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Giant Cell Arteritis– Who to Refer to?

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 2: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.177
Pages: 
300-03
Synopsis: 
Visual symptoms associated with giant cell arteritis (GCA) need immediate referral to ophthalmology. Patients without visual symptoms should be appropriately referred to rheumatology. Clinicians should be familiar with the broad spectrum of atypical presentations of GCA in order to make an accurate diagnosis.

ABSTRACT

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic immune-mediated vasculitis affecting the medium and large arteries. Typical symptoms include a new headache, jaw claudication, tender temporal artery, polymyalgia rheumatica, fever and anorexia. Visual loss resulting from GCA is an ophthalmic emergency and requires immediate assessment and referral to the ophthalmologist for prompt treatment with steroids. This article provides a systematic approach to the diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis.

Received: 
23 Mar, 2015
Accepted: 
31 Mar, 2015
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss2_2016_300-03.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
diagnosis
management
giant cell arteritis
Journal Authors: 
LT Lim
EY Ah-kee
A Strang
A Ferguson
e-Published: 29 Jun, 2015

Preseptal Cellulitis or Orbital Cellulitis?

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 2: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.179
Pages: 
304-07
Synopsis: 
Preseptal cellulitis and orbital cellulitis can both present similarly, but their management differ. Prompt recognition of orbital cellulitis can be sight saving. This article provides a systematic approach to distinguish between preseptal cellulitis and orbital cellulitis at presentation.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
23 Mar, 2015
Accepted: 
25 Mar, 2015
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss2_2016_304-07.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
management
orbital cellulitis
preseptal cellulits
Journal Authors: 
LT Lim
D Miller
EY Ah-kee
A Ferguson
e-Published: 29 Jun, 2015

Use of Fusarium oxysporum Schl. cucumerinum Transformed with Green Fluorescent Protein to Follow Infection Patterns in Three Cucurbit Plants

DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.184
Synopsis: 
In this study, we constructed green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled Fusarium oxysporum strain FSY0957 to explore the main specialized differentiation factors of cucurbit wilt pathogen for elucidating the pathogenesis.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
15 Apr, 2015
Accepted: 
29 Apr, 2015
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Colonization
Fusarium oxysporum
GFP
Infection features
plant wilt disease
Journal Authors: 
S Zhang
Z Gao
B Zhao
X Liu
Y Yao
e-Published: 22 Jun, 2015

Disclaimer

Manuscripts that are Published Ahead of Print have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the Editorial Board of the West Indian Medical Journal. They may appear in their original format and may not be copy edited or formatted in the style guide of this Journal. While accepted manuscripts are not yet assigned a volume, issue or page numbers, they can be cited using the DOI and date of e-publication. See our Instructions for Authors on how to properly cite manuscripts at this stage. The contents of the manuscript may change before it is published in its final form. Manuscripts in this section will be removed once they have been issued to a volume and issue, but will still retain the DOI and date of e-publication.

Beta-lactamase Enzymes of Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 1: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.362
Pages: 
40–5
Synopsis: 
The resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred pending treatment of patients, is a great danger. Detection of beta-lactamases and monitoring antibiotic susceptibilities are extremely important for the selection of appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy in P aeruginosa infections.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: In this study, the production of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), metallo-beta-lacatamase (MBL) and AmpC beta-lactamase enzymes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P aeruginosa) strains which were isolated from clinical samples were investigated. AmpC gene was also detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis.

Received: 
01 Dec, 2014
Accepted: 
12 Dec, 2014
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss1_2016_40_45.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
AmpC beta-lactamase
AmpC gene
extended spectrum beta lactamase
metallo-beta lactamase
resistance
Journal Authors: 
O Pasa
B Ozer
N Duran
M Inci
E Yula
e-Published: 16 Jun, 2015

Performance Assessment of the Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Method for Rapid Detection of Susceptibility to Ethambutol and Molecular Prediction of XDR Tuberculosis in Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Issue: 
Vol 64, Issue 4: September (2015)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.022
Pages: 
325–32
Synopsis: 
Fast detection of susceptibility to ethambutol drug is possible by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The embB306 locus is a candidate marker for rapid prediction of high resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs for multidrug and extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis.

 ABSTRACT

Introduction: The polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method was employed for rapid detection of ethambutol (EMB) resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Received: 
03 Feb, 2014
Accepted: 
19 Jun, 2014
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimjsep2015_325_332.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Ethambutol
mycobacterium tuberculosis
PCR- RFLP
susceptibility
Journal Authors: 
M Arjomandzadegan
R Nazari
MR Zolfaghari
M Taherahmadi
M Sadrnia
LP Titov
A Ahmadi
M Shojapoor
e-Published: 12 Jun, 2015

The Combined Effect of Hyperuricemia and Overweight/Obesity on Risk of Hypertension in Adults

DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.289
Synopsis: 
The study about the effect of hyperuricemia and overweight/obesity on risk of hypertension shows that the hyperuricemia and overweight/obesity are independent risk factors for hypertension, they increase risk to a much greater extent when present together.

ABSTRACT

Background: While hyperuricemia and overweight/obesity can act alone to increase the prevalence of hypertension, few studies have examined their combined effect. Materials and

Received: 
03 Jun, 2015
Accepted: 
12 Jun, 2015
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Hypertension
obesity
overweight
High uric acid
hyperuricemia
Journal Authors: 
Z Li
W Qin
L Li
Q Wu
Y Wang
e-Published: 12 Jun, 2015

Disclaimer

Manuscripts that are Published Ahead of Print have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the Editorial Board of the West Indian Medical Journal. They may appear in their original format and may not be copy edited or formatted in the style guide of this Journal. While accepted manuscripts are not yet assigned a volume, issue or page numbers, they can be cited using the DOI and date of e-publication. See our Instructions for Authors on how to properly cite manuscripts at this stage. The contents of the manuscript may change before it is published in its final form. Manuscripts in this section will be removed once they have been issued to a volume and issue, but will still retain the DOI and date of e-publication.

An Improved Classification System for Brain Tumours Using Wavelet Transform and Neural Network

Issue: 
Vol 67, Issue 3: 2018
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.169
Pages: 
243-7
Synopsis: 
Identification and classification of brain tumours accurately from magnetic resonance imaging are difficult. The authors adopted a technique using wavelet transform and neural network to identify and classify the tumour. The developed system produced an accuracy of 93.24%.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
23 Mar, 2015
Accepted: 
25 Mar, 2015
Published: 
22 Oct, 2018
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj-iss3-2018_243_247.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Brain tumour
Fuzzy C-means
Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm
magnetic resonance images
neural network
Wavelet transform
Journal Authors: 
AS Dhas
M Madheswaran
e-Published: 09 Jun, 2015

Prevalence and Risks of Syphilis among Commercial Sex Workers in Georgetown, Guyana

Issue: 
Vol 69, Issue 2: 2021
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.138
Pages: 
86-90
Synopsis: 
This study investigated the sexual health practices and constraints faced by persons involved in commercial sex in Guyana. Stigma and discrimination were identified as major constraints faced by the male sex workers, and 97.1% of commercial sex workers indicated that they preferred giving up sex work.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) and prevalence of syphilis and to investigate the sexual health practices and constraints among commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Guyana.

Methods: The participants were randomly selected from CSWs participating in support group meetings held in Georgetown and Berbice. The survey was cross-sectional, and SPSS 20.0 was used to perform the data analysis.

Received: 
03 Mar, 2015
Accepted: 
14 Apr, 2015
Published: 
22 Jun, 2021
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj-iss2-2021_86_90.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Commercial sex workers
Guyana
knowledge attitude and practice
Journal Authors: 
R Kurup
AC Hercules
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2015

Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Seeds of Coriandrum sativum toward Food-borne Pathogens

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 1: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.162
Pages: 
8–12
Synopsis: 
This study showed that the essential oils possess both bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity against some of the Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria when tested in vitro and may be effective on other bacteria.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
07 Jul, 2014
Accepted: 
24 Sep, 2014
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss1_2016_8_12.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Coriandrum sativum
essential oil
food safety
food-borne pathogen
Journal Authors: 
M Rezaei
F Karimi
N shariatifar
I Mohammadpourfard
E Shiri Malekabad
e-Published: 03 Jun, 2015

The Issue of Leptospirosis in Grenada

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 1: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.355
Pages: 
189–92
Synopsis: 
The characteristics of Leptospira interrogans are analysed and seroprevalence data regarding vectors in Grenada are then assessed from a secondary source. A literature review is then conducted into interventions which can best be suited to Grenada.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
01 Dec, 2014
Accepted: 
12 Dec, 2014
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss1_2016_189_192.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Grenada
Leptospirosis
Public Health
Journal Authors: 
MW Sperling
e-Published: 01 Jun, 2015

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