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...

AIM To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of fixed dose combination drugs among postgraduate dental students. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among postgraduate dental students of dental colleges in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Three colleges were randomly selected and students of all the three years were included. Data was collected from the specialities o...

Introduction Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a polymicrobial infection of upper genital tract (usually fallopian tubes).It is a serious infectious disease of sexually active women with sequelae such as infertility and ectopic pregnancy (1, 2). It is most commonly caused by Neisseria gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis and other aerobic and anaerobic pathogens (3, 4). Most patients of PID are...

A confirmatory method has been developed to allow for the analysis of eleven nitroimidazoles and also chloramphenicol in milk and honey samples. These compounds are classified as A6 compounds in annex IV of council regulation 2377/90 and therefore prohibited for the use in animal husbandry. Milk samples are extracted by acetonitrile with addition of NaCl, while honey samples are first dissolved...

Protozoa that parasitize the human intestine include Entamoeba histolytica, Blastocystis hominis, Trichomonas hominis, Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia, Balantidium coli, Isospora, and other protozoa. Most intestinal protozoan infections can cause acute or chronic diarrhea in healthy individuals and may result in intractable, life-threatening illness in patients in immunosuppressive stat...