ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE PRESENTED AS SEVERE ANAEMIA: A CASE REPORT IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, NORTH-EAST INDIA

Ancylostoma duodenale and the Saint Gothard anaemia.

Robinow Syndrome: a Rare Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

Background Robinow syndrome is a rare congenital disorder with phenotypically heterogeneous abnormalities. Two modes of inheritances are known for this syndrome namely autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant. Case Report We describe here an eighteen-month-old child who had mesomelic short stature, abnormal facial features, clinodactyly, micropenis and vertebral changes which were further sup...

Severe combined immunodeficiency presented with septic arthritis: A case report

Severe combined immunodeficiency is a rare, fatal syndrome of diverse genetic cause in which there is combined absence of T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte function (and in many cases also natural killer, or NK lymphocyte function). These defects lead to extreme susceptibility to serious infections. Without intervention, the T and B-cell dysfunction usually results in severe infection and death in ...

A retrospective analysis of open globe injuries in a tertiary ophthalmological centre in North-East India.

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical presentations and surgical outcome in patients with open globe injuries in a tertiary ophthalmological centre in North-east India. METHODS Case sheets of 79 patients undergoing surgery following open globe injuries at Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati were studied retrospectively in terms of the type of injury, surgical interventions and final visual outcom...

Characterization of Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci from Clinical Isolates in a Tertiary Care Centre in North-East India

Introduction: Hemolytic streptococci are one of the most frequent human pathogens capable of producing a variety of diseases ranging from pharyngitis, impetigo, to more severe and life threatening diseases like Toxic Shock Syndrome, neonatal sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. Though they are still susceptible to commonly used antibiotics, resistance is increasingly reported. Materials and Method...