Epidemiology and Performances of Typhidot Immunoassay and Widal Slide Agglutination in the Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Febrile Patients in Bafoussam City, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study
Table 7
Distribution of clinical symptoms among study participants.
Clinical symptoms
Total (N = 336)
Typhoid fever positive (N = 70)
value
OR (95% CI)
Headaches
Yes
232 (69.04)
49 (21.12)
0.365
0.739 (0.385–1421)
No
104 (30.952)
21 (20.19)
—
1
Vomiting
Yes
189 (56.25)
35 (18.51)
0.28
1.373 (0.772–2.441)
No
147 (43.75)
35 (23.80)
—
1
Aches and pain
Yes
234 (69.64)
48 (20.51)
0.651
1.157 (0.615–2.173)
No
102 (30.35)
22 (21.56)
—
1
Fever
Yes
268 (79.76)
55 (20.52)
0.705
1.147 (0.565–2.328)
No
68 (20.23)
15 (22.05)
—
1
Shivering
Yes
281 (83.63)
59 (20.99)
0.659
0.836 (0.377–1.853)
No
55 (16.36)
11 (20)
—
1
Diarrhea
Yes
208 (61.90)
49 (23.55)
0.272
0.701 (0.371–1.322)
No
128 (38.09)
21 (16.40)
—
1
Constipation
Yes
286 (85.11)
57 (19.93)
0.264
1.566 (0.713–3.438)
No
50 (14.88)
13 (26)
—
1
Asthenia
Yes
286 (85.11)
68 (23.77)
0.233
0.366 (0.070–1.911)
No
50 (14.88)
2 (4)
—
1
Type of stool
Mucoid
167 (49.70)
36 (21.55)
0.851
1.120 (0.344–3.643)
Watery
78 (23.21)
17 (21.79)
0.876
1.104 (0.319–3.826)
Hard
74 (22.02)
13 (17.56)
0.571
1.444 (0405–5.144)
Bloody
17 (5.05)
4 (23.52)
—
1
Anorexia
Yes
303 (90.17)
51 (16.83)
≤0.001
7.703 (3.507–16.919)
No
33 (9.82)
19 (57.57)
—
1
Abdominal pain
Yes
324 (96.42)
67 (20.67)
0.823
1.186 (0.265–5.302)
No
12 (3.57)
3 (25)
—
1
Values in brackets are in percentage (%), denominator column 2 : 336, and denominator column 3 corresponds to the total of each clinical symptoms. Numbers in bold represent the P value of each clinical symptom which is significantly different compared to the normal P value (0.05).
