Footprints of genetic susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis: Cytokine gene variants in north Indians pdf

... CI=0.1939 to 0.7445) of developing PTB in north Indians. Interpretation & conclusions: Our study showed six novel associations of cytokine gene variants with susceptibility to PTB in north Indians. ... Footprints of genetic susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis: Cytokine gene variants in north Indians Abhimanyu,MridulaBose,PankajJha * &IndianGen...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... the ranking of weight loss and failure to thrive by doctors working in DOTS clinics and their counterparts in non DOTS clinics. This study showed a decline in the percentage of ranking in both ... species, routine BCG vaccine to children and poor reaction to tuberculo- protein in malnourished children in this setting. The finding in this study is relevant to the diag...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... participants understood the necessity of recording and the nondisclosure of their pri- vate information. Two interviewers were included in each interview: one mainly responsible for interviewing, and the ... noting and audio- recording. The interviews were conducted in mandarin Chinese. Fielding & Fielding's Triangle correction was used in the interview. Nonverbal informati...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... factors would indirectly influence the quality of their microscopy. To achieve and maintain a satisfactory standard in sputum examination, routine supervision of the general health institutions ... was satisfactory and these might not have influenced results adversely. For a number of reasons, one of which is the influence of the training programme of NTI, the finding...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... Histogram showing the differences in the average total income lost by patient gender grouped based on hospitalization history. Figure 2 Histogram showing the differences in the average total income ... (54.5%) of the patients were male, average age of the sample was 32.8 (±9.8 SD) years. Only 24 (9.9%) of the patients in this study had history of previous TB infections of whic...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... amikacin, capreomycin or kanamycin in addition to isoniazid and rifampin. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is defined as a strain resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin (1). According to a previous ... describe the radiological findings of XDR pulmonary TB and to compare the observed findings with findings of DS TB and non-XDR MDR TB in non-AIDS patients. MATERIALS AND MET...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... to failure to return for drug refills because of the longer distance, leading to poor adherence. In our setting the effects of this factor could have been masked by presence of various TB clinics ... help in contributing to the achievement of the treatment targets. The ideal tool for this is frequent laboratory monitoring using sputum microscopy or culture. However, cultur...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... can remain suspended in the air for several hours. Infection occurs if inhalation of these droplets results in the organism reaching the alveoli of the lungs. Since administration of a single ... Body skin is dry and thin. Face turns pale and eyes sink. The facial bones become prominent and bones and skin come in contact due to wasting. Both temporal sink. Clinical featu...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... proteins involved in repressing the adult glo- bin gene. One possible candidate is BP1, a homeo- domain-containing protein, which binds to a negative regulatory element in the upstream b-globin gene region ... recruits p300 to specific regions in the b-globin gene locus. Interaction of Suz12 with the b-globin gene promoter in K562 but not in MEL cells TFII-I interacts wi...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 07:20

... contribution. Country offices are recognizing the opportunities that the MDG5 focus brings, and seeking to map out the remaining elements of SRH into the matrix of planning processes. Family planning can ... sectoral and national planning agendas This greater diversity, and a health landscape that is increasingly crowded in terms of actors and issues, have increased the challe...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20