Bacteriological , serological and som antibiotics study of Typhoid fever in Baghdad province

Abstract

Two hundreds suspected typhoid fever patients blood and stool samples were collected. The diagnosis of patients was concerned with the clinical symptoms and serologically obtained from Widal test by using both H,O-antigens. The titer of antibodies were concentrated at a levels 80, 160 against each antigens. Typhoid fever infect both sex, but the rate of infection among males was higher (54%) as compared with that of females (46%), while the highest rate of infection was encountered among the age 15-29 years old in males and females 24.5%, 17.5% respectively. Sixty one isolates of Salmonella typhi were isolated from the blood and feces specimens (49,12) respectively. Serological characterization of isolates showed that 49 isolates belong to 9,12-Vi-d serotype and 12 isolates to 9,12-d serotype.The antibiogram pattern against Salmonella typhi cultures showed different results. The majority of isolates were sensitive to Streptomycin, Rifampicin, Chloramphenicol, Gentamycin and Cephalexin and resistant to both Penicillin and Erythromycin.