Missed opportunities for participation in prevention of mother to child transmission programmes: Simplicity of nevirapine does not necessarily lead to optimal uptake, a qualitative study

Background  

The objective of this study was to examine missed opportunities for participation in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in three sites in South Africa. A rapid anthropological assessment was used to collect in-depth data from 58 HIV-positive women who were enrolled in a larger cohort study to assess mother-to-child HIV transmission. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the women in order to gain an understanding of their experiences of antenatal care and to identify missed opportunities for participation in PMTCT.     

Alveolar hydatid disease of the liver: Brief review and spectrum of adjacent organ invasion

The purpose of this study is to show the spectrum of adjacent organ invasion and to make a brief review of hepatic alveolar hydatid disease (AHD), using CT and MR imaging. We retrospectively reviewed CT and MR images of three patients with various adjacent organ invasions surgically and histologically proven to be AHD. Local invasion to right kidney and adrenal, right hemidiaphragm and lung were detected in one patient, right adrenal in another patient and gall bladder, duodenum, gastric wall and pancreas invasion in the other. AHD may rarely extend to the gall bladder, stomach, duodenum, pancreas, right adrenal and kidney, diaphragm, pleura and lung. The extension of the disease outside the liver is usually encountered in patients with large, peripherally located masses in the advanced stage of the disease.     

Immunodiagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Ascaris lumbricoides infections in Caucasian and aboriginal Australians

The immunodiagnostic efficiency of an indirect immunofluorescence test (IFAT) and in vitro lymphocyte proliferative responsiveness (cell mediated immunity test, CMIT) used to measure the immunological responses of individuals with known natural Entamoeba histolytica and Ascaris lumbricoides infections, was studied under survey conditions. E. histolytica was common among Aborigines from Cherbourg, Kowanyama and Central Australia, but it was not found in Brisbane Caucasians. The protozoan was selected for the study because it was prevalent and purified antigen was commercially available. Immunodiagnosis for A. lumbricoides was made using an antigen prepared by affinity chromatography. Diagnosis based on frequency distribution of immunological data gave valid assessment of the number of infected individuals in each population studied.     

Adenomyosis:common and uncommon manifestations on sonography and magnetic resonance imaging.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this presentation is to show the imaging findings of the common and uncommon variants of adenomyosis as seen on sonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: A 3-year database search was performed to identify women who had pelvic sonography and pelvic MRI within a 6-month interval. Images of these cases were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Eighty women were identified. Adenomyosis was diagnosed on MRI, which was used as the reference standard, in 45 of these women. The correct diagnosis was made on sonography in 73% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of the spectrum of imaging features of adenomyosis is important to use sonography effectively for diagnosing this entity and to help avoid misdiagnosis.     

Present phage types and antibiotic susceptibility of salmonellae.

A total of 168 strains of Salmonella were isolated in the Command Pathology Laboratory (WC) Delhi Cantt during the year 1990. Out of this, 143 were Salmonella typhi, 17 Salmonella paratyphi A, 7 Salmonella typhimurium and 1 Salmonella manhattan. The commonest phage type and biotype of Salmonella typhi was type E1 and type 1 respectively. The dominant biotype of Salmonella paratyphi A was type I. There was a very high degree of multidrug resistance of most of the strains. But all the strains were sensitive to ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin.     

Deprivation of form vision suppresses diurnal cycling of retinal levels of leu-enkephalin

Deprivation of form vision by the fitting of translucent occluders suppressed the diurnal cycling of enkephalinergic amacrine cells (the ENSLI amacrine cells), in the chicken. Daily periods of normal vision or enforcing temporal contrast using strobe lighting appeared to restore normal functioning of the ENSLI cells. These results suggest that the ENSLI cells are involved in retinal circuits that assess the quality of the visual image and control eye growth.