BACKGROUND The BACTEC MGIT 960 was evaluated and compared with BACTEC 9000 MB and Lowenstein-Jensen medium for recovery rate of mycobacteria, time to detection, and contamination rate. METHODOLOGY 147 sputum samples obtained from patients with suspicion of tuberculosis were processed and inoculated into BACTEC MGIT 960, BACTEC 9000 MB and Lowenstein-Jensen medium using standardized procedures...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral blood (PBL) were sampled multiple times from 25 patients with a clinical diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and 49 controls, including 27 patients with other infectious diseases of the central nervous system and 22 patients with other noninfectious neurological diseases. We used an enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) to detect anti-Mycobacter...

OBJECTIVE We studied the psychometric properties of the dynamic version of the Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (DLOTCA) and examined the most frequent level of mediation used for planning for intervention. METHOD Participants included 83 clients hospitalized after first stroke (mean age = 57.7, standard deviation = 8.33) and 45 healthy control participants. All were asses...

Objectives: This study was undertaken to see the role of AFB microscopy and culture for the diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Design and Setting: This descriptive study was carried out at PMRC TB Research Centre King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital Lahore. Subject and Methods: Symptomatic suspects of extra-pulmonary TB were asked to submit their respective samples for AFB smear...

We present a 48-year-old caucasian woman presenting with anal pain, discharge and difficulty in defecation due to recurrent Buschke-Lowenstein tumor with rectal involvement discuss it in the light of literature. A 48-year old caucasian woman was referred to our institute with anal mass causing pain, discharge and difficulty in defecation. She initially had simple excision and electrocoterisatio...

OBJECTIVE We studied the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the new Dynamic Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment-Geriatric Version (DLOTCA-G), a dynamic version of the Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment-Geriatric Version (LOTCA-G), and examined the properties of the mediation system. METHOD Participants included 61 clients hospitalized...

It was suggested that the enhanced incorporation of choline into phospholipids in the very first stages of renal compensatory hypertrophy might result in a change of membrane fatty acid composition and of membrane fluidity (S. Solomon). L. M. Lowenstein stated that no data on fatty acid composition of kidneys undergoing compensatory hypertrophy were available. Since ligation of the ureter of th...