Sir how to test whether I am typhoid positive in the reports of the hospital I was admitted the WIDAL test TO TH and AH are positive upto 1/80 levels TO is positive at 1/160 level also AH and BH are negative. What to conclude from that?

Dr. Pulak MukherjeeHomeopath8yrs exp

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Your having typhoid fever but minor.  

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Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician33yrs exp

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Ideally to say typhoid is positive the TO level should be serially increasing and one single titer cannot be considered positive Salmonella typhi H and O titres greater than or equal to 1: 160 occurred in respectively 82% and 58% of typhoid fever patients; The Widal test is positive if TO antigen titer is more than 1: 160 in an active infection, or if TH antigen titer is more than 1: 160 in past infection or in immunized persons. A single Widal test is of little clinical relevance due to the high number of cross-reacting infections, including malaria.  

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