WHO MDR TB guideline update Meghna Singhania1 Aug 2016 6:30 PM ISTMulti-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, MDR TB is slowly becoming a threat in our country, to the general public as well as a reason of the failure of the...
Should moxifloxacin be added to recommended regimen in tuberculosis- meta-analysis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 Sept 2017 10:00 AM ISTIn a meta –analysis published in International Journal of Infectious diseases it has been highlighted that moxifloxacin is efficacious against...
Tuberculosis drugs work better with vitamin C Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Jan 2018 7:29 PM ISTStudies in mice and in tissue cultures suggest that giving vitamin C with tuberculosis drugs could reduce the unusually long time it takes these drugs...
Rapid Test' Xpert' useful in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis also Vinay Singh singh30 Aug 2018 7:05 PM ISTClinicians and TB programmes should consider using Xpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert) for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis based on clinical judgment,...
Rare Case of INH, Rifampicin induced seizures Vinay Singh singh5 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTA rare and unique case was reported in the Journal of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine(JACM) which showcased Isoniazid and Rifampicin seizures...
Diagnosis, treatment and management of MDR-TB: Practitioner's Perspective- Dr. Prashant Chhajed Deepanjana Sarkar26 March 2019 7:03 PM ISTAccording to the World Health Organization, globally there were an estimated 558 000 (range, 483 000–639 000) incident cases of MDR/RR-TB in 2017. In...
Management of primary sclerosing cholangitis: BSG Guideline Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Jun 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe British Society of Gastroenterology has released guideline on the diagnosis and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).The guidelines,...
Management of tuberculosis in HIV patients: British HIV Association Guideline Medha Baranwal Baranwal10 Jun 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe British HIV Association has released an updated guideline for the management of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus...
Antibiotic impregnated shunts reduce risk of shunt infection in hydrocephalus: Lancet Deepanjana Sarkar18 Sept 2019 7:28 PM ISTAntibiotic impregnated shunts reduce risk of shunt infection in hydrocephalus finds a Lancet study.Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are one of the...
Prevention of Tuberculosis: NICE Guidelines Hina Zahid3 Jan 2020 7:00 PM ISTNational Institute for health and care excellence has released guidelines for Prevention of Tuberculosis. It is an update on the guidelines published...
Rifampicin best treatment option for latent TB recommends Lancet study Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 Jan 2020 8:00 PM ISTCanada: Rifampicin should become a primary treatment option for latent tuberculosis infection based on its safety, a recent study in The Lancet...
Case of Myeloma with Psoas Abscess mimicking TB Spine reported Hina Zahid6 July 2019 11:36 AM ISTDr R K Sharma, Dr Dharmendra S Bhadauria and Dr Anupama Kaul from the Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow and colleagues have...
