February 2012

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus faecalis and a novel Planomicrobium isolate of bacterimia

  During nucleotide sequences of 16SrDNA gene, Enterococcus faecalis was predominant in 322 samples; 11 isolates (100%) were from outpatients' vaginal swabs and 3 isolates (75%) from inpatients' blood samples. The three isolates from the blood showed two frame shift mutations "Deletion" at sequence positions 21 and 1076 bp to be 100% similar with type strain OG1RF. The isolates...

Author(s): Munaff J. Abd Al-Abbas

February 2012

Frequency of rapid viral response (RVR) and influence of various factors on the response rates in chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with interferon and ribavirin combination therapy

  The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of rapid viral response (RVR) and influence of various factors on the response rates in chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with interferon and ribavirin combination therapy. This study was conducted in Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad-Pakistan and Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro/ Hyderabad, Pakistan, from July 2007...

Author(s): Memon Sadiq, Shaikh Samiullah, Devrajani Bikha and Shaikh Khalid

February 2012

Prevalence of dementia varied with age, education and social network in a Senegalese elderly population of patients utilizing the Medico-Social and University Center of IPRES, Dakar-Senegal

  With the ageing of the population, dementia is increasing. In Africa, studies on dementia of the elderly are seldom. However, dementia exists and is not well documented in Senegal especially among the elderly population. We conducted a study to estimate the prevalence of this disease among Senegalese elderly population utilizing the Medico Social and University Center of IPRES, Dakar-Senegal. The study was...

Author(s): Touré K., Coumé M., Sow P. G., Ndiaye N. N. D., Basse A., Diagne N., Sow A., Diop M., Seck L., Thiam M. H., Diop A. G. and Ndiaye M. M.

February 2012

Comparative study of pulmonary functions after administration of albuterol and levalbuterol in patients with moderate to severe bronchial asthma

  β2 - adrenoceptor stimulants play a key role in the management of bronchial asthma. This study was carried out on 80 patients of moderate to severe bronchial asthma. Group I (n = 40) received Albuterol 2.5 mg/2.5 ml and Group II (n = 40) received Levalbuterol 0.63 mg/2.5 ml TDS for 4 weeks. Baseline and post-treatment evaluation of lung function, respiratory rate, Total leukocytes Count, Total eosinophil...

Author(s): Kavita Rathore, Tarun Kumar Sharma, M. L. Aseri, Sunil Kumar Mathur, Rakesh Chandra Gupta, Satish Kumar Vardey, G. G. Kaushik and Maheep Sinha