Cryptic Bacteria of Lower Limb Deep Tissues as a Possible Cause of Inflammatory and Necrotic Changes in Ischemia, Venous Stasis and Varices, and Lymphedema.

Background: Infections and inflammation of the lower limb skin, soft tissues, and vessels are more common than in other body regions. The aim was to determine whether cryptic bacteria dwelling in deep tissues are the cause.

Methods: We performed bacteriologic studies of specimens harvested from arteries of amputated ischemic legs, leg varices, and tissue fluid/lymph and lymphatics in lymphedema.

A retrospective study of intravenous sodium stibogluconate alone and in combinations with allopurinol, rifampicin, and an immunomodulator in the treatment of Indian post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.

Background And Aims: A retrospective analysis of treatment outcome using recommended dose of sodium stibogluconate (SSG) alone and in combination with other antileishmanial drugs in adults with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) attending as outpatients.

Methods: A total of 61 patients seen over ten years were included in the report. All had polymorphic lesions.

Hemodynamic changes after administration of mannitol measured by a noninvasive cardiac output monitor.

Mannitol is the most commonly used hyperosmotic agent in neurosurgery. Being an agent that increases intravascular volume by withdrawing water from the brain, it may cause significant changes in stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure. In this study, we monitored the hemodynamic changes in response to a single dose of mannitol by using a noninvasive CO monitor based on the thoracic electrical bioimpedance technique, in patients undergoing craniotomy.

Sore throat - a review of presentation and etiology.

A commonly encountered complaint in clinical practice is that of a sore throat. However, confusion prevails in the minds of the treating specialists as to what treatment protocol should be followed and how to differentiate it from tonsilliti. It was with a view to clarifying this issue that a prospective study was undertaken on 50 patients with the presenting complaint of a sore throat, of which 20 received medical treatment and 30 underwent a tonsillectomy.