scholarly journals CYTOMORPHOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS WITH CB-NAAT IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Pearl Esther Minz ◽  
Lalita Khess ◽  
Dinesh Chandra Sawaiyan

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common extra pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis. FNAC and Ziehl Neelson staining of FNA samples have low specificity and sensitivity respectively. The aim of this study is to correlate the cytomorphological pattern of the lymph nodes with CB-NAAT as an aid to the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Materials and methods-A retrospective study of 58cases were undertaken from January2019 to Decamber2019 in RIMS Ranchi, a tertiary care centre .Result- Out of the total 58cases 52 samples could be run on CB-NAAT. Out of the total cases run [56%] were CB-NAAT positive. The cytomorphological pattern, Necrosis without epithelial aggregates showed the maximum positivity of MTB CB-NAAT being [35%] . The preponderance of males and age group between 21to 30 years was the highest [57%]. Rifampicin resistance was seen in [14%] of cases.

Author(s):  
Dr. Pallavi Sharma ◽  
Dr. Sarita Devdhar ◽  
Dr. Arun Chaudhary ◽  
Dr. Sumit Giri ◽  
Dr. Dushyant Sharma

Author(s):  
Navya Sri Sreenivas ◽  
Saraswathi Sakranaik ◽  
Ranganath Thimmanahalli Sobagiah ◽  
Anil Kumar

Background: Rabies is a viral zoonosis. In up to 99% of cases, domestic dogs are responsible for rabies virus transmission to humans. About 30% of the victims of dog bites are children under the age of 15. Ironically, all these problems are preventable by effective vaccination. However, for an ef­fective prevention programme, it is important to un­derstand the epidemiology of animal bite cases. The objective of the study was to assess the epidemiological pattern of animal bite cases attending anti-rabies clinic. Methods: A record based retrospective study was conducted from April to May 2016 by reviewing the records of one year in anti-rabies clinic. Results: In the study out of 2850 bite victims, 78% were males and about 21, 54% were in the age group of 20-29 years. 97% of cases were bitten by dog. Based on area wise distribution majority of the bite victims were from Bangalore west (49.5%), among them 23% was referred for Immunoglobulin. The study also showed that majority of paediatric cases were reported more during the month of April and May. Conclusions: In our study we found that majority of cases were reported among the paediatric age group during summer vacations. Hence education should be given in the community as well in schools for primary prevention of animal bite. 


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vani Chandrashekar

The aim of this study was to identify common stool parasites in patients attending a tertiary care centre in South India. We evaluated 2355 stool samples and parasites were detected in 7.9% of samples. 41.1% of our patients were in the 45–58-year age group. Protozoal infections were the commonest seen in 7.8% of samples. Entamoeba histolytica was the commonest protozoa (4.6%) followed by Entamoeba coli (1.2%) and Giardia (0.8%). Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli were together seen in 0.63%, and they were the commonest organisms seen in samples with multiple-organism infection. Both were equally detected in diarrheal samples.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Sigdel ◽  
R Nepali

Introduction: Ear diseases are common in children mainly due to altered anatomy of Eustachian tube which is straighter in children as compared to that in adults. However, the cause of hearing loss in children is more varied, including the etiologies. This study was done to find out the pattern of ear diseases in paediatric age group attending ear, nose and throat OPD in a tertiary care centre in Pokhara, Nepal. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study done in paediatric patients attending ENT OPD over a period of one year from January 2010 to January 2011. The diagnoses were made on the basis of history and clinical examination. Results were expressed in numbers and percentages. Results: Out of 1632 Pediatric ENT patients, 944 had ear diseases, 59.2% were males and 40.8% females. Wax (33.4%) was the commonest diagnosis followed by Chronic suppurative otitis media (24.3%) and Acute ottitis media (13%). Conclusion: Ear diseases are most common condition in ENT OPD among paediatric age group. Wax, CSOM and ASOM were the three most common ear diseases. J. Nepal Paediatr. Soc. 32(2) 2012 142-145 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v32i2.5673


2021 ◽  
pp. 80-81
Author(s):  
Vandana Parasar ◽  
Vidyabhushan Kumar ◽  
Ankita Singh ◽  
Nilesh Mohan

To determine the prevalence and occurrence of visual morbidity in patients of pterygium attending eye opd in a tertiary care centre of Bihar. Methods: In this observational study a total of 193 patients, diagnosed with pterygium, underwent complete ocular examination by an ophthalmologist. Epidemiological trends including age, sex, occupation, effect of living condition and socioeconomic status were analyzed. Results: There is a male preponderance of 58.03%. The age incidence of the group showed that the incidence of pterygium was 10.36% in the age group of less than 30 years. It rises to a maximum of 29.53% in the age of 41-50 years and then gradually declines.. The incidence was found to be maximum among farmers(39.86%) followed by miners(31%). Conclusion: People who work outdoors are at a greater risk because they are subjected to involuntary UVB exposure. The highest exposure occurs during the two hours on either side of noon. Workers must be aware and should take appropriate measures like wearing protective glasses, caps, etc


Author(s):  
Neethu Jose ◽  
Aparna Namboodiripad ◽  
Regi George A N

Background and objectives: Intussusception is the commonest cause of bowel obstruction and is one of the common abdominal emergencies in children younger than 2 years of age.The objective of the study was to assess the clinical profile of intussusception in children and the management and the outcome  and  to assess whether the characteristics mentioned in clinical profile are predictive of subsequent management and outcome of the disease. Methods: A hospital based descriptive study conducted in a tertiary care centre in Kerala, using purposive sampling technique. 120 children admitted with diagnosis of intussusception   fulfilling inclusion criteria and whose parents consented for study were included in the study population, during the study period from November 2018 to June 2020. Detailed history, clinical examination including per rectal examination  and USG was done to make diagnosis of intussusception in suspected cases. Follow up is done at 72 hours,1 week after the admission and 1month later. To assess the clinical profile and outcome of patients, frequency and percentage is used. To obtain the association of clinical profile with outcome chi square test is applied. Results: Outcome of the problem was correlated with age, sex, symptoms, risk factors sonological findings treatment protocol and duration of hospital stay. Out of the 120 children in study population, majority were males(65.8%) with male to female ratio 1.9:1 and majority was in the age group 7- 12 months, which is similar to many other similar studies. Maximum number of cases were in the month of February(14.2%) and November(15%).  Majority of the patients(57.5%) presented to healthcare facility within 24 hours of onset of first symptom.Irritability was the most common clinical symptom(62.5%) followed by vomiting(58.3%) and abdominal pain(49.2%). Ileocolic intussusception (96.7%) was the commonest type. Majority of the cases could be managed with hydrostatic saline reduction(73.3%) and significantly lesser number of patient went for surgical intervention(7.5%) and spontaneous resolution(19.2%). Conclusions: Incidence of intussusception is more common among males and more in the 7-12 month age group.  Majority of the cases presented to health care facility within 24 hours of onset of symptom and could be managed with hydrostatic reduction technique and had a shorter duration of hospital stay compared to surgical reduction technique. Even recurrent cases could be managed with hydrostatic saline reduction. Keywords: Intussusception;  Intestinal obstruction;  Hydrostatic reduction; Spontaneous resolution


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