Published July 6, 2008
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BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CASES DIAGNOSED AS ENTERIC FEVER IN SOKOTO – NIGERIA
Authors/Creators
- 1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
- 2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- 3. Faculty of Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
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The study was conducted to determine the proportion of confirmed enteric or typhoid cases as well as non-typhoid salmonellosis among patients clinically diagnosed or suspected to have typhoid or enteric fever.
Serum and fecal samples were collected from two hundred (200) patients presenting with enteric fever in Sokoto metropolis to determine the prevalence of non-typhoid salmonella and the reliability of the Widal test. The serum samples were tested for Widal reaction using Antec Widal Diagnostic Kit, while the fecal samples from the same patients were subjected to cultural isolation and identification of salmonellae. The results showed that 132(66%) of the patients were positive for Widal test. Salmonellae were isolated from 11 (5.5%) comprising 5(3.8%) and 6(8.8%) from Widal positive and Widal negative samples respectively. Two of the isolates were non-typhoidal Salmonella, one each from Widal positive and Widal negative patients. Typhoid Salmonella were recovered from 9(4.5%)of the patients, of which 4(44.4%) and 5(55.6%) were from Widal positive and Widal negative patients respectively. Other organisms isolated and identified were Shigella spp., Protozoan cysts and helminth ova.