A total of 349 suspected cases were included in the study with 50 controls. Off these, there are 76 females (21.77%) and 273 males (78.23%) of HIV suspected cases with different age groups(19-60) have been collected, processed with quality controls and incorporated in present study, during the years of 2010-2012 in hi-tech diagnostic center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India. All patients have been screened for routine, HIVp24 antigen, CD4&CD8 counting and HIV RNA quantification. The FDA approved medical devices have been applied for above diagnostic tests likes Sysmex 2000i, Roche Cobas Integra 400plus, FACS caliber system and Abbott2000rt respectively. High risk age groups (25-40 years) have been observed in males and females suspected cases and it were higher in males (71.26%) when correlative with females infected cases (21.4%). The actual viral load quantification were obtained as results in different ranges like 14.30% target not detected(TND),7.7%(< 40 copies/ml),5.5% 3 log10,15.5% 4 log10, 25% 5 log10, 14.30% 6 log 10, and 4.6% 8 log 10 respectively. According to viral load, the depletion of CD4 was absolutely observed with percentages of CD4/CD8 and CD3. The conclusion of the study is that the 4th generation assay most accuracy than current 3rd generation assay in HIV acute stage screening and it should introduce in feature.
Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts. Breastfeeding makes babies smarter. According to researchers, children who were breastfed longer had higher scores on intelligence or IQ tests.
Trans cranial Doppler is a portable, repeatable, bed side investigation tool of immense importance but it has not been utilized to its full potentials in Medical Sciences even where it is available. A brief indications and role of TCD in different disorders are discussed.
Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma is a rare malignancy of eccrine sweat gland origin with propensity for metastasis and recurrence, occurring in men. The recognition of this tumor as a distinct clinicopathologicaleccrine sweat gland neoplasm is important because of the potential for aggressive local growth and distant metastasis.
Multiple wormian bones are the prominent features of various cranial dystosis. The wormian bones are formations associated with insufficient rate of suture closure and regarded as epigenetic and hypostotic traits. It was reported that there exists racial variability among the incidence of these bones.
Shunt prolapse through anusis a rare complication of Shunting. It is fraught with further serious complications. Proper management with shunt tube exteriorization and followed by removal and reinsertion. Per anal prolapse and its treatment is described.
Dacryodes edulis, Garcinia kola, and Chrysophyllum albidum are well known plants used for traditional medicine in the treatment of various ailments and diseases. The crude extracts of these three plants were screened for their antimicrobial effects against some selected microorganisms; bacteria and fungi using an agar-diffusion method.
Colorectal cancer, commonly known as colon cancer or bowel cancer is a uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum or in the appendix. Most colon cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).
XXY syndrome in males has been found in our society in the ratio of 1:500. It is a common condition, but often under diagnosed and undertreated. The indication of testosterone-replacement therapy (TRT) treatment requires the presence of low testosterone level.
Malaria is one of the most severe public health problems worldwide. Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly ( HMS) is a form of severe malaria. The diagnosis was based on the exclusion of other causes of splenomegaly, immunity to malaria, splenomegaly of at least 10 cm, a high serum concentration of Ig M.
Intra operative ultrasonography guides the surgeon about exact intra operative position instantly and also defines the boundaries of mass lesion for excision during operation and also visualizes movement of lesion during surgery.
The neck dissection of a male cadaver revealed a thyroid gland having its left lobe supplied by a left superior thyroid artery arising from the left common carotid artery. There was a supra isthmic arterial arcade formed between the anterior branches of both the right and left superior thyroid arteries.
Single layered closure were done in 300 cases including 2000 cases of polypropylene closure in 100 infected cases and 100 uninfected cases .Out of 100 cases of vicryl mass closure faired badly as regards to post operative infection and sinus formation in infected cases.
Exclusion of donors who are likely to be infected with HIV is a sound policy for improving blood safety and reducing operative cost. Factors associated with increased likely hood of HIV infection among newly recruited blood donors are identified and their feasibility as criteria for exclusion from donation is assessed
A total of 349 suspected cases were included in the study with 50 controls. Off these, there are 76 females (21.77%) and 273 males (78.23%) of HIV suspected cases with different age groups(19-60) have been collected, processed with quality controls and incorporated in present study, during the years of 2010-2012 in hi-tech diagnostic center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.
