COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ICT,WIDAL WITH BLOOD CULTURE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER AMONG PUO CASES IN A TERTIARY CARE: A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY OF NORTH EAST.

Abstract

Background: Disease burden of acute febrile illness due to infectious etiologies is under reported in various parts of India including North east due to lack of laboratory confirmation. Undifferentiated febrile illnesses common in tropical areas of Asia and enteric fever is one of them Aims: This study was conducted to determine the best investigative procedures for the diagnosis of enteric fever . Setting and Design: This was a hospital based study among 205 patients including paediatric patients admitted with acute febrile illness were evaluated by ICT, Widal and Blood culture Materials and Methods: ICT , Widal and blood culture were performed according to manufactuter instruction Results: When ICT was compared to blood culture concordence rate was found to be 92% where as discrepacancy was just 8% and sensitivity and specificity was found to be 100 % and 90.24%.