Current State of Cholera Specific Prophylaxis

Oral cholera vaccine for traveler's diarrhea prophylaxis.

CLINICAL QUESTION Should the oral cholera vaccine be routinely recommended to prevent traveler's diarrhea (TD)? BOTTOM LINE Randomized controlled trials evaluating oral cholera vaccine for TD did not show a benefit and routine use is not recommended.

Cholera in Hyderabad State

Ferruginous Preparations in Specific Cholera

All the preparations of iron, and more especially the perchloride and the pernitrate, will, I think, prove of avail in cholera both as a therapeutic as well as a preventive agent. I.?We know that the hcematinic virtue of this drug ig largely needed in this as in other zymotic and specific affections. In Asiatic cholera it is especially indicated when we come to glance an eye on the changes whic...

RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF Vibrio cholera-01 BY COAGGLUTINATION TEST USING MONO-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY

Mono-specific antisera against Vibrio cholera Ogawa NIH-43 and Vibrio cholera Inaba 35-A3 were prepared from rabbit hyperimmune sera by absorbing against a heterologous strain. Using ammonium sulphate precipitation procedure, gamma globulins were purified and concentrated. To visualize antigen-antibody reaction, gamma globulins were conjugated to Staphylococcus aureus cowan-l (NCTC: 8325) ...

Current state of bone scintigraphy protocols and practice in Japan

Objective(s): Nuclear medicine technologists in Japan often perform additional single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with or without computed tomography (CT) after whole-body imaging for bone scintigraphy. In this study, we wanted to identify the bone scanning protocols used in Japan, together with the current clinical practices. Methods:...