Calcutta Tropical School

Detection of argemone oil in mustard oil.

A Rare Case of Fixed Drug Eruption due to Ondansetron

AbstractFixed drug eruption (FDE) is a unique type of cutaneous drug reaction that typically recurs in the identical locations on re-exposure to the attributed drug. FDE is characterized by the appearance of a single or multiple sharply demarcated violaceous erythematous plaques which heal with residual hyperpigmentation. A 27-year-old woman presented with multiple dark patches over her eyelids...

Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

The; Darbhanga Medical Research Scholarship at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine has been endowed by His Highness the Maharajah Bahadur of Darbhanga. The scholarship is of the value of Rs. 200 p. m., and will ordinarily be held for three years under the following conditions:? (1) The holder shall be a pure native of India, holding a medical qualification registrable under any Indian Prov...

A Case of Self-treatment Induced Recurrent Fixed Drug Eruptions Associated with the Use of Different Fixed Dose Combinations of Fluoroquinolone-Nitroimidazole

A young male patient used fixed dose combinations of different fluoroquinolones and nitroimidazoles several times in the last few years for self-treating repeated episodes of diarrhea and loose motion. Each time, he experienced fixed drug eruptions that increased in number and severity on subsequent occasions. Suspecting association between the drug and the rashes, the patient each time discont...

Prevalence of G6PD Deficiency among the Malaria Patients in Urban Kolkata, India - A Clinic Based Study

1 Protozoology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R. Avenue, Kolkata 700 073, India 2 Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College, 138 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700 014, India 3 Department of Zoology, A. P. C. Roy Govt. College, Himachal Bihar, Matigara, Siliguri734 010, West Bengal, India 4 Director, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R....