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Preventive medicine

Safe limit of particulate matter in atomosphere

100 micrograms/cubic meter

Acronyms

BTU – Acronym

British Thermal Unit, 1BTU (Btu) = 1055.05585 joules acronym

Physiology

Daily requirement of air

Humans require on average 10-20 cubic meter of air everyday.

Microbiology

Warthin Starry stain

Warthin Starry stain demonstrating H.pylori in the gastric mucosa A silver nitrate stain used as a special stain for demonstrating organisms such as H.Pylori and spirochetes. It is

Microbiology

Cat Scratch Disease

Disease characterised by fever with lymphadenopathy, following a cat scratch. It is caused by Bartonella henselae.

Microbiology

Bartonella henselae

Casuative organism for Cat Scratch Disease, bacilliary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis. It can be identified in lymph node biopsy by Warthin Starry stain.

Microbiology

Trench fever

Also known as five day fever. It was first identified during the First World War. It is caused by Bartonella quintana. It has a prolonged convalesence period resulting

Microbiology

Bartonella quintana

Causative organism of trench fever/five day fever. Initially it was known as Rickettsia quintana and later as Rochalimaea quintana, and presently placed under Bartonella.

Medicine

Bartonella bacilliformis

`A small gram negative pleomorphic motile bacilli with a tuft of polar flagella. It causes oroya fever which is characterised by fever and progressive anemia. It invades the

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