Abstract

A REVIEW OF TYPHOID FEVER

*Ashutosh Sharma, Dr. Kaushal Kumar Chandrul, Dr. Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Pankaj Chasta

ABSTRACT

Typhoid Fever: Typhoid fever the common cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the developing countries where Widal test is routinely used as diagnostic tool to rule out the disease. The diagnostic ability of Widal test is debatable as the test method has a low sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value (PPV). Therefore, reviewing articles across the world regarding the diagnostic value of Widal test is necessary.

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