Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients
Atteia, D., Ebeid, B., Hasseb, A., Aziz, A. (2020). Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients. EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), 79-89. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2020.89071
Dina Ismail Atteia; Basel Abdel-Momen Ebeid; Alaa Farouk Hasseb; Amany Aziz. "Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 1, 2020, 79-89. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2020.89071
Atteia, D., Ebeid, B., Hasseb, A., Aziz, A. (2020). 'Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients', EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), pp. 79-89. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2020.89071
Atteia, D., Ebeid, B., Hasseb, A., Aziz, A. Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 1(1): 79-89. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2020.89071

Use of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test for typhoid fever in adult Egyptian patients

Egyptian Journal of Medical Research
Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2020, Page 79-89  XML PDF (187.78 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejmr.2020.89071
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Authors
Dina Ismail Atteia1; Basel Abdel-Momen Ebeid1; Alaa Farouk Hasseb1; Amany Aziz* 2
1Tropical Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
2Tropical Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt
Abstract
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Diazo reagent as a diagnostic test of Salmonella infection in comparison to Widal test and blood culture in both cases and carriers of infection. 90 individuals with fever and abdominal pain, were grouped into three groups, 30 in each group. Group 1: 30 patients diagnosed as typhoid fever by Widal test, group 2: 30 healthy food handlers who were coming to the hospital for check up to obtain health certificate (carrier group), group 3: 30 individuals were healthy volunteers (control group). All of the three groups were undergone blood culture, Widal test and Diazo test. Diazo test had the highest diagnostic accuracy (97.7%) in comparison to Widal test and blood culture, while Widal test had 80% and blood culture had 70% accuracy in diagnosing typhoid. Diazo test was equal to Widal in diagnosis of carriers.
Keywords
Typhoid fever; diazo test; sensitivity; specificity
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