BACKGROUND Antibiotic resistance pattern and R-plasmid of Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A isolates from Kolkata, India are not well documented. AIMS To determine the trend of antibiotic resistance of S. paratyphi A isolates. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A retrospective study was carried out using blood culture isolates of S. paratyphi A (1991 to 2005) obtained from patients of enteric fever ...

Direct estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness in terms of VO2max is restricted within well equipped laboratory. Eighty four (84) sedentary male university students (Age 22.77 +/- 1.73 years, Body height 167.73 +/- 4.07 cm and Body mass 58.25 +/- 4.02 kg) of same socio-economic background were recruited from students of University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India to validate the applicability of 20 ...

BACKGROUND Peltophorum pterocarpum and Delonix regia are dominant avenue trees in the city of Kolkata in India. They are well adapted to the humid tropical climate and also grow commonly in different parts of the country. Their pollen grains are reported to be airborne. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to conduct an aerobiological survey in Kolkata to determine the concentration and season...

To the Editor: Cholera, caused by toxigenic strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139, continues to be a major cause of illness and death, particularly in developing countries. Treatment consists of early administration of rehydration therapy with appropriate oral or intravenous fl uids. The World Health Organization recommends antimicrobial drug treatment for severely dehydrated patients with susp...

1 An Improved Cuckoo Search based Optimal Ranged Brightness Preserved Histogram Equalization and Contrast Stretching Method; Krishna Gopal Dhal, Department of 4-year BTech Course, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India Md. Iqbal Quraishi, Department of Information Technology, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, India Sanjoy Das, Department of Engineering and Technological Studies, ...

Department of Biotechnology, West Bengal University of Technology, BF – 142, Sector – 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064, India; Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Institute for Horticultural Sciences, Department of Urban Horticulture, Lentzeallee 55/57, 14195 Berlin, Germany; West Bengal State University (Barasat, North 24 Parganas), Barasat Government College (Annexe Building), 10 KNC Road, Calcutta 7...

1Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK; 2Department of Palliative Care & Psychooncology, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, India; 3South West, Yorkshire NHS Foundation, Trust, Wakefield, UK; 4Central & North West Community Mental Health Team, Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK; 5Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Nott...

We identified 131 strains of Vibrio fluvialis among 400 nonagglutinating Vibrio spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. For 43 patients, V. fluvialis was the sole pathogen identified. Most strains harbored genes encoding hemolysin and metalloprotease; this finding may contribute to understanding of the pathogenicity of V. fluvialis.

1 School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 2 Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India. 3 Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control, California Department of Health Services, Oakland, CA. 4 Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA. 5 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Univer...

We identified 281 Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. Cholera-like diarrhea was the major symptom (66.0%); some patients (20.3%) had severe dehydration. These strains lacked the ctxA gene but many had hlyA, rtxA, and rtxC genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed no genetic link among strains.