There is identified qnr-mediated quinolone resistance and qnr co-determinants among enterobacteriaceae isolates in Jamaica.

Phytochemicals from locally available plants demonstrated antibacterial activity.

Epidemiological studies over the last 50 years have documented an increase in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the Caribbean. Diabetes is associated with a high rate of complications, high economic cost and is a leading cause of mortality in the region.

Participants in this survey were not satisfied with the reproductive health services at the clinics investigated.

There is a trend towards the use of complementary/alternative medical care practices by persons in both developed and developing countries. Surveys have shown that patients expect their physicians to provide them with advice on which of these methods might be useful to complement the conventional medical practices. Medical schools at present are not offering enough information to undergraduates in order for them to carry out this important function.

Mutation in the D-loop region plays a role in the genesis and development in cervical cancer.

Magnetic nanoparticles can be used as novel non-viral gene vector in vitro, which offers a basis for gene delivery in vivo.

In this retrospective review of 157 renal biopsies in Jamaican children with nephrotic syndrome between 1985–2008, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis predominated. Hypertension, hypocomplementaemia, anaemia and renal failure in childhood nephrotic syndrome predicted more severe nephritis and should prompt nephrological consultation.

The use of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of steroid resistant minimal change disease has not been extensively studied, particularly in the African Caribbean population. This case highlights its use in steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome in an Afro-Caribbean adolescent.