According to WHO one third of the world population have tuberculosis. The present study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of flurochrome(FI) stain with conventional Z-N stain in the diagnosis of pulmonary & extrapulmonary tuberculosis. 388 cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis were included in the study. All samples were screen for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) by Z-N & Fluorescent staining ...

Pulsed dye laser (PDL) is an effective treatment for port- wine stain and can cause some short- term and long- term side- effects. Pyogenic granoluma is one of its late- onset adverse effects. Herein, we present two cases of pyogenic granoluma following treatment of port- wine stain with PDL.

Introduction: Barr body is of the X chromosomes formed from random inactivation and condensation of one of the two female chromosomes in virtually all the somatic cells of female mammals. In practice stains such as Papanicolaou, and carbol fuchsin, have proved suitable because they produced stronger contrast and are much simple to manipulate. Aim: Our study aimed to assess the efficacy of gende...

Stain formation, stain inhibition and stain removal may be monitored in real-time using a novel method employing a quartz crystal resonance sensor (QCR), based upon quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technologies. Crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) surfaces were prepared on phosphate-terminated, polymer-modified gold surfaces of quartz crystal transducers. The resulting sensors were placed in a spe...

This paper reports a standardised method termed as Stain Degradation Assessment (SDA) method, developed for the quantitative evaluation of self-cleaning efficiency of the finished fabric. The method involves (i) a standardized staining procedure to apply a uniform stain on the fabric, (ii) instrumental evaluation of photodegradation of stain in terms of K/S using a template to reduce error, and...