Comparison of serological test kits for diagnosis of typhoid fever in the Philippines |
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Authors: | Kawano Razel L Leano Susan A Agdamag Dorothy May A |
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Affiliation: | National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Other STDs, STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory, Manila, Philippines. rzlkawano@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | We evaluated four recent antibody-detection kits for typhoid fever by using 177 febrile patients from our hospital, in 75 of whom Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi grew. TUBEX performed best, achieving 94.7% sensitivity and 80.4% specificity. Typhidot, SD Bioline Typhoid, and Mega Salmonella were less specific and, in most cases, less sensitive. |
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