IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences

Number 7, 2013

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Methicillin –Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Zoonotic Pathogen: How Safe is to Pat Kitty?

Authors: Mustafa Murtaza, MN. Malehah, Shah M. Jawad & Shafi Saima

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Humans and animals intimately sharing same environments will inevitably be exposed to each other’s normal flora. Veterinarians have higher rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage compared to the general population and many human infections have been attributed to close animal contacts. Researchers in Europe favor the view that livestock particularly pigs and horses may represent an important reservoir for MRSA. In studies from three continents, MRSA has been isolated from retail meat products from milk and meat samples and from meat industry workers. Some studies have not found any colonization among surveyed pets, for example, among 200 healthy dogs in Europe. One outbreak of MRSA in a family was linked to pet cat. The clearance of ST 80 MRSA colonization in family member with furunculosis did not occur until systemic antimicrobial drug therapy was administered to the cat, which was colonized with same strain. More research is needed to assess the importance of pets as a reservoir of MRSA in the home and to what degree of S.aureus is a Zoonosis.

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Isolation, Identification and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern of Bacterial Isolates from Tracheal Aspirate of ICU Patients of Central Dhaka, Bangladesh

Authors: Lamya Hoque, S M Mostofa Kamal & Zakaria Ahmed

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The study was based on 100 patients of ICU of central Dhaka city, Bangladesh admitted with different admission causes. Data of each patient were collected from the admission form. The data possessed details about the patient’s history and the problem list. Here in the study patients were dealt with their endotracheal aspirates (ETA). These aspirates were collected from the ICU and were cultured in media (macConkey agar and blood agar) to isolate and identify the pathogenic organisms in them. The nosocomial infection was also taken under consideration. The organism obtained were Acinetobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., E. coli and Pseudomonas sp. Whereas Acinetobacter sp. was higher in number and also caused the most nosocomial infection among all. It was observed that among all the patients around 30% were infected by nosocomial infection. Finally DST (Disk Sensitivity Test) was done to see the antimicrobial sensitivity pattern with fifteen different antibiotics against each isolated organisms. All the organisms more or less showed both sensitive and resistance pattern but Acinetobacter sp was resistant to all the antibiotics except the antibiotic Colistin. Thereby this is very alarming for the ICU patients of Bangladesh in all the hospitals.

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Public Hygiene Management in Chittoor in Madras Presidency

Authors: S. R. Saranya Kumar

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A town is a place for every citizen to work and reside-in. Of all the amenities, good hygiene of its inhabitants is most essential for the hygiene development of any town. The hygiene environment of the town is not satisfactory in pre-1917 period. Council tried its best to maintain the hygiene environment. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres played vital role in meeting the needs of the town. It took firm action in dealing with epidemics. Compulsory vaccination, taking firm steps in dealing with Food Adulteration are some of the effective step taken by the municipality. I made an effort to study the various aspects of Hygiene Management council in this paper. I consulted Municipal rewards. Government letters, Government orders, Revenue Disposals Council Resolutions in addition to published works on madras presidency.

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An Importance of Herbal Drugs as Anti Diarrheal: A Review

Authors: Varun Chaddha, Avinash Singh Kushwah & Vaibhav Shrivastava

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In past years herbal medicine has gained an exponential growth in the field of medicine in all over world. In comparison to other countries India is the largest producer of medicines. The current review focuses on herbal preparations and plants recently evaluated in the treatment of diarrhea disease in the world. This paper will focus on different beneficial aspects of herbal medicine as anti diarrheal.