blood culture

Blood Culture and Widal Test as Diagnostic Tools for Enteric Fever with Antibiogram in a Tertiary Care Centre at Dhaka in Bangladesh

Sushmita Roy, Iftikhar Ahmed, Provash Chandra Saha, Bhuiyan Mohammad Mahtab Uddin, Mejbah Uddin Ahmed & Md. Abdullah Yusuf · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Enteric fever still exists as one of the major public health issue occurring in our country. Antimicrobials are the mainstays of treatment of typhoid fever. Due to rapidly growing antibiotic resistance, Salmonella spp. is required to be periodically tested for suscept...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930371

Role of Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen Test for the Screening of Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematological Malignancies

Eman H. Salem, Asmaa M. Elbrolosy, Samah M. Awad, Suzan A. Alhassanin, Amira I. Aldesoky, Suzy F. Gohar & Shaimaa S. Solimani · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Background: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a leading cause of death among immunocompromised patients, particularly those with hematological malignancies. The use of galactomannan (GM) antigen as a biological marker for screening of IA in high-risk patients is attractive and non-i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i330130

DNA Microarray-based Identification of Fungal Pathogens in Neutropenic Patients in Alexandria University Hospitals in a Twelve-month Interval

Dalia El-Sayed Metwally, Abeer Abdel Rahim Ghazal, Nadia Ali Sdek, Shady Hassan Fadel & Yasmeen Abd El Raouf Arafat · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Background: Systemic fungal infections are increasing, and they cause severe morbidity and high mortality rates among immuno-compromised patients. Conventional laboratory methods for identifying fungal pathogens, although continuously improving, are still time consuming. Therefor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/39249

Comparative Study of Blood Culture and Widal Agglutination Test from the Patients Suspected of Enteric Fever

Preety Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Anshu Kumari Chaudhary, Shashi Bhushan Chaturwedi & Anima Shrestha · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: This study was performed to identify the enteric fever cases by both blood culture and Widal agglutination test and compare the results obtained from both methods. Study Design: This research was carried out as hospital based descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: Bloo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26141

Comparison of Widal Test with Cultural Methods for Evaluation of Salmnella typhi/paratyphi Infection

C. I. Eleazar, C. U. Iroegbu & I. P. Udoh · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: To compare the effectiveness of the Widal screening, stool and blood cultures methods for typhoid/paratyphoid fever diagnosis in exposed subjects. Study Design: Analysis involved a prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place at the Department of Med...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17986