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*Ranjan Bhattacharyya. MD,DNB (Psychiatry)
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, West Bengal, India
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Department of Psychiatry, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, West Bengal, India
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*Dr Ranjan Bhattacharyya.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, West Bengal, India or at +91-9433053389/94755565090
Article citation: Bhattacharyya R. Living with the Corpse: Introspection Amidst the Media Hype. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015; 05(07):551-563. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: Introduction: The police officials on 11 th June, 2015 recovered a charred body of a 77-year-old man, a fully-clothed skeleton of a woman in bedrooms, two bags full of bones of dogs with only living person, a man in his mid-40s in the house in Kolkata. Methodology: The event has been described as the reports collected from media sources, police and forensic evidences. Discussion: The event has been described on the basis of psychopathology with expert reviews. Conclusion: The media role has been highlighted along with an attempt had been made to generate more awareness about mental illness removing the stigma associated with it.
KEYWORDS: Notes and diaries; Forensic aspects; Media reporting; Necrophilia; Shared delusional disorder.
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Source of funding: None
Competing interest / Conflict of interest: The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
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Majority of the information gathered are from media sources which don’t reflect the author’s own opinion.
Copyright © 2015 Bhattacharyya R. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Case report
Santosh Kumar Sahu*,M.S
Affiliation:
Nilratan Sircar MC & H, Kolkata, India
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Nilratan Sircar MC & H, Kolkata, India
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* Dr.Santosh Kumar Sahu.
M.S.Orthopaedics, Nilratan Sircar MC & H, Kolkata, India
Article citation: Sahu SK. Scapular osteochondroma: A rare presentation. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015; 05(07):589-593. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: We here with present a case of osteochondroma arising from the from scapula in a 4yrs child presented with huge swelling over the scapular region.Since 1 yr of age the swelling was gradually increasing in size but painless & shoulder movement terminally restricted. The lesion was free from chest wall. There was no h/o- fever, cough, weight loss or any other constitutional symptoms or any neurovascular deficit. There was no h/o trauma.MRI showed a 7.5x6x5 cm, mushroom shaped, pedunculated mass arising from inferior angle & lateral margin of left scapula, lung fields were clear, the lesion was free from chest wall & the surrounding soft tissue density was normal. After thorough investigation, en bloc resection of tumor was done with partial scapulectomy and sent for histopathological examination. The diagnosis of osteochondroma was established on HPE. No residual deficit was found post-operatively. Patient was relieved of the symptoms and is now under follow-up.
KEYWORDS: Osteochondroma of scapula.
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Source of funding: None
Competing interest / Conflict of interest: The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
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Copyright © 2015 Sahu SK. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Research article
David, O. M* and Oluwaniyi, T. T
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Department of Microbiology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
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Department of Microbiology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
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* Dr. David, Oluwole Moses
Department of Microbiology,
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti-360101, Nigeria
Article citation: David OM, Oluwaniyi TT. Assessment of the microbiological effectiveness of five sanitizers in reducing the population of Enterococcus feacalis isolated from salad vegetables- Sanitation and hygiene improvement study. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015; 05(07):542-550. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: Salad vegetables in most cases do not undergo heat treatment before consumption despite high possibility of contamination by pathogenic bacteria. The microbiology quality of the cabbage, carrot and cucumber sold in Ado-Ekiti were investigated in this study. The association of the Enterococcus faecalis with the vegetables and its ability to produce biofilm grow in the presence of antibiotics were investigated. The ability of the bacterium to tolerate common vegetable sanitizers was also studied. The bioburden of unwashed vegetables were higher than the washed vegetables. The microbial load of the vegetables ranged between 4.93 and 3.85 Log10 CFU/g. Washing reduced the number of organism in the vegetable by 22.72. 23.38 and 38.13% in cabbage, cucumber and carrot respectively. Enterococcus faecalis strains were highly susceptible to gentamicin. In decreasing order, erythromycin, cloxacillin and cotrimoxazole showed the least effectiveness on the isolates. Out of 127 selected isolates, only 83(65.35%) were produced biofilm. The susceptibility of E. facalis strains to different vegetable sanitizers (acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride and sodium hypochloride) was also reported. Contamination should be avoided from the field till they get to the final consumers since contaminated salad vegetables pose a great threat to the health of the public.
KEYWORDS: Salad vegetables; cabbage; carrot; cucumber; Enterococcus faecalis; antibiotics; biofilm; sanitizers.
Statement of originality of work: The manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors, the requirements for authorship have been met, and that each author believes that the manuscript represents honest and original work.
Source of funding: None
Competing interest / Conflict of interest: The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
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Copyright © 2015 David OM, Oluwaniyi TT. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Original article
O. C. Akanji1,* and M. A. Sonibare2
Affiliation:
1Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria.
2Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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1.Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
2.Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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* O. C. Akanji.
Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
Article citation: Akanji OC, Sonibare MA. Effect of Erythrophleum Suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan on normal and infected wounds. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015; 05(07):519-523. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: Aim of study: To investigate dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and aqueous fractions of methanolic extract of Erythrophleum suaveolens stem-bark for normal wound healing and infected wound healing using excision wound model in Wistar rats as a follow up to an initial study of crude extract.
Methods: Local infection was introduced into rat abdominal wounds with Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using a 108 cells/ml inoculum. Rate of wound healing was assessed by wound contraction and period of epithelization.
Results: The aqueous fraction treated wounds were found to epithelize faster and the rate of wound contraction was significantly increased as compared to control wounds. The test drug achieved 100% wound contraction on day 14 in normal wounds, on day 12 in Staphylococcus aureus wounds and on day 14 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa wounds.
Conclusions: The results indicated that the aqueous fraction of Erythrophleum suaveolens stem-bark promotes wound healing significantly and proves to be a potential ant-infective agent.
KEYWORDS: Wound healing; epithelization; Erythrophleum Suaveolens; infection; excision wound.
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Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense.
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