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A positive Widal test can suggest typhoid fever, as it detects antibodies against specific Salmonella antigens. However, it is important to note that the Widal test can yield false positives due to prior infections or vaccinations, and its sensitivity and specificity can vary. Therefore, a positive Widal test should not be solely used for diagnosis; it should be corroborated with clinical symptoms and other diagnostic methods for accurate confirmation of typhoid fever.
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Will Widal Test after positive resul after treatment in Typhoid?
I mean widal test result positive after treatment
How do you interpret the widal test report which says styphi o and h positive 180?
As this test is positive, it clearly means that you have typhoid.
How would you distinguish between an incubatory carrier and a chronic carrier of typhoid fever?
Widal test is negative in incubatory carrier. Widal test is always positive in chronic carrier.
Name of the blood test for typhoid?
The blood test for typhoid is called the Widal test. It detects antibodies in the blood against the Salmonella typhi bacteria, which causes typhoid fever.
What are the diagnosis for typhoid fever?
widal test
How you can confirm that typhoid is eradicated with treatment?
widal test.
How do you read widal test?
Isolated Widal test reading does not have much clinical significance. Rising titre of Widal test done one week apart, in a febrile patient, indicates typhoid fever. You can have such rising titre of Widal test in healthy patient, after dose of typhoid vaccine.
Why widal test appears negative in first week of typhoid fever?
In Widal test, you measure the antibodies. It takes minimum one week to develop the antibodies of typhoid bacteria.
Normal values for widal test for typhoid?
1:40
What is false positive widal test?
What is false positive in widal test
What is the AH and BH in the widal test for typhoid?
When using the Widal test for typhoid, the AH and BH should be titers of greater or equal than 1:40 and 1:160 respectively for diagnostic purposes.
From which disease is Vidal test related?
Vidal (originally- Widal) test related to Typhoid...To diagnose typhoid this test is being done by pathologists..
