Antibiotic resistance: Clear and present danger

Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India

Height is a fundamental unit to assess growth and nutrition, for calculating body surface area and predicting pulmonary function in a person. But measurement of height may be hindered by muscle weakness, joint & spina...

Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in neonatal septicemia in view of emerging drug resistance

The objective of this study was to isolate pathogenic bacteria in neonatal septicaemia cases, and to know their antibiograms. Under aseptic precautions, blood was drawn from 140 neonates with suspected septicaemia and i...

Periocular anthropometric study among adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females

The dimensions of the human body are affected by geographical, racial, ethnic, gender and age factors. So, a normative data of periocular measurements based on above factors are indispensable to identify any ocular pat...

Giant cell tumor of the flexor tendon sheath of the hand

Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GCTTS) is a slowly progressing benign tumor arising from synovial cells of tendon sheaths. We report a case of GCTTS of the right ring finger in a forty year old female patient. R...