Subjective Visual Vertical in Various Vestibular Disorders by Using a Simple Bucket Test.

Subjective Visual Vertical (S.V.V.

Nasal endoscopic and anterior craniotomy resection for esthesioneuroblastoma: how we did it.

The objective of this study was to report and present an approach to combine functional and esthetic technique of endoscopic nasal tumor resection with anterior cranial fossa extension resection in a case of Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB), a rare slow growing malignant neoplasm of the olfactory mucosa. For this purpose, the mass was excised by nasal endoscopic approach with microdebrider and anterior craniotomy with bi-coronal incision. The cribriform plate defect was reconstructed with temporalis fascia and nasal defect with fascia and rotated middle turbinate.

Bronchial cast: a case report.

We present a case of a child who presented with respiratory distress mimicking foreign body aspiration which was treated by bronchoscopic extraction of bronchial cast. Early interventional bronchoscopy in management of plastic bronchitis, though difficult, provides an immediate benefit and good prognosis especially in patients with no underlying cardiopulmonary morbidity.

Evaluation of urinary abnormalities in nephrolithiasis patients from Marathwada region.

Urinary abnormalities were evaluated in 100 renal stone patients with first episode of renal stone having age 22 to 45 years from both sex and compared to 100 normal healthy control group having same age group from both sex. Twenty-four hours urinary oxalate, calcium, uric acid, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus and citrate were estimated. The urinary pH was also determined.

Bacteriological analysis of burn sepsis.

A total of 114 opportunistic bacteria were isolated from 65 swabs from burn sepsis. P. aeruginosa (53.

Citric acid treatment of severe electric burns complicated by multiple antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A case of severe electric burns complicated by multiple antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa not responding to various antibiotics administered systemically is presented. Citric acid (3%) was used successfully to eliminate Pseudomonas aeruginosa from burn wounds and infection was completely controlled in 14 days. Citric acid treatment is evidently of value in the clinical control of burn wound colonization caused by difficult strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Norfloxacin induced resistance to fluoroquinolones & structurally unrelated antimicrobial agents in coagulase negative staphylococci.

Nine clinical isolates of coagulase negative staphylococci (CONS) susceptible to norfloxacin (MIC 1.8-2 micrograms/ml) were manipulated in vitro to induce norfloxacin resistance by means of serial passage in brain heart infusion broth containing increasing concentrations of norfloxacin. Exposure of CONS to norfloxacin resulted in 18 to 20 times increase in MIC of norfloxacin and change in in vitro susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, pefloxacin, ofloxacin, kanamycin, neomycin and tobramycin, indicating development of cross resistance to fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides.

A comparison of sputum examination for acid fast bacilli by modified Schaeffer & Fulton stain, Ziehl-Neelsen stain & cold stain.

A comparative study of Ziehl-Neelsen stain, cold stain and modified Schaeffer and Fulton stain was carried out to evaluate the efficiency of modified Schaeffer and Fulton method in sputum examination for acid fast bacilli (AFB). Of 187 sputum samples studied, 67 (35.82%) were reported positive by Ziehl-Neelsen stain and cold stain method while 66 (35.