Evaluation of serological diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in Papua new guinea using a composite reference standard

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Typhoid fever remains a major global health problem. A major impediment to improving outcomes is the lack of appropriate diagnostic tools, which have not significantly improved in low-income settings for 100 years. We evaluated two commercially available rapid diagnostic tests (Tubex and TyphiDot), a prototype (TyphiRapid TR-02), and the commonly used single-serum Widal test in a previously reported high-burden area of Papua New Guinea. Samples were collected from 530 outpatients with axillary temperatures of ≥37.5°C, and analysis was conducted on all malaria-negative samples (n=500). A composite reference standard of blood culture and PCR was used, by which 47 participants (9.4%) were considered typhoid fever positive. The sensitivity and specificity of the Tubex (51.1% and 88.3%, respectively) and TyphiDot (70.0% and 80.1%, respectively) tests were not high enough to warrant their ongoing use in this setting; however, the sensitivity and specificity for the TR-02 prototype were promising (89.4% and 85.0%, respectively). An axillary temperature of ≥38.5°C correlated with typhoid fever (P=0.014). With an appropriate diagnostic test, conducting typhoid fever diagnosis only on patients with high-grade fever could dramatically decrease the costs associated with diagnosis while having no detrimental impact on the ability to accurately diagnose the illness. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Siba, V., Horwood, P. F., Vanuga, K., Wapling, J., Sehuko, R., Siba, P. M., & Greenhill, A. R. (2012). Evaluation of serological diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in Papua new guinea using a composite reference standard. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19(11), 1833–1837. https://doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00380-12

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