October 2012

Estimation of cord factor antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid and its diagnostic significance

In this study, a sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure the concentration of cord factor (CF) antigen of M. tuberculosis in the pleural fluids of 42 patients with tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE). The assay was also simultaneously performed in 43 pleural fluid specimens with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). The assay detected CF antigen in 83.3% in patients with TPE...

Author(s): Cinta Rose, Neelima R., Mathai A., Harikrishnan V. S., Radhakrishnan V. V.

October 2012

Linear growth in children after acute meningitis: A controlled study

In this study, we recorded and analyzed the growth data of 40 children with acute meningitis (age 5.8 ± 3.1 years) for a year or more after treatment, and compared them with their age and sex matched healthy siblings (n = 100). None of the patients had any meningitis complications that could affect linear growth. None of them were underweight and/or stunted for one year or more after treatment. The height...

Author(s): Wail Said Seleem, Ashraf Soliman and Ahmed Elawwa,