Introduction: In the present era, the rapid diagnosis of infectious disease is becoming a challenge to the medical field. At this setup, the most common infectious diseases are considered for rapid, accurate diagnosis. Salmonella is one of the most common needed infectious agents to be identified as early as possible. Aim: To identify a specific and sensitive technique for early diagnosis of en...

Anti typhoid properties of methanol leaves extract of Acacia nilotica was investigated. The phytochemical screenings for detection of the presence of bioactive constituents were carried out. A of mice with Salmonella typhi parasites treating them with leave extract of Acacia nilotica followed by widal tests. The phytochemical screening of the methanol leave extract of Acacia nilotica revealed t...

INTRODUCTION There is an urgent need for affordable point-of-care diagnostics for the differentiation of febrile illnesses and the confirmation of typhoid in endemic countries. METHODOLOGY Blood samples were collected from febrile patients with clinical suspicion of typhoid and screened for typhoid fever using the Widal and Typhi Dri Dot tests, while stool and blood samples were screened for ...

Diagnosis of typhoid fever is difficult because it is non-specific symptoms and signs with those of other acute febrile illness. Blood cultures, and antibody levels of O& H, were evaluated, in the diagnosis of typhoid fever in Egyptian hospitals. Patients were divided into three groups: (I) 254 with blood culture-confirmed typhoid, (II) 3426 febrile patients with negative blood cultures, and (I...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate three commercial typhoid rapid antibody tests for Salmonella Typhi antibodies in patients suspected of having typhoid fever in Mpumalanga, South Africa, and Moshi, United Republic of Tanzania. METHODS The diagnostic accuracy of Cromotest(®) (semiquantitative slide agglutination and single tube Widal test), TUBEX(®) and Typhidot(®) was assessed against that of blood cultu...