Microplastic presence in commercial marine sea salts: A baseline study along Tuticorin Coastal salt pan stations, Gulf of Mannar, South India.

The present baseline research infers that the salts present in the sea may contain microplastics (MPs), as the seawater is contaminated due to a number of anthropogenic activities. Herein, 25 types of sea salt samples were collected from salt pans located in the Tuticorin coastal region. The MPs present in the samples were separated and identified by various methods such as handpicking, visual classification, and micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (μ-FT-IR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Identification & differentiation of Mycobacterium avium & M. intracellulare by PCR- RFLP assay using the groES gene.

Background & Objective: We report a new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay using mycobacterial groES as a target to identify Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare in clinical samples.

Methods: The assay was standardized using M.

Randomised controlled clinical trial of short course chemotherapy in abdominal tuberculosis: a five-year report.

Objectives: To assess and compare the efficacy of a 6-month short-course chemotherapy regimen (SCC) with that of a 12-month standard regimen in the treatment of abdominal tuberculosis.

Design And Subjects: A total of 193 adult patients with evidence of abdominal tuberculosis were randomly allocated to one of two daily regimens: 1) a 6-month SCC regimen with rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide for 2 months followed by rifampicin with isoniazid for another 4 months (6R series) and 2) and 12-month standard regimen of ethambutol and isoniazid with streptomycin supplemented for 2 weeks (12E series). Surgery was undertaken only for patients suspected to have obstruction or perforation of the intestine.