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Reassessment of the Widal Test in the Diagnosis of Typhoid
Gastroenterology, 1977The Widal test was done in 100 nontyphoidal febrile pients, 53 patients with proven typhoid, and in 61 patients with immunological disturbances in an are where typhoid is endemic. Salmonella typhi H or O agglutinin titers of 1:160 or more were seen in only 1% of nontyphoidal fevers.
B, Senewiratne, K, Senewiratne
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Comparison of the diagnostic value of local Widal slide test with imported Widal slide test.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 2005A laboratory study comparing the Widal slide agglutination test using local antigens produced by Mekar Jaya Diagnostica (SAT-MJD) with imported antigens (Murex, Abbott) was carried out on 55 sera of typhoid fever patients with positive blood culture and 56 sera of non-typhoid febrile patients.
Indro, Handojo +3 more
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Diagnostic value of the Widal test in childhood typhoid fever
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1987The usefulness of the Widal test in diagnosing childhood typhoid fever in endemic areas was investigated. The test was done on 150 children with other febrile illnesses and 98 bacteriologically proved cases of typhoid fever. Of the 150 children with nontyphoidal fever, only one had an H agglutinin titer of 1:50. Using an H or O agglutinin titer of 1:50
C B, Chow +4 more
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Diagnostic value of the Widal test.
Tropical and geographical medicine, 1982The usefulness of a single Widal test to diagnose typhoid fever in Ethiopia was investigated in three study groups both retrospectively and prospectively. These were blood culture proven typhoid and non-typhoid patients and healthy individuals. Salmonella typhi H and O titres greater than or equal to 1:160 occurred in respectively 82% and 58% of ...
G, Abraham +4 more
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Diagnostic value of a single Widal test.
Zhonghua Minguo wei sheng wu ji mian yi xue za zhi = Chinese journal of microbiology and immunology, 1986The Widal test was performed on 90 blood specimens from typhoid fever patients, on 21 blood specimens from nontyphoid salmonellosis patients and on 46 nontyphoid febrile patients. Of 90 typhoid fever patients, 58 (64.4%) had H agglutinin titer of 1:160 or more and 55 (61.1%) had O agglutinin titer of 1:160 or more.
S J, Pu, H S, Huang
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Diagnosis of typhoid fever in Nigeria: misuse of the Widal test
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1990In the last 2 years, there has been public panic across Nigeria about an epidemic of a 'killer' febrile disease, purportedly typhoid fever. The evidence for this epidemic is reviewed in the light of appropriate diagnosis of typhoid fever. All the patients were diagnosed as typhoid fever, primarily based on Widal test results.
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An evaluation of the Widal test in the diagnosis of enteric fever.
The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1989There are no universally applicable criteria for the serological diagnosis of enteric fever. Limited statistical analysis of the Widal test could not confirm its usefulness as a diagnostic tool in The Gambia.
T S, Weeramanthri +3 more
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