A Study on the Significance of Nasal Smear Eosinophil Count and Blood Absolute Eosinophil Count in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis of Varied Severity of Symptoms.

Unlabelled: : Rhinitis is defined as inflammation of nasal mucosa. Allergic rhinitis is the most common type of chronic rhinitis with increasing prevalence. Tests such as nasal smear for eosinophilia, Skin prick test, Serum absolute eosinophil count and Immunoglobulin IgE helps us in diagnosis of allergic rhinitis.

Asymptomatic Apical Periodontitis Lesions and Their Association With Systemic Inflammatory Burden: A Preliminary Prospective Clinical Study.

Background Apical periodontitis (AP) is an inflammatory disorder of the periapical tissues caused by the persistence of a microbial infection within the root canal system of the affected tooth. Clinically, it is symptomatic or asymptomatic depending on several factors such as the type of microorganisms, bacterial load, immunological reaction, and local tissue mediators. Chronic or asymptomatic infections may initiate and modulate intravascular accumulation of inflammatory cells resulting in endothelial dysfunction which subsequently represents a possible systemic inflammatory burden.

A Study on Otorhinolaryngologist Perspective of Etiology and Outcomes in Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy: A Single Centre Experience Over a Year.

To analyse the aetiology and outcomes of all patients attending otorhinolaryngology department for Lower Motor Neuron type facial palsy over one year. STUDY DESIGN-Retrospective study. SETTING-SRM medical college hospital and research institute, Chennai from Jan 2021 to December 2021.

Disinfection of the Water Borne Pathogens Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by Solar Photocatalysis Using Sonochemically Synthesized Reusable Ag@ZnO Core-Shell Nanoparticles.

Water borne pathogens present a threat to human health and their disinfection from water poses a challenge, prompting the search for newer methods and newer materials. Disinfection of the Gram-negative bacterium and the Gram-positive coccal bacterium in an aqueous matrix was achieved within 60 and 90 min, respectively, at 35 °C using solar-photocatalysis mediated by sonochemically synthesized Ag@ZnO core-shell nanoparticles. The efficiency of the process increased with the increase in temperature and at 55 °C the disinfection for the two bacteria could be achieved in 45 and 60 min, respectively.