Ulcerative Colitis and Its Association with Salmonella Species

Table 3

Positivity for antibody in the study population against S. Typhi and Paratyphi A by Widal test when cut-off titre was taken >1 : 160 against any of the antigens TO, TH, and AH either isolated or in combination.

(a)

Study groups	Number of study subjects	Positive
		Number	%
Ulcerative colitis (UC)	59	32	54.2
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)	127	89	70.1
Colon cancer (CC)	28	20	71.4
Apparently healthy controls (HC)	190	29	15.2

(b)

Widal
UC	Vs	IBS
UC	Vs	CC
UC	Vs	HC
IBS	Vs	CC
IBS	Vs	HC
CC	Vs	HC