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Background: Myocardial Pleural TB is one of the most frequent extra-pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. Extra Pulmonary tuberculosis is the area of concern for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Aim of this study is to estimate enzyme Amylase levels in serum and pleural fluids of HIV seronegative exudative tuberculous pleural fluids and their possible role in the diagnosis of tubercular pleural effusion. Methods: A total number of 100 patients were selected to do this study. Selected individuals were randomly included in this study as cases and controls, 50 members each. The samples of blood and pleural fluid were tested for amylase within the stipulated time, on the same day, to prevent the loss of analyte by CNPG method. Results: Among Group I or Cases, the mean value of serum amylase and pleural fluid amylase was 53.044 and 77.122 respectively. Among Group II or controls, the mean value of serum and pleural fluid amylase was 49.508 and 63.238 respectively. Conclusion: Serum and pleural fluid Amylase levels indicate a coexisting pathology of pancreas, gastrointestinal tract and malignancies. According to our study, diagnosing Tuberculous pleural effusion by assessing amylase levels has less sensitivity and specificity.
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The study was carried out to investigate the effect of panchakavya made from cow (PK-C) and buffalo (PK-B) products on urease and dehydrogenase activity and root yield of Ashwagandha and it revealed that soil application of PK-C @ 15% recorded the highest urease activity at both the stages of crop (85.24, 44.56 at flowering and harvest during rabi 2007-08 and 81.07, 35.50 μg of NH4 + released g-1 soil h-1 at flowering and harvest in kharif 2008). The highest dehydrogenase activity also noticed in the same treatment (91.05, 49.05 μg of TPF g-1 soil day-1 at flowering, harvest during rabi 2007-08 and 81.00,, 39.64 μg of TPF g-1 soil day-1 at flowering, harvest in kharif 2008) during both the years. The highest dry root yield was recorded with PK - C @ 5% - 4 sprays (290 and 280 kg ha-1 during both the years, respectively).
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Talon cusp is a dental anomaly, which is present as an accessory cusp and is seen both in the deciduous and permanent dentition. It may occur unilaterally or bilaterally and has been reported mostly in maxillary teeth, with a few cases occurring in the mandible. Talon cusp is usually asymptomatic; however, there are many clinical problems associated with it. Talon cusp is clinically manifested in three forms: talon, semi-talon and trace talon. In this article, we present four case reports of talon cusp with an overview of different clinical variants of talon cusp, classification, etiopathogenesis, associated syndromes, clinical problems, and treatment modalities.