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other skin diseases, seborrhoeic dermatitis,
pityriasis versicolor, pigmentary disorder,
impetigo, candidiasis of skin, acne vulgaris, wart,
boil, urticaria, NGU, trichomoniasis, syphilis,
gonorrhea were also recorded. Majority of the
patients were below the age of 10 years and
between 10 and 19 years. A large portion of the
respondents came from urban area. About 52,16%
of the patients with low socio-economic status
showed a high reoccurrence of disease. Those who
residing in over-crowding situation suffered more
with the scabies followed by eczema, pyoderma
and psoriasis mainly.
292 MAZED, M.A. (Dept. of Microbiology,
Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong);
SALEH, A.A.; AHMED, S.; TARAFDER,
S.; SATTAR, H. & MIAH, R.A. (Dept. of
Microbiology, BSMMU, Dhaka). TNF-α IN
CSF FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MENINGITIS
IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. Bang. Med.J., 2007,
36 (1), 20-23.
Bacterial meningitis remains a major cause of
mortality and morbidity in many countries of the
world. Rapid and accurate diagnosis coupled with
the appropriate therapy is of utmost importance in
reducing both mortality and morbidity. However,
in developing countries the etiological agent
identification does not reach in 60% of cases.
Further more, CSF cytological & biochemical
findings alter in partially treated cases. They
sought to measure CSF TNF-α in suspected
patients of meningitis from both untreated &
partially treated cases ,in addition to culture
.Gram's stain, cytology and biochemistry. A total
of 160 CSF specimens were studied, of which 41
cases were diagnosed as pyogenic meningitis, 99
as aseptic meningitis and 20 as non- meningitis
control group. Out of 41 pyogcenic meningitis
cases 38 (92.68%) had TNF-α levels within
pyogenic range 740pg/ml . None of 99 aseptic
meningitis cases & non meningitis control group
had values in the range of Bacterial meningitis.
TNF-α levels of 30(30.30%) cases of aseptic
meningitis had shown the values in the pathologic
but not at pyogenic range (17-39) pg/ml. The
sensitivity, specificity, positive productive value
and negative predictive value of TNF-α were
92.68%, 100%, 100%, 97.54% respectively.
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293 MOHAL, N.(Rajshahi Govt. New
Degree College, Rajshahi); ISLAM, W.;
MONDAL, K.A.M.S.H & PARWEEN,
S. (Dept. of Zoology, Rajshahi University,
Rajshahi). DEFORMITIES PRODUCED
BY SOME PLANT POWDERS IN
RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA(F.) (COLEOPTERA
: BOSTRICHIDAE). J. Bio. Sci., 2006, 14 , 69-72.
The larval feeding of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.)
on whole wheat grains treated with dry leaf powder
of Murrya paniculata L., Jatropha curcas L.
(Jack), Daturia metel L., Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Dehn. and Virtex negundo L. and seed powder of
Nigella sativa L. produced abnormalities in larval,
pupal and adult stages at doses 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/g
in case of all leaf powder treatments and the effect
was more distinct al higher doses. Compared to
leaf powders seed powder of N. sativa was more
effective, however, the deformities responded in
the larval, pupal and adult stages were more or less
similar in case of all the plant products. The
percentages of deformities produced differed
significantly among the doses (P<0.001, F=5.10)
of different plants (P<0.001, F =3.89).
294 MOTTALIB, M.A.; HAQ, J.A
.(Laboratory Services Division, BIRDEM,
Dhaka); KHALIL, M.I. (Dept. of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka) &
HOSSAIN, M.A. (Dept. of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Dhaka University, Dhaka).
Evaluation of FAST Plaque TB test for the rapid
diagnosis of Mycobacterium in tuberculosis
suspects. Bang.J. Life Sci., 2007, 19 (2), 33-37.
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is essential to
initiate timely and appropriate treatment to curb
the spread of this potentially life threatening
disease. The researchers evaluated the clinical
utility of this new assay by analyzing sputum
1M
specimens, using FAST Plaque TB kit and the
performance was compared with Acid-fast bacillus
(AFB) smear. Out of 42 positive smears, 19
(45.23%) were FAST Plaque TB positive and 23
(54.76%) were negative. Among 16 negative
smears, 2 (12.50%) specimens were positive for