Name
TYPHOID FEVER
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
WIDAL TEST - MAY BECOME POSITIVE AFTER 4-7 DAYS OF FEVER. * STOOL CULTURE - BECOMES POSITIVE AFTER 2ND WEEK. * BLOOD CULTURE - BECOMES POSITIVE AFTER FIRST WEEK * LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR ANTIBODIES TO VI ANTIGEN - BECOMES POSITIVE AFTER 3 - 5 DAYS. * RELATIVE LYMPHOCYTOSIS & LEUKOPENIA SEEN * POSITIVE WIDAL TEST IN T-0 & T-H > 1/160 OR RISING TITER IN TWO BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN ON DIFFERENT DATES * BONE MARROW CULTURE - HIGHLY SENSITIVE ( > 90% ) DESPITE 5 DAYS OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY * CULTURE OF INTESTINAL SECRETIONS ( > 90% ) POSITIVE
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
TOTAL LEUCOCYTE COUNT, DIFF. LEUCOCYTE COUNT, WIDAL TEST, BLOOD CULTURE, STOOL CULTURE, LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR ANTIBODY TO VI ANTIGEN
[ALFALFA] [ANISEED] [ARJUNA] [ASAFOETIDA] [ASHGOURD] [ASOKA] [BABUL] [BAEL] [BAMBOO] [BANAYAN] [BAY BERRY] [BELLERIC MYROBLAN] [BETEL LEAVES] [BISHOP WEED] [BITTER CHAMOMILE] [BLACK NIGHTSHADE] [BLOOD WORT] [BUTEA] [CALAMUS] [CARAWAYSEEDS] [CARDAMOM] [CASSIA] [CASTORSEEDS] [CELERY] [CHALMOGRA] [CHEBULIC MYROBLANT] [CHICORY] [CHIRAYATA] [CINNAMOM] [CLOVE] [COLCHICUM] [COMMAN HOGWEED] [CORIANDER] [CUMINSEEDS] [CURRYLEAVES] [DANDELION] [DEVIL TREE] [DIGITALIS] [DILL] [EAST INDIAN ROSEBAY] [EPHEDRA] [EUPHORBIA] [FENNEL] [FENUGREEK] [GARLIC] [GINGER] [GOKULAKANTA] [HENNA] [HERMAL] [HOLY BASIL] [HYSSOP] [INDIAN BARBERRY] [INDIAN GOOSEBERRY] [INDIAN HEMP] [INDIAN MALLOW] [INDIAN PENNYWORT] [INDIAN PODOPHYLLUM] [INDIAN SARSAPARILLA] [INDIAN SENNA] [INDIAN SORREL] [INDIAN SPIKENARD] [INDIAN SQUILL] [INDIANCALYPHA] [INDIANLOE] [ISPAGHULA] [JAUNDICE BERRY] [KANTAKARI] [LEADWART] [LEMON BALM] [LEMON GRASS] [LINSEED] [LIQUORICE] [MADHUCA] [MARGOSA] [MARIGOLD] [MARJORAM] [NUTMEG] [ONION] [PARSELY] [PARSLANE] [PEEPAL] [PEPPER] [PERGULARIA] [PICRORHIZA] [POPPY SEEDS] [RAUWDFIA] [RHUBARB] [ROSEMARY] [ROUGH CHAFF] [SAFFRON] [SAGE] [SANDALWOOD] [SAUSSUREA] [SNAKE GOURD] [TAMARIND] [TENNER'S CASSIA] [TRAILING ECLIPTA] [TURMERIC] [TURPETH] [VALERIAN] [VASAKA] [WATERCRESS] [WINTER CHERRY] [WOODPPLE] [WORMWOOD] [ZIZYPHUS]