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Research article:-
*1Dr.Gopal Bajaj, 2Dr.Sangamesh Malaji , 3Dr.S.A.Kora.
*1,2 Asst. Professor, Department of Medicine S. Nijalingappa Medical College and H.S.K. Hospital & Research Center, Bagalkot, India.
3 Asso Professor, Department of Medicine. S. Nijalingappa Medical College and H.S.K. Hospital & Research Center, Bagalkot,India.
Abstract: - Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases, mostly a lifestyle related disease is going to be an epidemic in near future. Eighty percent deaths due to cardiovascular disease occur in low and middle income group of people. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional observation study was undertaken among 150 care-providers of different departments in S.Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital & Research Center. Navanagar, Bagalkot, to access the prevalence of general, physical activity related and dietary risk factors. The study subjects were classified into medical (doctors), auxiliary (nurses and technical staffs) and supportive (peons and sweepers) categories according to their job responsibilities. With the help of risk factor scoring system developed by the Bisoi et al. study 7 the prevalence of different category of risk factors were compared among different categories of care-providers in association with some related biological characteristics. Results: The general risk factors found significantly increased (p<0.001) with increase in age. The physical activity related risk scores were more in females than males. But the difference was not statistically significant. The supportive staffs had significantly lower general risk factors than doctors and auxiliary staffs. Regarding physical activity related risk factors and dietary risk factors were significantly lower in doctors than the other two categories.
Key words:- Healthcare-providers, cardiovascular risk factors, auxiliary staffs.
Research article:-
*Dr. Narayan Shrihari MD (Microbiology)1, Dr. KumudiniT.S D.Bact (Microbiology)2
1Asst. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS), Bellary-583104, India.
2 Tutor, Department of Microbiology, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS), Bellary-583104, India.
Abstract: Background: Microscopic examination of sputum samples is of special importance for the rapid presumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis because of slow growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture. The early diagnosis of active tuberculosis still depends on the presence of acid fast bacilli (AFB) in stained sputum smears. Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) staining with Acridine orange (AO) and Auramine rhodamine (AR) fluorochrome staining in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Settings and Design: A prospective study for a period of ten months Material and Methods: A total of 2362 sputum samples were included in this study. All samples were smeared and stained by using ZN staining and positive smears were subjected to fluorochrome staining AO and AR. Results: A total 291out of 2362 samples (12.32%) were smear positive by ZN staining while others were negative. The proportion of positive smears detected was 11.43% and 8.50% for the AO and AR staining methods respectively. Conclusion: ZN staining is more sensitive than fluorescent stains (AO and AR) for the diagnosis of TB.
Key-words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ziehl Neelsen, Acridine orange and Auramine rhodamine.