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Takayasu‖s arteritis is a rare, systemic inflammatory vasculitis of large vessels that usually affects women of childbearing age. Also known as pulseless disease or occlusive thromboaortopathy, the disease is named after the Japanese ophthalmologist who in 1905 described a form of retinal arteriovenous anastomoses due to retinal ischemia caused by large vessel vasculitis. We present here a case of a young female who presented with stroke. The patient had stroke which eventually recovered but now was referred for evaluation of her unrecordable blood pressure.
ABSTRACT
Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic nonspecific arteritis due to inflammatory process of the large vessels usually affecting young women. Occlusion of aorta and its various major branches can result in many of its clinical manifestations, the most devastating being stroke. As with other noninfectious inflammatory diseases, steroid remains the mainstay of treatment with many other avenues being searched for.
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Dengue is the most common arboviral disease in the world with over 50 million people being affected all over. Caused by the virus from genus Flaviviridae, it can result from nonspecific viral illness. Early diagnosis, rapid identification of the complications, and fluid restoration are the cornerstone of management of this disease.
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The present study deals with the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of seeds extract of five plants of Cucurbitaceae family- Momordica charantia (Karella), Cucumis sativa (Cucumber), Praecitrullus fistulosus (Tinda), Cucurbita pepo (Kaddu), Lagenaria siceraria (loki) that are commonly available and readily consumed in India. Results of antimicrobial activity revealed that all the seeds extracts were very effective against Serratia marcescens , E. coli, Streptococcus thermophilous, Fusarium oxysporium, Trichoderma reesei while some extracts showed no inhibition against Aspergillus niger (Cucumis sativa), Candida albicans (Praecitrullus fistulosus, Cucurbita pepo, Lagenaria siceraria). Phytochemical analysis of these plants confirms the presence of various phytochemicals like tannins, cardiac glycosides, terpenoides, carbohydrates, resins, saponins and phytosterols. While other phtochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, steroidal terpenes and phylobatamins were found to be absent in all the extracts. These plants can be a source of useful drugs but further studies are required to isolate the active component from the crude plant extract for proper drug development.