A preliminary report on comparison of tube and slide agglutination tests in the diagnosis of typhoid
| dc.contributor.author | Thevanesan, V. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Fernando, A.T.P.G. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Gamage, T.M. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-10T07:20:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-01-10T07:20:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A comparison between the standard agglutination test (SAT) by the conventional tube test and a slide agglutination method was carried out in 11 patients with a clinical and serological diagnosis of typhoid and 54 patients with nontyphoidal illnesses. 55perc. of patients in the first group had a negative O titre using the slide agglutination tets. There was a 73perc. discrepancy between the 2 tests in the O titre in the first group and 56perc. and 50perc. discrepancy in the 2nd and 3rd groups respectively. The H antibody titre gave more comparable results in the 2 tests. Further validation of the slide agglutination test is required before it is recommended for clinical practice | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science35(1)pp.7-9 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7038 | |
| dc.publisher | The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pathology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Laboratory diagnosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Clinical biochemistry | en_US |
| dc.subject | Salmonella typhi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Microbiology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bacterial diseases | en_US |
| dc.title | A preliminary report on comparison of tube and slide agglutination tests in the diagnosis of typhoid | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |