Open AccessRetrospective Audit of the Widal Test for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Pediatric Patients in an Endemic Region
Author(s) -
Ralte Lalremruata,
Sanjim Chadha,
Preena Bhalla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7819.4373
Subject(s) - widal test , typhoid fever , medicine , predictive value , salmonella typhi , immunology , gastroenterology , virology , biology , escherichia coli , gene , biochemistry
Although typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella Typhi, Widal test is widely used in India but little information exists about its reliability.
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