Original article
English
B. Narasinga Rao 1, Saroja Venugopal 2
1-Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Mcd cine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, G. S. P. L. A. J. 2-Prof. & Head of Department of Microbiology, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatinan, INDIA.
Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 17, No. 1-2. January/July l994: 9 -13
Abstract
Typhoid fever almost completely disappeared in Western countries, but is one of the major causes of illness in tropical countries like India and certain parts of Africa. Diagnosis by culture, though specific causes delay and difficulties in isolation due to various reasons. The serology though easier, is underserved considering its fallacies and shortcomings with problem of specificity and sensitivity. For early diagnosis of typhoid fever, coagglutination test by Kron vail’s method was performed using ruine samples and the results compared with routine procedures like culture and serology.
Three hundred in — patients clinically suspected to be typhoid fever were chosen for the present study. Ninety three cases out of 300 were positive for urine coagglutination test. A control group of 150 healthy medical students showed negative coagglutination.
Keywords: Detection of Salmonella typhi Antigen in Urine Using Slide Coagglutination Test for the Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
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