Chandan Poddar

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Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis as a convenient and cost effective test to supplement clinical information for definite diagnosis ?

Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in most developing countries and its incidence is rising in many developed countries. This resurgence has been attributed to the HIV epidemic and TB...

14 February 2019 3,698 1 View

UGC’s decision to cut over 4,000 journals from approved list is arbitrary, lacks transparency ?

The academic community in India has been left shocked by the University Grants Commission’s decision last week to drop 4,305 journals from its list of over 38,000 officially approved publications....

14 May 2018 3,846 7 View

M. pneumoniae does produce typically fried-egg appearance colonies.Why?

1. Razin S. Mycoplasmas are spherical to filamentous cells with no cell walls. There is an attachment organelle at the tip of filamentous M pneumoniae, M genitalium, and several other pathogenic...

13 May 2018 2,899 1 View

Dual infection with HBV and HCV is not uncommon in geographic areas where a high endemic level Why ?

Dual infection with HBV and HCV is not uncommon in geographic areas where a high endemic level of both infections is reported, such as Southeast-Asia and Mediterranean. In general, the prevalence...

22 April 2018 1,025 0 View

Bacterial vaginosis: comparison of Pap smear and microbiological test .Explain Which one is a good method why?

Pap smears were more accurate than wet preparations for identifying clue cells. They suggested that lactobacilli pseudo- clue cells were probably one cause for false–positive identifications of...

01 February 2018 8,273 0 View

The Prevalence of COPD and bronchial asthma is significantly higher in HCV compared to that in patients with hepatitis B infection why explain?

Studies on the prevalence of COPD in patients with HCV are also scant. In patients with chronic HCV infection, prevalence of COPD (17.6%) and bronchial asthma (14.7%) is significantly higher...

26 January 2018 7,574 3 View

Which one is cheap diagnosis in FNAC and Ziehl-Neelsen Staing in the diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis ?

FNAC is an assay which has high sensitivities when optimally selected is efficient and one of the most accurate frontline method for the diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis. It is effectively...

24 January 2018 3,953 20 View

The COMPARATIVE OF PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS AMONG SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS ?

Respiratory system evaluation and screening can easily be done by Pulmonary Function Tests. It is an important and useful adjunct for correlation and evaluation of, the presenting complaint of...

20 January 2018 2,693 6 View

To conducted to know the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in sexually active females coming with the chief complaint of vaginal discharge ?

Most common cause of vaginal discharge was found to be bacterial vaginosis, with almost one-fifth showing positive smear and 19.5% having intermediate score as per Nugent’s scoring. Vulvo-vaginal...

17 January 2018 2,728 0 View