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What Does My Widal Test Report Indicate?

here is my widal test report o Antigen Agglutination 1:80 Dilution H Antigen Agglutination 1:160 Dilution Para A(H) Antigen Agglutination 1:20 Dilution Para B(H) Antigen Agglutination 1:20 Dilution Serum Bilirubin 0.8Mg% can u check this ... is this report shows typhoid positive
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Widal test is done for typhoid fever. A single Widal test showing H and/or O titers more than or equal to 1:160 and typhoid-like symptoms is suggestive of typhoid fever. Do you have fever?? If yes, then you are suffering from typhoid fever because your “H" antigen agglutination titer is 1:160. Confirmation of typhoid fever is done by blood culture because false positive Widal test also occurs in non-enteric salmonella infection such as Typhus, immunological disorders, chronic liver disease and cryptococcal meningitis.
Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by salmonella typhi. It is very resistant kind of fever.
Advice
1.     Hospitalization
2.     Complete bed rest
3.     Ceftriaxone 1 grams twice daily intravenously for 14 days
4.     Paracetamol 500 mg if fever occurs
5.     Drink plenty 4 – 5 liters of uncontaminated water daily
6.     Investigations –blood culture for salmonella typhi, CBC, Hb%
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What Does My Widal Test Report Indicate?

Widal test is done for typhoid fever. A single Widal test showing H and/or O titers more than or equal to 1:160 and typhoid-like symptoms is suggestive of typhoid fever. Do you have fever?? If yes, then you are suffering from typhoid fever because your “H antigen agglutination titer is 1:160. Confirmation of typhoid fever is done by blood culture because false positive Widal test also occurs in non-enteric salmonella infection such as Typhus, immunological disorders, chronic liver disease and cryptococcal meningitis. Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by salmonella typhi. It is very resistant kind of fever. Advice 1. Hospitalization 2. Complete bed rest 3. Ceftriaxone 1 grams twice daily intravenously for 14 days 4. Paracetamol 500 mg if fever occurs 5. Drink plenty 4 – 5 liters of uncontaminated water daily 6. Investigations –blood culture for salmonella typhi, CBC, Hb% Thanks