TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Jahanzeb AU - Khan, Gulalai Wali AU - Khan, Muhammad Ali AU - Khan, Pervez PY - 2011/09/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Typhoid fever - Its prediction without Blood culture JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/580 SP - AB - <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="446"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1" width="446"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr height="221"><td class="xl65" width="446" height="221">To diagnose typhoid fever on clijnical ground without blood culture, a study was conducted in Medcial A unit LRH, Peshawar on 25 patients with typhoid fever. 24(96%) blood cultures yielded the growth of salmonella typhi and 1 (4%)of S Parathphi A. Fever for more than 7 days was noted in 20 (80%) aptietns. Toxic look and coated lips were present in 17 days was cough with few basal crackles were recorded on 15(60%) cases. Spleen was enlarged in 15(60%) and pain abdomen with diarrhea were complained by 14(56%) patients. The TO and AO titres of the widal test were raised to <span>&gt;</span><span> 1/320 in 16 (64%) cases. Clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever was suggested by the following 6 events: duration of fever for more than 7 days, toxic look and coated lips, dry cough with few crackles, soft spenomegally, pain abdomen with diarrhea and a positive widal test at screening dilution of </span><span>&gt;</span><span> 1 / 320.</span></td></tr></tbody></table> ER -