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[|Human|] My mother aged 70 has taken complete course of antibiotics long back but even after a lapose of 12 months, her WIDAL is coming postive and on higher side. She takes methotrexate 7.5 mg / per week for RA. I am concerned regarding her widal maintaing positive and on higher side continuously. reasons pl.
[|AI|]  Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor,First, i would like to tell you that tidal test done for typhoid fever may at times show false positive results. If I were your treating doctor, I would have advised you some investigations incomplete blood count and blood culture, Liver function test, ultrasonography whole abdomen, Urine culture. Depending upon the reports, i would have prescribed you medicines accordingly. It would have been better had you mentioned if she got any other symptoms other than tidal positive. I would advise you to go to your local doctor and get her examined along with the investigation reports as she is on methotrexate(for RA). Hope your query is solved, Take care