Performance of Widal test and stool culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever among suspected patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Performance of Widal test and stool culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever among suspected patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Abstract Objective We set an experiment to determine the diagnostic performance of the Widal test and stool culture in typhoid-suspected cases attending tertiary hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania using blood culture as a golden standard. We also evaluated the agreement between Widal, stool and bl...

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Main Authors: Akili Mawazo, George M. Bwire, Mecky I. N. Matee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Blood culture
Dar es Salaam
Referral Hospital
Stool culture
Widal test
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4340-y

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