Typhoid Fever: Likelihood Ratios

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The likelihood ratios of findings for Typhoid Fever are listed below. See the left navigation bar to change the display.

Poorly Diagnostic Findings

Finding	+LR	-LR	Comments, Study
hearing loss	Sensitivity = 90%		>38C 53% of patients had fever >40C Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Bone Marrow Aspirate Culture	Sensitivity = 85.6%		Study: J Infect Dis 1984 Feb;149(2):157-61 PMID 6421940
Blood Cultures Duplicate	Sensitivity = 81%		Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Duodenal string-capsule culture	Sensitivity = 57.6%		Study: J Infect Dis 1984 Feb;149(2):157-61 PMID 6421940
Diarrhea	Sensitivity = 56%		Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Blood Cultures Duplicate	Sensitivity = 54.2%		Study: J Infect Dis 1984 Feb;149(2):157-61 PMID 6421940
Stool Culture	Sensitivity = 50%		Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Rectal Swab Culture	Sensitivity = 35.6%		Study: J Infect Dis 1984 Feb;149(2):157-61 PMID 6421940
Rose Spots	Sensitivity = 26%		salmon colored spots usually found on the abdomen Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Hepatomegaly	Sensitivity = 25%		Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830
Leukocytosis	Sensitivity = 17%		>8k/ul Study: Microbiol Immunol. 2000;44(7):577-83. PMID 10981830