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Dougnon1,2* TV, Bankolé1 HS, Fanou1 B, Ahoyo1 TA, Hounmanou1 G, Gbaguidi1 C, Djimassè1 Z, Boko2 M, Baba-Moussa3 L
Affiliation:
1Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée (LARBA), Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, BENIN
2Laboratoire d’Hygiène, d’Assainissement, de Toxicologie et de Santé Environnementale, Centre Interfacultaire de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement pour le Développement Durable, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 1463 Cotonou, BENIN
3Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, BENIN
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*Victorien Tamègnon DOUGNON,
PhD in Environment, Health and Development
Researcher/Lecturer in Microbiology and Applications
Department of Human Biology, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, BENIN
Article citation: Dougnon TV, Bankolé HS, Fanou B, Hounmanou G, Gbaguidi C, Djimassè Z, et al. Burden of urinary tract infections among pregnant women attending the departmental hospital of Ouémé-Plateau in Porto-Novo, Benin. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2015 September; 05(09) Suppl 02:S1-S8. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT Urinary tract infections are one of the most common pathologies in women notably in pregnant women. It is due to the proximity of the urethra to the Vagina. The present study aimed to determine the PREVALENCE and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria involved in Urinary tract infections in pregnant women in Porto-Novo. A short structured questionnaire was administered to record particulars of sampled patients Cytobacteriological analyses were carried out on 115 urine samples collected from pregnant women visiting the hospital. Bacteria isolates were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility test using the disc diffusion method. Nine bacteria species were revealed to be associated with urinary tract infections. These mainly include coagulase negative Staphylococcus (37.5%), Staphylococcus aureus (25%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (11.54%) among cocci, Escherichia coli (10.58%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (8.65%) among bacilli. Almost all isolates were multidrug resistant. Women who are at their third pregnancy seemed to be more exposed to urinary tract infections and most of them were infected during the last three months of their pregnancy (49.41%). These findings are of very serious public health importance for the community as well as hospital centres to improve PREVENTION measures of urinary tract infections and to adopt appropriate antibiotherapy in pregnant women.
KEYWORDS Urinary tract infection, Pregnant woman, Bacteria, Antibiotherapy
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Copyright © 2015 Dougnon TV, Bankolé HS, Fanou B, Hounmanou G, Gbaguidi C, Djimassè Z, et al. 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.
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Peeyush Patel, A.K. Goswami*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
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Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
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* A.K Goswami.
Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
Article citation: Patel, P.,Goswami, A.K, Removal of aqueous chromium using marble slurry waste material. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015 September; 05(09) Suppl 02: S15-S18. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT
The potential to remove chromium(III) ions from aqueous solution through adsorption using marble slurry was investigated. The effect of amount of adsorbent, contact time and initial concentration of metals ions were studied. The results showed that only 0.01g/ml amount of adsorbent was required for removal of ~100% of chromium from aqueous solution. The adsorption data fit well with the Langmuir and freundlich isotherm models. The study reveals marble slurry to be excellent material for removal of chromium(III) ions.
KEYWORDS chromium removal; marble slurry; Adsorption
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 Patel P, Goswami AK. 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.
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P. Patel, A.K. Panwar, N.K. Choubisa, R. Dashora, R.S. Chauhan, and A.K.Goswami*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
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Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
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* A.K.Goswami
Department of Chemistry, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001 Rajasthan, India
Article citation: Patel, P., Panwar, A.K.,Choubisa, N.K., Dashora, R., Chauhan, R.S., Goswami A.K., et al. Scavenging of aqueous lead using marble slurry waste material. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015 September; 05(09) Suppl 02: S9-S14. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: Lead removal from aqueous solution has been studied using marble slurry waste at room temperature. The material has shown excellent removal capacity (~99.9%) from solutions having lead concentration varying between 3312 to 33ppm. (1×10–2M Pb(NO3)2 to 1×10–4M Pb(NO3)2 solutions). The system follows both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The pH range it best works is 5.0 to 6.4. The optimum quantity of adsorbent removing 99.9% of lead is 0.06 g ml–1 of solution. The sampled D.C. Polarographic as well as Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric methods has been used to determine lead concentration in untreated and treated solutions. The details of process development for removal of lead have been worked out. It has been found that ½ hr soaking time with stirring is sufficient to remove ~99.9% lead from aqueous solution containing as low as 33ppm lead, beyond which lead was not detectable by AAS. The possible mechanism of adsorption is based on dissolution followed by precipitation forming a monolayer of adsorbate on adsorbent.
KEYWORDS lead removal; marble slurry; waste material.
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.
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.
Majority of the information gathered are from media sources which don’t reflect the author’s own opinion.
Copyright © 2015 Patel, P.,Panwar, A.K.,Choubisa, N.K.,Dashora, R.,Chauhan, R.S.,Goswami, A.K. 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.
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S.Srinivasa Sarma1, T.Jaya Chandra2*, Ankam SS Rajendra babu3, Ramesh Reddy Allam4, Budida Ramachandramouli5, R.Lakshmi kumari 4
Affiliation:
1Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, India
2Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, India
3PG, Department of Microbiology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Management and Sciences, Kakinada, India
4Share India, Hyderabad, India
5Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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1.Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, India
2.Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, India
3. Department of Microbiology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Management and Sciences, Kakinada, India
4.Share India, Hyderabad, India
5.Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry
Article citation: Sarma SS, Chandra TJ, Ankam SSR, Allam RR, Ramachandramouli B, Kumari LR. Study on HIV TB co infection and level of immunosuppression. September; 05(09) Suppl 02: S24-S27. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT:
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is said to be one of the commonest opportunistic infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositives.
Aims: Present study aims to relate the clinical, radiological and laboratory profiles of patient with HIV TB coinfection and its correlation to CD4 count.
Material and Methods: One thousand and three hundred sixty eight TB patients having confirmed HIV seropositivity were included. A detailed history, physical examination, laboratory and radiological investigations were carried out.
Results: Male female ration was 2.2:1. Mean CD4 count was 242, 230 cells/µl respectively for pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis patients, statistically significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: As per the study it s clear that there is no correlation between CD 4 counts and HIV TB status.
KEYWORDS: Tuberculosis (TB); HIV; CD4 counts; Pulmonary tuberculosis (PT); extra pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPT).
Original article
Asha Vinod Bhat*
*Lecturer, Department of OBG Nursing, KLE University’s Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, Karnataka-600099, India
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Department of OBG Nursing, KLE University’s Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, Karnataka-600099, India
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* Asha Vinod Bhat.
Lecturer, Department of OBG Nursing, KLE University’s Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, Karnataka -600099., India
Article citation: Bhat AV. A study to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on selected menstrual irregularities and the remedial measures practiced among early adolescent girls in selected high schools at Belagavi, Karnataka, India. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015 September;05(09) Suppl 02: S19-S23. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT: A study to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on selected menstrual irregularities and the remedial measures practiced among early adolescent girls in selected high schools at Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Background and objectives: Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period which signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Menstrual disorders include menstrual irregularity, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, and other related symptoms. Among these, dysmenorrhoea is the most common, being reported in 60 to 90% of adolescents. The nurse being the part of health team must educate the adolescent girls regarding menstrual disorders and show the correct pathway to prevent the menstrual disorders. Thus planned teaching programme will help the adolescent girls to get awareness about menstrual irregularities and remedial measures
Objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding menstrual irregularities experienced and remedial measures practiced by the early adolescent girls, prepare and administer PTP and find out the association between pre test knowledge scores and demographic variables.
Methods: One group pre test post design was adopted. The data was collected by using self administered questionnaire from the 60 early adolescent girls. The sampling technique used for the study was non-probability sampling technique [purposive].
Results: The result revealed that in pre test majority of the adolescent girls 45 (75%) had average knowledge and 6 (10%) had poor knowledge whereas; in post test 14 (23.3%) of adolescent girls had good knowledge and 40 (66.6%) had average knowledge about menstrual irregularities and its remedial measures.
There was an association between pre test knowledge scores and demographic variables such us religion, mother’s educational qualification and source of information where as there was no association between the demographic variables age, type of family female siblings, menstrual problems, and remedial measures.
KEYWORDS: Menstrual irregularities; remedial measures; adolescent girls; planned teaching programme; knowledge.
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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.
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.
Majority of the information gathered are from media sources which don’t reflect the author’s own opinion.
Copyright © 2015 Bhat AV. 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.