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Acronyms

HALE – Acronym

HALE is the acronym for: Health Adjusted Life Expectancy

Acronyms

DALY – Acronym

DALY is the acronym for: Disability Adjusted Life Year

ENT

Decibel chart of common sounds

Here is the decibel chart of common sounds: Whisper – 10 dB Speech, 2-3 people – 73 dB Vaccum cleaner – 76 dB Children shouting – 79 dB Speech

Medicine

Pathogenesis of leptospirosis

In the natural resorvoir hosts, leptospira does not produce any manifestations. When humans come into contact with water polluted with the urine of resorvoir hosts, leptospira enter the

Ophthalmology

Injection of eyes

Phrase referring to congestion (redness) of eyes. It can occur in various conditions such as conjunctivitis.

Medicine

Jarisch Herxheimer reaction

It refers to the transient inflammatory response seen when administration of antibiotics results in large scale killing of microorganisms and release of endotoxins. The rate of release of

Medicine

Antibiotics used in treatment of plague

Plague being a bacterial disease, responds to the following antibiotics, especially if adminstered early in the course of the disease: streptomycin doxycycline cholramphenicol

Microbiology

Safety pin appearance is seen in

Wayson stain of Yersinia pestis showing characteristic safety pin appearance Yersinia pestis smears stained by Giemsa or Methylene blue, bipolar staining is seen, which is referred to as

Microbiology

Stalactite growth pattern is found in

Stalactite growth pattern is seen for the growth of Yersinia pestis in ghee broth culture.

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