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Widal test report analysis
Salmonella typhi O < 1:80
Salmonella typhi H <1: 80
Salmonella paratyphi A,H < 1:80
Salmonella paratyphi B,H < 1:80
Please analyze the report. Typhoid : positive/ negative
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If test is done within 5-7 days of fever. Repeat widal test. And if fever petsist get Tyhphi Dot IgM and IgG blood test.
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negative madam.for any queries consult online.
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Yes its negative, but you have to correlate with the clinical condition of the patients
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Please consult online and send all reports, discuss case in detail so i can advise you.
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Dr. Shakti K
General Physician
24 yrs exp
Delhi
Hello Ma'am... Your Widal report is negative. However, the interpretation of Widal is always done in a series, that is two reports, one week apart, are analysed.
It is important to understand that the Widal test is an 'antibody' test. This means that it interprets your body's response to infection (formation of antibodies to fight a particular infection). Thus it will never be positive in the first week of infection, as antibodies would not have formed so early.
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You have not mentioned in your query whether you have fever or not; and if yes, for how long. It will be better to do other blood tests like CBC, LFT and blood culture.
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Typhoid fever is diagnosed by blood culture in the first week of fever. Unfortunately blood culture is positive only in 50%of the cases. That is why clinicians treat Typhoid fever empirically, that is without confirmation. (Nothing is 100% in medicine!). Widal test has no role in the first week. Subsequently in the second and third weeks, the patient has already been treated, and is better, so doing Widal and getting a positive result will not be helpful. In my opinion, it is an obsolete test, to be used if patient doesn't improve, or is having fever since more than a month
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