Background: The increasing rate of water-borne diseases in Karachi demands the characterization associated pathogens. Nowadays, infections become more resistant to treatment due biofilm formation and excessive use antibiotics. Biofilm water deteriorates quality water. This study identified characterized biofilm-producing E. coli drinking Methodology: Water samples were analyzed for heterotrophi...

In research areas such as decision support systems, one of the crucial features is the ability to automatically explain decisions. However, this ability does not typically play a large role in computer games. Here, I suggest that this situation will change: research on the automatic generation of explanations will have real import for many types of computer games. I discuss four possible ways t...

Introduction: Oral Candidosis is among the find-ings of acute leukemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the intensity of C.albicans, before treatment and at the Induc-tion phase.  Materials and Methods: Twelve patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) aged 2-14 years enrolled in study. Whole Saliva samples were obtained and cultured to determine the mean count ...

A one-year-old infant presented with recurrent perianal abscesses and pneumonia, and was diagnosed with chronic neutropenia. Treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was initiated, and thrombocytopenia was detected three weeks later. The drug was discontinued but the patient's platelet count did not improve. A short course of high-dose methylprednisolone was administered, an...

A total of 30 patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) thrombocytopenia (TP) and 20 healthy controls were studied. Both groups were subjected to complete medical history, clinical examination in addition to assessment of hepatitis markers: level of thrombopoietin (Tpo), Geimsa-stained bone marrow smears, and in vitro short-term megakaryocytic progenitors culture (CFU-MK). Serum Tpo level was sig...

Irradiation is a preservation technology used to improve the safety and hygienic quality of food. Aim of this study was to assess the applicability and validity of the microbiological screening method direct epifluorescence filter technique (DEFT)/aerobic plate count (APC) (EN 13783:2001) for the identification of irradiated herbs and spices. Tests on non-irradiated and irradiated samples of dr...

The study was designed to determine the bacterial quality of local fried ground beef (Dambun nama) sold and consumed in Sokoto metropolis. Between January and December 2009, 216 samples of fried ground beef were collected and processed for bacterial isolations. Plate count agar, Violet Red bile lactose agar, RAPID E. coli agar and tellurite emulsion plates were used for the isolation of aerobic...

The hematopoietic stimulatory activities of human recombinant IL-3 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were directly compared using highly enriched human bone marrow progenitor target cells. IL-3 supported a larger number of erythroid and megakaryocytic progenitor cells than did GM-CSF, while GM-CSF supported more myeloid progenitors. IL-3 directly stimulated the divis...

Despite regular disinfection and decontamination of the hospital floors and surfaces, resistant pathogens from the hospital surfaces and their transmission to humans have been reported recently. The resistance of pathogens to the disinfectant agents or failed disinfection techniques have put the routine floor and non-critical surface disinfection done in hospitals into question with regard to t...

systemic antibiotics and locally applied antimicrobial agents have been suggested to enhance clinical parameters. patients exhibiting aggressive periodontitis in particular benefit from adjunctive antibiotic therapy. the purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of local antibiotic therapy with metronidazole adjunctively to scaling and root planning (srp) in the treatment of aggr...