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Volume 16, Issue 63-66, January - February 2015

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Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen that colonizes and produces disease in a variety of hosts. Present study was conducted to identify the presence of pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus collected from pus samples of pimples from 18-25 yrs aged students from Medinipur-West, India and to characterize in respect of hydrolyzing property of protein, hemolytic activity, antibiotic susceptibility and biofilm forming ability. In the present study 35 bacterial isolates were identified as Staphylococcus aureus. All of them were found to hydrolyze protein and 94.28% of them were hemolytic. Furthermore, all Staphylococcus aureus isolates were found resistant to Ciprofloxacin, Tetracycline, Erythromycin, Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Clindamycin. On the other hand, 62.85% of them were resistant to Ampicillin, Penicillin, Gentamicin, Streptomycin, Chloramphenicol, Rifampicin. 25.71% were resistant to Methicillin and also possessed mecA as well as lukS/F-PV. But 77.78% of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were found to be resistant to Vancomycin and 82.85% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates can produce moderate amount of biofilm. Hence, Staphylococcus aureus isolates who were MRSA, VRSA and also harbored lukS/F-PV may be appeared as the potential threat to the community health and also treatment plan in future.


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PERSPECTIVE

Diagnostic Tests: Improving Timely Completion, Ensuring Professional Review and Executing Appropriate Intervention. A Six Step Approach to Reduce Errors

Shashi K Agarwal

Diagnostic tests are an important part of clinical medicine. They help screen for disease in asyptomatic patients, establish or rule out a diagnosis in symptomatic patients, provide important prognostic information and allow for objective monitoring of the disease process and its management

Medical Science, 2015, 16(63), 1-4

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RESEARCH

To investigate the protective efficacy and immunomodulatory potential of single dose combination of SSG along with KLD/78kDa antigen +MPL-in inbred BALB/c mice

Jyoti Joshi, Sukhbir Kaur

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease of poor and neglected populations; it affects 79 countries of the world and accounts 58,000 new cases to each year. However, no effective treatment for cure of the disease is yet available.

Medical Science, 2015, 16(63), 6-10

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ANALYSIS

Prevalence, co morbidity and treatment protocols of hypertensive patients in a tertiary care university teaching hospital of Karachi, Pakistan

Aiza Sabir, Lareb Mir, Maryam Ahsan, Rizwana Rehmat, Sadia Iqbal Panjwani, Atta Abbas

A quantitative cross sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care university teaching hospital. All patients visiting the hospital were included in the study and rest of the population was excluded.

Medical Science, 2015, 16(64), 11-16

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RESEARCH

Disease activity and its correlation with anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies and other factors in rheumatoid arthritis

Mohammad-Ayman Safi, Omar Fathaldin

Our aim was to determine the disease activity (DAS28) and its correlation with anti- Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin antibody (anti- MCV) positivity and other factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients, Saudis and non-Saudis.

Medical Science, 2015, 16(64), 17-23

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PERSPECTIVE

Coffee intake on homocysteine and CVD: review article

Janaki S

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) can roughly be classified into three categories: Coronary heart disease (CHD), Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and other vascular diseases.

Medical Science, 2015, 16(65), 24-28

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ANALYSIS

Serological Association with Extra-articular conditions in Saudi Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Mohammad-Ayman A Safi, Dhiya A Houssien

To assess the extra-articular manifestations (EAMs) in Saudi rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and their association with serological markers [rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (Anti-CCP)].

Medical Science, 2015, 16(65), 29-37

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CASE STUDY

An unusual lower segment deeply invading partial ‘Mole Previa Percreta’ necessitating hysterectomy

Shalini Mahana Valecha, Akanksha Sood, Priyanka Singh

The incidence of vesicular mole in Asia is 1:80 and in India is 1:4001.Approximately 3.5% of these cases are partial molar pregnancies. Partial moles are usually (90%) triploids in origin, remaining are tetraploid or mosaic conceptions

Medical Science, 2015, 16(66), 38-40

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RESEARCH

Multidrug Resistant Pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus in the Pimples

Smritikana Biswas, Amit Karmakar, Chandradipa Ghosh

Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen that colonizes and produces disease in a variety of hosts. Present study was conducted to identify the presence of pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus

Medical Science, 2015, 16(66), 41-50

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