A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2021 Background. The diagnosis of typhoid fever based on the Widal slide agglutination test remains a major hurdle in developing countries due to varied perceptions of the value of the Widal test in determining clinical decision-making.
Karimo Ousenu +5 more
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Performance of Widal test and stool culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever among suspected patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective We set an experiment to determine the diagnostic performance of the Widal test and stool culture in typhoid-suspected cases attending tertiary hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania using blood culture as a golden standard.
Akili Mawazo +2 more
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Retrospective Audit of the Widal Test for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Pediatric Patients in an Endemic Region [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Introduction: Although typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella Typhi, Widal test is widely used in India but little information exists about its reliability. Materials and Methods: We examined the performance of Widal test in our hospital
Ralte Lalremruata +2 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of three tests for Salmonella Typhi infection in adult patients presenting to health facilities in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Accurate and timely diagnosis of typhoid fever is undermined by the absence of reliable reference test(s). The objective here was to estimate the sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), negative and positive predictive values (NPV and PPV) of the ...
Anthony K. Nganga, Marshal M. Mweu
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The dilemma of widal test - which brand to use? a study of four different widal brands: a cross sectional comparative study [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2011 Background Serodiagnosis of typhoid fever by Widal test based on demonstrating the presence of agglutinins (antibodies) in the serum of an infected patient, against the H (flagellar) and O (somatic) antigens of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi has been
El Toukhy Ayman M +3 more
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The value of the Widal test in the diagnosis of Prolonged Septicemic Salmonellosis [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1985 Twenty patients with prolonged septicemic salmonellosis (Group 1) and 20 with schistosomiasis mansoni (Group 2) were selected for this study. In both groups, the Widal test was done using antigens of the sample Ty 901 (S. typhi).
José Roberto Lambertucci +3 more
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Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Medical Research, 2020 The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test of Salmonella infection in comparison to Widal test and blood culture in both cases and carriers of infection.
Dina Atteia +3 more
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Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2023 Typhoid fever is an acute systemic infectious disease that is related to poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation. The diagnosis of typhoid fever is established through laboratory examinations, including serological, hematological, and ...
Novi Loviana +3 more
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Comparison of different tests for the diagnosis of Salmonella typhi in Nineveh Governorate [PDF]
مجلة التربية والعلم, 2021 Salmonella typhi is one of the most common causes of typhoid fever in Iraq. The aim of this study was to test the synergistic between different tests for the diagnosis of S. typhi .
Bushra Shlla
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Validity of TUBEX Test versus Widal Test in Detection of Typhoid Fever in Zagazig, Egypt [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2015 Background and study aim: Typhoid fever is consideredan endemic disease in Egypt. Widal test has been used for many years for diagnosing typhoid fever in the developing countries but it has serious doubts regarding its validity.
Soha Elhawari, Mohamed Mourad
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