EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WIDAL TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER IN KERMANSHAH

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HATAMI H.; JAMSHIDI F.

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Journal: Journal of Medical Council of Iran Year:2001 | Volume:19 | Issue:3 Page(s): 175-181

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EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WIDAL TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER IN KERMANSHAH

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HATAMI H. | JAMSHIDI F. | Issue Writer Certificate

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TYPHOIDQ4

WIDAL TESTQ4

SENSITIVITYQ3

SPECIFICITYQ3

Abstract

Since TYPHOID fever is one of the most common infectious diseases in our country particularly in the western provinces such as Kermanshah; and the Widai test being one of the most common serologic tests ordered by physicians, thus to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of this diagnostic tool we undertook a retrospective case control study in 144 patients with blood or bonemarrow culture positive for salmonella typhi (as cases) and144 patients with brucellosis with a WIDAL TEST in their hospital files (as controls).48% of our patients were female, 52% male and 91% less than 35 years old. The WIDAL TEST was negative in 60% of cases and 94% of controls (0 titer of 1:40 or more).The SENSITIVITY of this test in a titer of 1:80 was 38% (less than many other studies) and its SPECIFICITY was 96% (similar to other studies) and we concluded that a negative WIDAL TEST would not exclude the diagnosis of TYPHOID fever, but a positive WIDAL TEST could be highly suggestive of TYPHOID. Despite its limitations the WIDAL TEST remains a valuable and highly specific tool for rapid diagnosis of TYPHOID fever.

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HATAMI, H., & JAMSHIDI, F.. (2001). EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WIDAL TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER IN KERMANSHAH. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF I.R.I., 19(3), 175-181. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/41251/en

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HATAMI H., JAMSHIDI F.. EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WIDAL TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER IN KERMANSHAH. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF I.R.I.[Internet]. 2001;19(3):175-181. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/41251/en

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H. HATAMI, and F. JAMSHIDI, “EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WIDAL TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER IN KERMANSHAH,” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF I.R.I., vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 175–181, 2001, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/41251/en

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