Giant Cell Arteritis in an Elderly Female With Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a type of systemic vasculitis that primarily affects people over the age of 50 and affects the medium to large arteries. GCA's clinical manifestations can be varied and non-specific, similar to those observed in atherosclerosis. Here, the authors present a case of an elderly woman with pulmonary tuberculosis with GCA masquerading as atherosclerosis.

Bacteriological analysis of street-vended fruit juices available in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

Background: A descriptive study was carried out due to absence of knowledge of relation between hygiene status of vendor and extent of contamination while simultaneously adding to the pool of similar studies, which would in turn help government formulate an appropriate policy.

Methodology: A sample size of 80 fruit juices were collected from 55 vendors and cultured using CLED agar; relevant biochemical tests were run and isolates confirmed using Chromogenic Agar CPS3Id. The CFU of isolates obtained from one vendor were averaged to obtain average CFU for the vendor.