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Value of Widal Test in Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nadia M. M. Al-Shaker; Abbas A. Al-Ani; Dina A. Al-Roubaeay | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: The diagnostic value of an acute -phase Widal test for suspected typhoid fever was evaluated with 328 Patients admitted to Ibn Al- Kateeb hospital between (1-4-2004 and 30-9-2004) from this number 258 patients was widal test positive and from this number 27 patients was blood culture positive (19patients for S. typhi, 2 patients for S. paratyphi A, and 6: patients for S. paratyphi B). Most infections were between age groups (11-20) and (21-30) years. Conclusions: The signs and symptoms of typhoid fever are non-specific, and an accurate diagnosis on clinical grounds a lone is difficult although a definitive diagnosis can be made by isolation of salmonella typhi or salmonella paratyphi A, B from blood. The resulting Widal result may lack sensitivity and specificity, particularly in a community with endemic typhoid fever. Keywords: Widal test, typhoid fever, blood culture. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Widal test; Typhoid fever; blood culture | ||
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