidot test
PCR; RT-PCR
ELISA
latex agglutination test
gene amplification
cell culture; lab culture; laboratory culture
microscopy
composite reference
method
reference standards
composite reference; composite reference method; composite
reference standard; imperfect reference
2) Database: EMBASE Limits on all searches: humans; English language
Exclusions: non-typhoid salmonella; food-borne illness; diarrheal diseases; gastroenteritis; Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella typhimurium; vector-borne
diseases; malaria; dengue
Exclusions (publication types): commentary; editorial; non-comparison studies
general concept
pathogen
salmonella
conditions
febrile illness
diagnostics
diagnosis
diagnostic tests
specificity/specificity
accuracy
bacteria detection
microbiology
lab tests
urine tests
blood tests
polymerase chain
reaction
immunoassay
latex agglutination test
gene amplification
cell culture
microscopy
search terms - EMTREE
search terms - text words
salmonella
salmonella infections; Salmonella enterica; Salmonella typhi;
Salmonella paratyphi A; Salmonella paratyphi B; Salmonella
paratyphi C; typhoid; typhoid fever; S.typhi; S.paratyphi A;
S.paratyphi B; S.paratyphi C; salmonella serovar
fever
fever; pyrexia
diagnosis
diagnostic test; diagnostic procedure
sensitivity and specificity
diagnostic value
bacterial diagnosis; bacterium detection; bacterium culture
microbiology; microbiological assay
laboratory diagnosis; laboratory test
urinalysis
serodiagnosis; blood analysis
polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase
chain reaction
Immunoassay
latex agglutination test
cell culture; cytodiagnosis; culture technique;
microscopy
diagnostic tests
accuracy
bacteriological techniques
microbiology
lab test; laboratory tests
urine tests
blood test; serologic tests; Widal test; Tubex test; Typhidot test
PCR; RT-PCR
ELISA; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; enzyme multiplied
immunoassay technique; immunologic tests
latex agglutination test
gene amplification; RNA; DNA
cell culture techniques
microscopy
3) Database: ISI Web of Science Limits on all searches: humans; English language
Exclusions: non-typhoid salmonella; food-borne illness; diarrheal diseases; gastroenteritis; Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella typhimurium; vector-borne
diseases; malaria; dengue
Exclusions (publication types): commentary; editorial; non-comparison studies
general concept
pathogen
salmonella
conditions
febrile illness
diagnostics
diagnosis
diagnostic tests
specificity/specificity
accuracy
bacteria detection
microbiology
lab tests
urine tests
blood tests
polymerase chain
reaction
immunoassay
latex agglutination test
gene amplification
cell culture
microscopy
controlled vocabulary not available
search terms - TOPIC
salmonella ; salmonella infections; Salmonella enterica;
Salmonella typhi; Salmonella paratyphi A; Salmonella paratyphi
B; Salmonella paratyphi C; typhoid; typhoid fever; S.typhi;
S.paratyphi A; S.paratyphi B; S.paratyphi C; salmonella serovar
febrile illness; fever; pyrexia
diagnosis
diagnostic tests; diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique
sensitivity and specificity
accuracy
bacteriological culture; bacteria culture
microbiology
laboratory diagnosis; laboratory test ; lab test; laboratory tests
urine tests; urinalysis
blood test; serologic tests; serodiagnosis; Widal test; Tubex
test; Typhidot test
polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase
chain reaction ; PCR; RT-PCR
immunoassay ; ELISA; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;
immunologic tests
latex agglutination test
gene amplification; RNA; DNA
cell culture techniques; cell culture
microscopy