COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER BY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND WIDAL TEST IN SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (BANNU, LAKKI MARWAT AND D.I.KHAN) OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN [PDF]
Acta Scientifica Malaysia, 2017 Typhoid fever is a major dilemma in developing nations, despite the antibiotic use and new antibiotics discovery. Blood culture and serological tests (especially Widal test) that are regularly performed in Pakistan for diagnosis provide objectionable ...
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Typhoid fever: misuse of Widal test in Libya
The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014 The worldwide gold standard of diagnosing of enteric fever depends on the isolation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi from a patient’s bone marrow and/or blood culture. In Libya clinicians are heavily dependent on the Widal test for diagnosis of enteric fever which has been used without determining the locally appropriate threshold titer, because ...
Abdulaziz Zorgani, Hisham Ziglam
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, 2020 The “gold standard” for diagnosis of typhoid fever is the isolation of Salmonella typhi from appropriate samples including blood, stool and urine. The study was aimed to compare Widal test against stool culture for diagnosis of typhoid fever cases in ...
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Typhoid fever among febrile Nigerian patients: Prevalence, diagnostic performance of the Widal test and antibiotic multi-drug resistance. [PDF]
Malawi Med J, 2019 Background Over-dependence on clinical presentation and/or the Widal agglutination test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever in developing countries can lead to antibiotic abuse.
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Modifications Influencing Widal Test Reactivity in a Novel Microplate Assay
Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2012 Reliability of the Widal tube agglutination test has been the subject of many controversies over the years. This study was performed to assess the effect of certain modifications on the performance of Widal test in a novel microplate assay. Sera from 37 patients (21 males; 16 females) (mean age 28 +/- 7 years) were tested in the Immunology Unit at King
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A cross-sectional study of enteric fever among febrile patients at Ambo hospital: prevalence, risk factors, comparison of Widal test and stool culture and antimicrobials susceptibility pattern of isolates. [PDF]
BMC Infect Dis, 2019 BackgroundEnteric fever is one of the common infectious diseases of humans. The objectives of this study were to:1) estimate the prevalence of enteric fever among febrile patients visiting Ambo hospital; 2) comparison of Widal test and stool culture;3 ...
Deksissa T, Gebremedhin EZ.
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DIAGNOSE OF THYPOID FEVER WITH WIDAL TEST
e-Jurnal Medika Udayana, 2014 Thypoid fever is one of infection systemic disease cause by Salmonella enterica serotype typhi, thisbacterium is member of family Enterobacteriaciae. Everyone with thypoid fever bring thebacterium in blood stream and gastrointestinal sytem so that it can
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Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of ELISA against Widal test for typhoid diagnosis in endemic population of Kathmandu. [PDF]
BMC Infect Dis, 2015 BackgroundWidal test, which has poor predictive outcomes in predominant typhoid population, is not standard enough to predict accurate diagnosis. This study aims to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Widal test to ELISA using blood culture as gold ...
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A comparative study of Widal test with blood culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever in febrile patients. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2014 Typhoid fever is a major health problem in developing countries and its diagnosis on clinical ground is difficult. Diagnosis in developing countries including Ethiopia is mostly done by Widal test. However, the value of the test has been debated.
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Interpretation of the Widal Test in Infected Children [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2003 Typhoid fever is endemic in Iran. Isolation of S. typhi is a gold standard for diagnosis. Laboratory diagnosis of S. typhi infection relies on serological tests such as the Widal test.
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