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How would i know if my diarrhea and vomitting is salmonella food poisoning?
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Salmonella: Culture of stool is definitive.
Answered 7/17/2012
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Culture : Salmonellae can be grown in a stool culture and sometimes from the blood.
Answered 7/27/2012
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