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enteric fever is endemic in many parts of the third world. in india, it is the fifth most common infectious disease. with increasing resistance to fluoroquinolones and re-emergence of chloramphenicol , the policy of empirical treatment of tf needs to be rationalized.   to compare the prescription     pattern    for two successive years. to study the change in trend in the prescription pattern. ...

The pharmacodynamics of moxifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated in a pharmacokinetic infection model. Three strains of S. pneumoniae, moxifloxacin, and two strains of P. aeruginosa were used. Antibacterial effect and emergence of resistance were measured for both species over a 72-h period using an initial inoculum of about 10(8) CFU/ml. At equ...

Face recognition achieves exceptional success thanks to the emergence of deep learning. However, many contemporary face recognition models still perform relatively poor in processing profile faces compared to frontal faces. A key reason is that the number of frontal and profile training faces are highly imbalanced there are extensively more frontal training samples compared to profile ones. In ...

Globalization, growing competition and with emergence of new technologies, change shows economic profile of nations & knowledge driven economies have created a scenario where quality is no more a desirable strategy –it has become a survival strategy. Six Sigma is widely used in material & service organizations to enhance quality & to reduce cost but the time has come to move one step further to...

Replacement of single missing teeth with an implant-supported restoration is recognized as a highly successful treatment. An impression technique for peri-implant soft-tissue replication in an anterior zone is described. The technique involves use of an interim restoration as an abutment for the final impression. This allows accurate duplication of the soft tissues and fabrication of a final re...

PURPOSE The mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and other advantages and disadvantages of ganciclovir and valganciclovir are discussed. SUMMARY Shortcomings of oral ganciclovir include low bioavailability, large pill burden, patient nonadherence, and the emergence of resistance. Valganciclovir, an oral prodrug of ganciclovir, has a nearly tenfold greater absolute bioavailability than ganci...