These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Diagnostic utility of a single Widal test in the diagnosis of typhoid fever at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Nairobi, Kenya.
    Author: Omuse G, Kohli R, Revathi G.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 2010 Jan; 40(1):43-4. PubMed ID: 19850607.
    Abstract:
    Typhoid fever is a systemic illness caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. typhi) and is endemic in Kenya, where a single Widal test done on an acute phase serum is the most commonly used test. Using a cut-off value of 1:320 for both O and H agglutinins as being diagnostic of S. typhi, only 18 (26%) of our patients had diagnostic titres; 37 (53.6%) had O and H titres less than 1:40. Our study showed that Widal testing done on an acute phase serum of a patient suspected to have typhoid fever had limited diagnostic capability given its low sensitivity.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]