Urinary tract infections are the most commonly acquired bacterial infections, but the significance of growths from catheter-related specimens, particularly heavy mixed growths, is uncertain and can pose a dilemma for the clinical laboratory responsible for processing and authorising reports, as well as a diagnostic dilemma for clinicians. Furthermore, inappropriate processing and reporting of s...

Data from 27 autopsy cases of renal sarcoma were investigated concerning the mode of metastases. The incidence was 1% in 2,651 cases of new growths of the kidney. Histologically nine were leiomyosarcoma, and five each were rhabdomyosarcoma and fibrosarcoma. The lungs, lymph nodes and liver were the most frequent sites of metastases. No significant differences in metastatic sites were noted amon...

AIM Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva occurs in all ethnicities. Excessive pigmentation is an esthetic concern that has increased awareness about de pigmentation procedures. The purpose of the present study was to correlate skin color and gender with intensity and distribution of gingival melanin pigmentation in a group of South Indians. METHODS 200 male and female non smoking healthy subje...

introduction: decayed teeth are one of the diseases of civilization. intraoral factors which interact with the others such as heredity, cultural and social factors are involved in the initiation of the disease. among social factors, health care is particularly important. the aim of the present study was to evaluate dmft, dmft and gingivitis in the first-year students of elementary, guidance and...

Gingival biopsy specimens were obtained from 9 smokers and 7 non-smokers during routine flap surgical procedure to investigate the effects of cigarette smoking on gingival epithelium and connective tissue. Although no remarkable histopathological difference was noted between gingival tissues of smokers and non-smokers, but smokers revealed relatively more epithelial keratosis, inflammatory cell...

Gingival overgrowth is a side effect of certain medications. The most fibrotic drug-induced lesions develop in response to therapy with phenytoin, the least fibrotic lesions are caused by cyclosporin A, and the intermediate fibrosis occurs in nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth. Fibrosis is one of the largest groups of diseases for which there is no therapy but is believed to occur because o...