MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD FOE

Miliary tuberculosis: A new look at an old foe

Miliary tuberculosis (TB), is a fatal form of disseminated TB characterized by tiny tubercles evident on gross pathology similar to innumerable millet seeds in size and appearance.Global HIV/AIDS pandemic and increasing use of immunosuppressive drugs have altered the epidemiology of miliary TB.Keeping in mind its protean manifestations, clinicians

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Evaluation of Sucrose Laurate as an Intestinal Permeation Enhancer for Macromolecules: Ex Vivo and In Vivo Studies

Oral delivery of macromolecules requires permeation enhancers (PEs) adaptable to formulation.Sucrose laurate (SL) (D1216), a food grade surfactant, was assessed in Caco-2 monolayers, isolated rat intestinal tissue mucosae, and rat intestinal instillations.Accordingly, 1 mM SL increased the apparent permeability coefficient (Papp) of [14C]-mannitol

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Embroided Portraits in the Romanian Medieval Art

If the artistic value of the Romanian medieval embroidery is obvious, it is no less real MALTED MAPLE its documentary value.Most embroided portraits are made on liturgical pieces and they are a proof of the relationship of the rulers with the Orthodox Church.The position of the characters is a mute way of communicating the status that the voievod h

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