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Widal Path.|vɪ-, wɪˈdɑːl|
The name of G. F. Widal (1862–1929), French physician, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate an agglutination test for typhoid and other Salmonella infections described by him in 1896.
1899H. M. Biggs in Typhoid Fever (N.Y. State Med. Assoc.) 272 A negative result from the Widal test cannot be regarded as having much significance. Ibid., While the Widal reaction may be very late in its appearance,..when present it is of the greatest possible value in the diagnosis. 1908Practitioner Sept. 423 The absence of spots, Widal's reaction,..and the presence of a marked leucocytosis and of localised pain, will settle any doubt. 1974R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery ii. 35/2 This is the basis of Widal's reaction..for the diagnosis of typhoid, and it can also be used to detect dysenteric infection. 1976Lancet 20 Nov. 1143/2 Stool microscopy, stool culture (including viral culture), and a Widal test failed to establish a diagnosis. |