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Value of widal test in Diagnosis of typhoid fever in Mosul city | ||
| Tikrit Journal of Pure Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 296-302 | ||
| Author | ||
| Basima A. Abdulla | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was carried out on 500 patients clinically diagnosed as typhoid and Paratyphoid fever from Private clinical Laboratories in Mosul city between 2005 December until September 2006 from both sexes with age range between ( 12 – 70 ) average ( 28.06 ± S.D ) The results revealed that Salmonella typhi O was a dominant serotyping with Percentage 94.1% in males and 96.9% in females using standard tube salmonella agglutination test ( SAT ) . But the Salmonella typhi H was a dominant serotyping with 35.2% in males and 15.1% in females when 2-mercaptoethanol salmonella agglutination test (2ME – SAT) was used. Using 2ME is a favorite from that of standard agglutination method to assess the treatment with antibiotics and the Negative result of 2ME is strong evidence against diagnosis of chronic infection. | ||
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