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A total of 112 male patients presenting with acute gonococcal urethritis were admitted to the hospital. The diagnosis was confirmed by smear, culture, oxidase reaction and sugar fermentation tests. The patients were treated with a single 300 mg capsule of rosoxacin. All patients except one showed adequate response to rosoxacin.
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4-Quinolones , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Adult , Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage , Gonorrhea/complications , Humans , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Quinolones/administration & dosage , Urethritis/complicationsABSTRACT
An ELISA Inhibition Method (EIM) was proposed for the serologic diagnosis of dengue, comparing its results with the Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) and the IgM capture-ELISA (MAC-ELISA). Advantages and disadvantages of both methods are discussed according to sensitivity, specificity, performance and usefulness. As a conclusion we recommend the complementary inclusion of the EIM and MAC-ELISA substituting the HI for laboratories engaged in the diagnosis and surveillance of dengue
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Humans , Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/analysis , Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Dengue/diagnosis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests , Immunoglobulin M/analysisABSTRACT
A total of 150 patients with cutaneous candidiasis were studied. A detailed clinical history was taken. Scrapings were examined in 10% KOH, and the material cultured on Sabouraud's agar. Species were identified by the serum germ tube test, sugar fermentation and sugar assimilation tests. Of 150 patients 79 were females. The commonest presentation was intertrigo (75), vulvovaginitis (19) and paronychia (17). A history of chronic exposure to water was obtained in 94 cases, all had erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica and/or paronychia. Diabetes melltius as a predisposing factor was observed in 22 patients. The 10 cases of balanoposthitis had associated diabetes mellitus. Smear and culture were positive in all the patients. C. albicans was isolated in 136 cases, C. tropicalis in 12, and C. guillermondi in 2. The cultures of C. albicans had positive serum germ tube test. The 6 patients in the paediatric age group having perianal/genital involvement had a stools culture positive for C. albicans.
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Adult , Candidiasis, Cutaneous/epidemiology , Causality , Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiology , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , MaleABSTRACT
A rare case of leg ulcer in a 28 years old woman with thalassemia minor is reported.