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- Title
Widal agglutination test - 100 years later: still plagued by controversy.
- Authors
Olopoenia, L A; King, A L
- Abstract
We review the significance of the Widal agglutination test in the diagnosis of typhoid fever. Over 100 years since its introduction as a serologic means of detecting the presence of typhoid fever, the Widal test continues to be plagued with controversies involving the quality of the antigens used and interpretation of the result, particularly in endemic areas. Areas of concern with clinical and laboratory significance discussed in this review include: the techniques of test performance, interpretation of results, limitation of the value of the test results in endemic typhoid areas, the quality of the antigens used, and alternative diagnostic tests.
- Publication
Postgraduate medical journal, 2000, Vol 76, Issue 892, p80
- ISSN
0032-5473
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/pmj.76.892.80