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Will A Medical Check Up Reveal Typhoid Infection ?
Am working in Dubai and will be having a medical test soon. MOH Dubai is checking following lab test: 1) Prevalence of malaria: by Giemsa stained thick blood films 2) Hepatitis B is diagnosed by detecting the surface antigen ( HbsAg ) and hepatitis C by detecting antibodies to HCV (HCVAb) using ommercial enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits from ABBOTT company, Germany. The presence of HBsAg was confirmed by a seroneutralization test of the same company. For HCVAb screening, all specimens with absorbance value equal to or greater than the cut-off value were rechecked and considere das reactive only if both ELISA results were positive.Reactive sera were confirmed by Liatek from rganon. Antibodies to HIV were also tested in Virology Laboratory using commercial enzyme mmunoassay (ELISA) kits of ABBOTT, 3rd genration. All positive samples are confirmed by estern blot analysis from Bio-Rad test. My question, i was infected with Typhoid last 4 months back and was treated IV antiboitics and have no symptoms since then, I have done Widal test last week still it is showing Salmonella Typhi H: Dilution 1:160 while all others are negative. I want to know by doing the MOH test, the result shall show I had typhoid. Appreciate your response.
For diagnosis of Typhoid with WIDAL, we usually consider O > or = 1:100.
H titers can be elevated even after the infection and it take couple of months for it come down. If had any viral infection or any other infection n between, again H titers go up.
SO its not specific and is not of much importance.
It should not be a problem for you w.r.t MOH
Thanks and Regards
Dr Kiran
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Will A Medical Check Up Reveal Typhoid Infection ?
Hi, The WIDAL report is H 1:160 For diagnosis of Typhoid with WIDAL, we usually consider O or = 1:100. H titers can be elevated even after the infection and it take couple of months for it come down. If had any viral infection or any other infection n between, again H titers go up. SO its not specific and is not of much importance. It should not be a problem for you w.r.t MOH Thanks and Regards Dr Kiran