Objective: To determine the frequency of beta lactamase producing Staphlococcus aureus and their sensitivity to Amoxicillin clavulanate in major cities of Pakistan. Setting: Various laboratories of the country with one as the central Laboratory. Materials and Methods: Seven hundred and ninety two consecutive clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were collected from 8 laboratories all over ...

BACKGROUND Stroke is a fatal clinical syndrome with mortality rate ranging up to 25%. Hypertension, smoking and diabetes mellitus are common preventable risk factors which are associated with serious outcome. Objective of this study was to determine the clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of stroke. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Medical Wards of DHQ Teaching...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the annual number of injections per person in Sindh province of Pakistan and to describe their distribution with regard to prescribers, settings, and safety. DESIGN A population-based cross-sectional study in July-September 2001. SETTING Lyari, an urban town in Karachi district; and Digri, a rural subdistrict in Mirpur Khas district. STUDY PARTICIPANTS We selected a ...

Kashmiri population in the northeast of Pakistan has strong historical, cultural and linguistic affinities with the neighbouring populations of upper Punjab and Potohar region of Pakistan. However, the study of consanguineous unions, which are customarily practised in many populations of Pakistan, revealed marked differences between the Kashmiris and other populations of northern Pakistan with ...

Background: Chikungunya virus is common in Bangladesh. Objective: The aim of the study was to estimate post-outbreak seroprevalence chikungunya infection a Bangladeshi urban slum population. Methodology: From April May 2018, cross-sectional conducted Bauniabadh, an underprivileged area Mirpur Thana (subdistrict), Dhaka, Randomly selected residents this were interviewed and screened for IgM IgG ...