UJI TUBEX UNTUK DIAGNOSIS DEMAM TIFOID DI LABORATORIUM KLINIK NIKKI MEDIKA DENPASAR

Abstract

Typhoid fever is one of the endemic diseases that commonly occur in rural
and urban communities. It spreads through food and drink contaminated by
Salmonella typhi bacteria. In 2008, detection of typhoid fever was carried out using
the tubex test in which it principally detects the IgM antibody that specific for
Salmonella typhi O9 present in serum by employing the method of Inhibition
Magnetic Binding Immunoassay (IMBI).  The present study was aimed to evaluate
results of blood sample examination of suspected typhoid fever patient using the
tubex test, in order to confirm the typhoid fever diagnose. This research was
retrospective study by analyzing 1.266 data of suspected patients obtained from Nikki
Medika Clinic Laboratory. The samples were delivered to the Clinic Laboratory for
laboratory examination since 2008 till October 2012. Each sample was examined
using the tubex test. The results showed that 11.6 – 27.8% of the blood samples were
positive for typhoid fever while 70 – 88.7% was negative.