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Is My Widal Test Is Positive Or Negative?
1 year back i infected by Typhoid fever and i took medicine for 1 month. Right now my widal test revealing that Salmonella Typhi O 1:160, Salmonella Typhi H 1:60, Salmonella ParaTyphi AH nil, Salmonella Paratyphi BH nil.is my widal test is positive or negative
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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You are suffering from typhoid fever.
Widal test (test for typhoid)is positive.Single antibody value of salmonella O or H, > or equal to 1: 160 is considered as positive.However four fold increase in follow up titration is confirmatory for typhoid fever.
In cases of typhoid,I suggest my patients to take injection ceftriaxone 1 gm I.V twice daily for seven days.Alternatively,tablet cefixime 200 mg twice daily for seven days can also be taken orally.
It may take a week for complete recovery.
Hope I have answered your question.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
Thanks for writing to HCM
You are suffering from typhoid fever.
Widal test (test for typhoid)is positive.Single antibody value of salmonella O or H, > or equal to 1: 160 is considered as positive.However four fold increase in follow up titration is confirmatory for typhoid fever.
In cases of typhoid,I suggest my patients to take injection ceftriaxone 1 gm I.V twice daily for seven days.Alternatively,tablet cefixime 200 mg twice daily for seven days can also be taken orally.
It may take a week for complete recovery.
Hope I have answered your question.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
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