Changing Paradigm of Yeast Isolates in HIV-Seropositive Patients with Oropharyngeal Candidiasis (OPC).

Background Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is a common fungal infection in HIV-seropositive patients. Understanding the spectrum of yeast isolates and their antifungal susceptibility patterns is crucial for effective management. This study aimed to determine the yeast isolates, antifungal susceptibility patterns, and associated factors in HIV-seropositive patients with OPC.

A Comparison of Anteromedial Plating Versus Anterolateral Plating for Humerus Shaft Fractures Using the Anterolateral Approach.

Background Plate osteosynthesis is the gold standard treatment for the management of humeral shaft fractures. In the present study, we performed plate osteosynthesis on the anteromedial and anterolateral surfaces using the anterolateral approach to compare the functional outcomes. Aims and objectives To study and compare the functional outcome, time to achieve union and associated complications of anteromedial and anterolateral plating in humerus shaft fracture by anterolateral approach.

Post-COVID-19 cavitary lung lesion due to and in a patient suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia - a case report.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has manifested as a multifaceted paradigm but has primarily affected the respiratory system. Though a rare sequela after-COVID-19, we present a case of cavitary lung lesion in an adult patient, which manifested with common symptoms such as fever, cough and dyspnoea during the post-COVID-19 recovery period. and were found to be the main causative organisms.

Identification of Fungal Isolates in Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has long been associated with opportunistic fungal infections and could prove lethal if these fungal infections are not detected in the early stages of tuberculosis. TB patients are mostly immunocompromised, and an association with a fungal infection fuels each other, thus decreasing host immunity and making it difficult to treat. Extensive use of antibiotics and steroids has resulted in increasing trends of these fungal infections globally.

Non-Mucormycetes Causes of Fungal Rhino Sinusitis With Periocular Swelling in COVID-19 With Delta Variant.

Objective:  To highlight fungi other than mucormycetes as causative agents of rhinosinusitis with periocular swelling in coronavirus (COVID-19) infection caused by Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus and identify the presenting features, risk factors, intervention, and outcomes.

Methods And Analysis: A retrospective interventional study of 96 patients with fungal rhinosinusitis and periocular swelling was done in patients with concurrent or recovered COVID-19 infection with the Delta variant (B.1.

Candidemia Among ICU Patients: Species Characterisation, Resistance Pattern and Association With Candida Score: A Prospective Study.

Introduction Candidiasis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients admitted in intensive care units. Identification of Candida species is essential for effective treatment. However, in absence of proven fungemia, guidelines to initiate therapy are yet to be defined.

Postoperative Epidural Fibrosis Prevention: Which Is Better-Autologous Fat versus Gelfoam.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized study of 100 patients with prolapsed intervertebral disc with an average of 12- to 18-month follow-up postoperatively.

Purpose: To compare the role of Gelfoam and autologous fat in the prevention of postoperative epidural fibrosis (EF) after lumbar spine surgery.

Overview Of Literature: EF is a possible sequelae of lumbar disc surgery.

Bilateral Monteggia Fracture: A Rare Case Presentation.

Introduction: Giovanni Monteggia was the first to describe two cases of fractures of the proximal third of ulna with dislocation of the radial head. Monteggia fractures much more commonly are seen in children than in adults, but the bilateral entity is rare in both age groups. The following case is about the course of treatment for bilateral Monteggia fractures in a young male.

The impact of antibiotic pre-treatment on diagnostic yield of CT-guided biopsy for spondylodiscitis: A multi-centre retrospective study and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Patients with suspected spondylodiscitis often undergo CT-guided biopsy to identify a causative microbiological organism. Antibiotic pre-treatment has been postulated as a cause for a negative biopsy, although previous clinical studies have been heterogenous with a meta-analysis suggesting no effect. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of antibiotic pre-treatment on microbiological yield.

Clinical outcome in Giant cell tumor of cervico-thoracic spine: Our experience with three cases.

Background: Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the spine is uncommon but most aggressive benign tumor of the spine with unpredictable outcome. The purpose of this study was to report on a surgical treatment for the cases of GCT (C2, T4 and C7-T1). The spine is not a common site for a Benign GCT, with a 2.

Evaluating bionanoparticle infused fungal metabolites as a novel antimicrobial agent.

Therapeutic properties of fungal metabolites and silver nanoparticles have been well documented. While fungal metabolites have been used for centuries as medicinal drugs, potential of biogenic silver nanoparticles has recently received attention. We have evaluated the antimicrobial potential of Aspergillus terreus crude extract, silver nanoparticles and an amalgamation of both against four pathogenic bacterial strains.

Objective measurement of shade color in age estimation.

Introduction: Age estimation is an important subspecialty of forensic medicine. Dental hard tissues are highly resistant to degradation and putrefaction. Enamel is translucent and varies in color from light yellow to grey white.

An ecological role of fungal endophytes to ameliorate plants under biotic stress.

It is our consensus that plants survive and flourish in stressed ecosystems because of endosymbiotic organisms that have co-evolved and were essential for their adaptation to changing environments. Some of these microbial components are noncultivable and vertically transmitted from generation to generation. They represent a vast reservoir of heritable DNA that can enhance plant performance in changing environments and add genetic flexibility to adaptation of long-lived plants.

Five-year experience of corneal scrapes at Wellington Eye Department, New Zealand.

Aim: To determine the causative organisms of bacterial keratitis in Wellington and to identify the antibiotic sensitivities of each bacterium isolated. These results will then be compared with certain patient characteristics and clinical outcomes.

Methods: Corneal scrapes collected between 2001 and 2005 were retrospectively analysed and collated on a database.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels are elevated in South Indian patients with ischemic heart disease.

Several lines of evidence point to a possible relationship between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease. Animal experiments and observational studies in humans suggest vitamin D to be arteriotoxic and an association of high intake of vitamin D with increased incidence of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The major source of vitamin D in adults is vitamin D synthesized in the skin through exposure to the sun.

Transjugular approach to concurrent mitral-aortic and mitral-tricuspid balloon valvuloplasty.

A transjugular approach was successfully used for concurrent mitral-aortic and mitral-tricuspid valvuloplasty in one patient each. This approach simplifies antegrade transvenous aortic valve dilatation in rheumatic aortic stenosis. Advantages obtained by transjugular tricuspid valvuloplasty are easy crossing of the tricuspid valve and stable balloon position, co-axial with the tricuspid orifice.

The natural history of diabetic nephropathy: unpredictable insulin requirements--a further clue.

Diabetic nephropathy has evolved into the single most prevalent cause of uremia among patients sustained by the United States End Stage Renal Disease program. Clarification of the natural history of kidney involvement and insufficiency in Type I and II diabetes has improved substantially over the past 5 years. However, it remains a poorly understood and relatively underreported morbid entity.