The efficacy of concomitant administration metformin and Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Chaya) teas in type 2 diabetic rat models was evaluated. Diabetic rats were treated for 28 days with infusions green (GTC) black (BTC) chaya teas. Total phenol flavonoid contents, as the antioxidant capacities tea infusions, assessed. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), lipid profile markers hepatic renal functions GTC...

Four cases of septicaemia in children were traced to contaminated intravenous infusions and volume control sets. In each case Pseudomonas cepacia was isolated from multiple blood cultures and from intravenous fluid within the volume control set. The first patient died of septicaemia after a long and complicated postoperative period. The other three patients received appropriate antibiotics afte...

Gravid mosquito traps are commonly used for both arbovirus surveillance and population surveillance of mosquitoes of the genus Culex. Oviposition substrates, used as baits in these traps, were tested against Culex under laboratory and field conditions. In the laboratory all substrates tested as 1% and 10% dilutions in 2-choice bioassays against female Cx. quinquefasciatus were significantly mor...