- CODEN : IAJPBB
- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER
AUTHORS:
Dr Jansher Khan Gochi, Dr Nasir Iqbal, Dr Muhammad Ehtisham Tariq Sadiq
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Typhoid fever is a potentially fatal multi-system disease caused mainly by the subspecies Salmonella enterica (S enterica) enterica serovar typhi and, to a lesser extent, by the related paratyphi A, B and C serotypes and others. Objectives: To evaluate various methods of diagnosing typhoid fever in hospitalized patients and to determine which is the best for diagnosis. Study Type: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients and Methods: A total of 100 patients were selected from the Medicine department of District Headquarter Hospital, Haripur for the diagnosis of typhoid fever from April 2019 to April 2020. About 50 of them were tested for the Vidal test and the rest were performed for them blood culture. Results: The widal test showed positive results in 14% of patients, the rest were negative. There was a significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.002), while blood cultures were negative in 86% of the cases and the remaining 14% were positive for other bacteria such as E. coli, Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus spp. There were significant differences between the two groups (p = 1). Conclusion: The widal test is not useful in diagnosing the disease, and the blood culture was negative due to inadequate blood collection time. Key words: Typhoid, Fever, Salmonella, Diagnosing
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