Purulent Ophthalmia from the Bacteriological Standpoint

Acute Purulent Ophthalmia

To the Editor, "The; Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?During the last fortnight I have seen at least a dozen cases of ophthalmia which proved rapidly fatal to the sight. Cause.?Impossible to guess without a microscopic examination, which, unfortunately, I could not get done. In one family two children and their mother had the disease. In another the mother and the daughter were the sufferers. In o...

From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

The aetiology of purulent meningitis in highland children: a bacteriological study.

Of 155 highlands children with purulent culture-positive meningitis studied from March 1980 to September 1984, 84% were aged twelve months or less and 92% were infected with either Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae or both organisms. Other pathogens were Neisseria meningitidis (8 isolations), Streptococcus pyogenes (2 isolations) and Streptococcus agalactiae and Klebsiella specie...

Proteases from Purulent Sputum

A procedure is described for the purification of the elastase and chymotrypsin-like enzymes from purulent sputum. This procedure permitted the isolation of 132 mg and 120 mg of the elastase and chymotrypsin-like enzymes, respectively, from 230 g of purulent sputum. The elastase enzymes consist of a family of five isozymes, and at least three isozymes comprise the chymotrypsin-like enzyme system...

Morbid Impulses from the Medico-Legal Standpoint