aeromonas hydrophila is pathogen for several vertebrates. the bacteriological, clinical and epidemiological evidences for the role of a. hydrophila have been described in human infections. the presence of this pathogen in contaminated water is well-established and ingestion of such water may cause infection. there are many reports of acute diarrhoea associated with a. hydrophila transmitted by ...

background: acute poisoning is a common medical emergency. this study was designed to investigate the pattern of drug utilization, poisoning agents, and outcome in patients with acute poisoning treated at a tertiary care teaching hospital in vadodara, west of india. methods: this prospective cross sectional drug utilization study was carried out on patients with diagnosis of acute poisoning adm...

background: to study the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in tribal women and to assess the treatment seeking behavior of affected women. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in khardi, a tribal village, selected by random sampling, in thane district, maharashtra, india during the period october 2010 to january 2011. all women aged 20 years and above wer...

background: soil is well known to support the transient or ongoing existence of keratinophilic fungi and potential source of infection for human and animals. methods : samples were collected from 67 sites of university campus like pg study centers, playgrounds, gardens, hostels, administrative blocks, library, bank, canteen and road side for the estimation of keratinophilic fungi using the hair...

The in vivo applications of gas-core microbubbles have been limited by gas diffusion, rapid body clearance, and poor vascular permeability. To overcome these limitations, using a modified three-step emulsion process, we have developed a first-of-its-kind India ink incorporated optically-triggerable phase-transition perfluorocarbon nanodroplets (INDs) that can provide not only three types of con...

The 5-upstream region of a winged bean chymotrypsin inhibitor gene (JVCI-3b) was found to have a high affinity for nuclear matrix. The region, named WCI-3b MAR (matrix attachment region), is highly A + T-rich and contains multiple sites interacting with nuclear matrix. A MAR was also found in the corresponding region of the WCI-x gene, another active gene of the WCI family. Several MAR-binding ...

infection resulting from plasmodium vivax is the commonest type found in india as well as other tropical regions. the clini­cal picture is variable depending on the nature, immunity of the child, and lives in an endemic area or not. here, we report a child, who presented with cerebellar dysfunction with intact sensorium and plasmodium vivax was positive on peripheral smear.

proliferating pilomatricoma is a distinctive rare variant of pilomatricoma first described in 1997.very few cases of proliferating pilomatricoma have been reported in the literature until date. this report is a case of 65 years old male presenting with hard nodular lump on the right side of neck slowly increasing in size for the last 8 months. wide excision of the lump was performed with clear ...

an obstructed inguinal hernia is a common surgical emergency, which presents with a variety of contents like the small intestine, omentum, and colon. intestinal knotting is a rare entity encountered in surgical practice; it occurs when one coil of intestine wraps around the other and eventually leads to complications such as intestinal obstruction, ischemia, and gangrene. both conditions are co...

background: the north eastern region in india is endemic for canine heartworm disease but in clinics accurate diagnosis is some times difficult. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of occult infections for heartworm disease in canine in two geographical regions of north eastern india. methods : a total of 782 numbers of three categories of dogs namely, working dogs of m...