PATIENT ID DDC-17549 COLLECTION DATE 13-Nov-2023

PATIENT NAME Ritik Varma AGE / SEX 18 Yrs / MALE

REFERRED BY DR. APNA MEDICAL ST REPORTING DATE 15-Nov-2023

PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION REPORT

Investigations Result Units Reference Range

IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY

Platelet Count 2.15 Lacs/cmm 1.5 - 4.5

WIDAL TEST
1/20 1/40 1/80 1/160 1/320

S.typhi O + + + - -

S.typhi H + + + - -

S.paratyphi AH - - - - -

S.paratyphi BH - - - - -

Interpretation of Result:-POSITIVE
Agglutination titer greater than 1:80 is considered significant and Suggests infection. Whereas low titers are found in normal individuals.

Interpretation:-
CLINICAL SINGNIFICANCE:-
The organism Salmonella typhosa is responsible for causing enteric fever or typhoid fever, which is characterized generally by very high consistent
fever, loss of appetite, transitory bacteraemia, round or oval shaped ulcer on smooth peritoneal surface of peyer’s patches and solitary lymphoid
Follicle of ileum etc. The organism possess‘o’ antigen on the cell wall and ‘H’ antigen on its flagella, against which the host body produces
immunospecific antibodies, to counteract the effect of corresponding antigens. On the other hand the paratyphoid fever caused buy Salmonella
paratyphi A or Salmonella paratyphi B is characterized by milder course of disease. These organisms also possess somatic ‘O’ and flagellar antigen
which is termed as A(H) and B(H) respectively. The other Organisms of Salmonella species like Salmonella typhimurium responsible for causing food
poisoning or Arizona group causing fetal infection do have similar antigenic properties.

End of report

CHECKED BY PATHOLOGIST
DR. B.S. SODHI
M.B.B.S., M.D.(Path.)