title: [Antibody titers in the serum of patients suspected of typhoid using the classical Widal and microagglutination tests].
abstract: Blood serum samples taken from typhoid fever suspected patients during the last typhoid fever epidemic in Ankara in 1981 were tested comparatively with classical Gruber-Widal test and microagglutination technique using safranin-stained Salmonella typhi O and H antigens. Results showed that microagglutination technique was more reliable, less time and antigen consuming and permitted a more objective evaluation of agglutinin titers.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000276:immunology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Tifo kuşkulu hastalarin serumlarinda klasik widal ve mikroaglütinasyon yöntemleri ile antikor aranmasi.