Pyodermas are one of the commonest clinical conditions encountered in dermatological practice. Its prevalence, causative organism and sensitivity pattern differ from place to place. This study is conducted with an objective to find the prevalence, bacteriological profile, and the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the isolates of pyodermal lesions at the remote tribal district of Adilabad. This ...

170 ROLE OF PSEUDOMONAS IN NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCAL STRAINS Ramprasad Balikaran Pal, Marissa Rodrigues, Suprama Datta Department of Microbiology, Sir. H. N. Medical Research Society, Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Prarthana Samaj, Mumbai-400004, India Email: ramprasad_pal@hnhospital . com; eoslab@ yahoo. com ABSTRACT Background & objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

Two simple, rapid and accurate conductometric methods were developed for determination of losartan potassium, pantoprazole sodium, sumatriptan succinate, rabeprazole sodium and lomefloxacine HCl in pure form as well as in their pharmaceutical formulations. The proposed methods based on using two different precipitating agents for conductometric determination of the cited drugs. Method (A) based...

Sir, The past decade has seen increasing numbers of online pharmacies offering prescription-only medicines to patients. Many of these are reputable, dispensing medication only with a valid prescription from a health-care professional. Some offer an ‘online consultation’ usually consisting of a questionnaire detailing symptoms of the condition for which the medicine is sought as well as past med...

clinical condition of the patient improved and he was discharged several days later. R esistance to the newer quinolones in H. influenz ae is rare. In a large Canadian study in 1992 and 1993, all of 1688 strains were susceptible to ciprofloxacin. 2 Jones found 1% of 7961 H. influenz ae isolates to be moderately susceptible, 3 and 1% resistant to lomefloxacin. Barriere & H indler 4 and G ould et...

The problem of antimicrobial resistance in microorganisms causing diarrheal diseases in both developed and developing countries continues to be alarming (6). Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the life-threatening disease cholera. Plasmid-encoded high-level resistance to ampicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, sulfonamide, tetracycline, trimethoprim, and gentamicin has been demons...

BACKGROUND Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) is frequently diagnosed in men of fertile age, and is characterized by a disabling array of symptoms, including pain in the pelvic area (for example, perineum, testicles), voiding symptoms (increased frequency and urgency, also at night; pain or discomfort at micturition), and sexual dysfunction. Cure of CBP can be attempted by long-term therapy wi...

A total of 147 E. coli strains were isolated from food samples and clinical specimens. The prevalence of E. coli in clinical specimens was much higher than in food samples. The antibiotic resistance profile of these strains was determined against 7 classes of antimicrobial agents (26 different members). Almost 90% of E. coli strains were resistant to at least one of the tested antibiotics. The ...