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How Serious Is Child's Fever If WIDAL Test Shows O Antigen Positive And H Antigen Positive?
my daughter has 7 years old done blood test after 5 days fever, the widal test shows sal.tyhi'o" Antigen Positive 1:80 dilution. and Sal.Typhi "H"Antigen positve 1:80. Now she takes medicicine as adviced by our peadiatrician. Now i want to know how serious my daughter fever and waht stage it is? Please advice
Fri, 27 Dec 2013
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Welcome to the HCM,
TO 1;80 is supposed to be positive, but usually rising titer on repeat test are supposed to be sure sign of typhoid disease. Medicine for the typhoid are necessary to take for the prescribed duration.
Hope the baby will be alright after completing the course.
Thanks
Welcome to the HCM,
TO 1;80 is supposed to be positive, but usually rising titer on repeat test are supposed to be sure sign of typhoid disease. Medicine for the typhoid are necessary to take for the prescribed duration.
Hope the baby will be alright after completing the course.
Thanks
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