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Antimicrobial resistance on the rise: Are we running out of drugs?

Editor Pharmacology April 14, 2016

The world of modern medicine was transformed in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin, introducing the age of antibiotics. Today again the world of medicine teeters on the edge of another change, the post-antibiotic era. Sir Fleming predicted this ominous scenario ...Read More

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Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Need of the hour

Editor Microbiology March 23, 2016

The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in India is the largest in the world with around 23% of the global 9.6 million affected people in 2014.While pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is the most common presentation, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for a significant proportion of tuberculosis cases ...Read More

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Brachial Plexus And Its Injury

Editor Anatomy January 17, 2016

Definition: A network of spinal nerves that originates in the back of the neck, extends through the axilla (armpit), and gives rise to nerves to the upper limb. The brachial plexus is formed by the union of portions of the 5th through 8th cervical ...Read More

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Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Sulabh Shrestha Physiology December 27, 2015

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome is a rare neurobehavioral disorder associated with bilateral destruction of the anterior part of the temporal lobes of the brain. This removes not only, portions of temporal cortex but also of the amygdalas that lie inside these parts of the temporal lobe. ...Read More

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Side Effects Of Anabolic Steroids

Sulabh Shrestha Pharmacology October 3, 2014

Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are synthetic forms of the male sex hormone testosterone. They mimic the effects of the male steroids testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue (especially in muscles). Taking ...Read More

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Opioid Poisoning and its Emergency Management

Editor Pharmacology January 4, 2014

Opioids are among the commonly misused substance by drug abusers around the world. Opioid comes in various forms – Heroin , Morphine, Methadone, Coedine, Pethidine, Dihydrocoedeine. These are a class of drugs derived from the extracts of plant- opium poppy. Used as Analgesics but ...Read More

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Rheumatoid Factor (RA Factor) and Its Diagnostic Importance

Sulabh Shrestha Microbiology, Presentations October 13, 2013

A presentaion on rheumatoid factor and its significance in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis by students of Kist Medical College Objectives To define Rheumatoid Factor . To explain briefly its significance in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid factor Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an autoantibody ...Read More

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Newer Antibiotics and their Uses – Review

Dr. Sujit Shrestha Pharmacology September 25, 2013

FDA Approved Antibiotics which are marketed internationally. The problem of the antibiotic resistance has been over-viewed in the previous article. Here are the latest antibiotics in current use. Oxazolidinones In clinical use: Linezolid In clinical trials: Radezolid, torezolid. Effective against Organisms- –gram-positive bacteria ...Read More

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Antibiotic Resistance and Newer antibiotics- An overview

Editor Pharmacology September 17, 2013

The need for novel antibacterials is a desparation today because of increasing resistance to the older ones.Three classes of drug-resistant bacteria are a major cause of concern- –Methicillin -resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA), –multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pan-drug-resistant (PDR) gram-negative bacteria, which include strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, ...Read More

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Basic Sc. Archive

Antimicrobial resistance on the rise: Are we running out of drugs?

Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Need of the hour

Brachial Plexus And Its Injury

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Side Effects Of Anabolic Steroids

Opioid Poisoning and its Emergency Management

Rheumatoid Factor (RA Factor) and Its Diagnostic Importance

Newer Antibiotics and their Uses – Review

Antibiotic Resistance and Newer antibiotics- An overview