Background: To determine the frequency of bacterial vaginosis in female patients with complaint of vaginal discharge and to evaluate the accuracy of Amsel’s clinical criteria taking Nugent criteria as gold standard. Methods: In this descriptive study female patients of a reproductive age group presenting with a complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge were included. A routine gynaecological spec...

Background Few studies compared the diagnostic value of procalcitonin with a combination of other tests including lactate and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in the prediction of pathogenic bacteremia in emergency department adult patients. Methods We performed a retrospective study assessing the differences in performances of procalcitonin at a cutoff of 0.5 ng/mL, lactate at a cutoff of...

This study assessed the performance of a bioluminescent bacterial assay, the ToxScreen-II Test (Photobacterium leiognathi), in comparison to the brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) nauplii lethality assay for the detection of toxicity associated with Aloe vera leaf gel extract and the organophosphate pesticide Mevinphos. In both bioassays, clear dose-response relationships were demonstrated for ...