BACKGROUND For monitoring of treatment with oral anticoagulants, the clotting time obtained in the prothrombin time (PT) test is transformed to the International Normalized Ratio (INR) with use of a system-specific International Sensitivity Index (ISI). The calibrant plasma procedure (CPP) is an alternative approach to INR calculation based on the use of a set of lyophilized plasmas with assign...

several authors have indicated that pcp is a toxic chemical and recalcitrant to biodegradation. aops is one of the moste effective process for degradation of persistant compound.since the mineralization of recalcitrant compound by aops (advanced oxidation processes) often requires long reaction time and strong doses of oxidant, the combination of this process with biological one, considered as ...

Because typhoid fever continues to be a major cause of illness in many developing countries, there is a clear need for a sensitive and specific test that will permit rapid laboratory diagnosis of the disease. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has recently been developed and tested, both in the laboratory and in a clinical situation, for its ability to detect Vi antigen in urine. The ...

BACKGROUND The favorable properties of lanthanide chelates compared with conventional fluorescent probes have attracted considerable interest. A Eu(3+) chelator, 4,7-bis(chlorosulfophenyl)-1, 10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid (BCPDA), has been synthesized previously. METHODS We here describe immunoassay, immunohistochemistry, and microarray applications of a new streptavidin-based unive...

There is a need for additional data on the distribution of pneumococcal serotypes in developing countries. We report the use of a coagglutination (COA) and a latex agglutination (LA) test for serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae which were evaluated using 114 clinical isolates in Vellore, India. In tests to serotype 30 fresh isolates of pneumococci from meningitis (8 isolates), bacteraemia/septi...

A direct and an efficient conversion of a wide range of primary, secondary even tertiary alcohols to the corresponding iodides have been achieved under ionic liquid conditions. The method involves preparation of ionic liquid-based iminium chloride intermediate from DMF-like ionic liquid then stirring it with alcohol in present of sodium iodide. The higher yields of alkyl iodides were obtained w...