BACKGROUNDThe longevity has increased in India and is further going to rise. The elderly are living with medical, social and psychological problems. Acute myocardial infarction in elderly often presents with atypical presentation and hence leads to delay in diagnosis and increased mortality. The presence of multiple comorbidities adds to increased morbidity and low quality of life. Acute myocardial infarction is leading cause of death in elderly in India.

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BACKGROUND The number of HIV-positive patients is increasing in India. Data on the prevalence of diarrhoea and the spectrum of bacteria responsible for diarrhoea in HIV-positive patients is lacking in our area. The identification of enteric pathogens in patients with HIV/AIDS is important because an increasing array of therapeutic regimens is becoming available to treat many of these infections. Thus, an attempt is done to elucidate the associations between causative bacteria of acute and chronic diarrhoea and CD4 count. METHODS Stool specimens were obtained over a period of eighteen months from HIV infected adults with diarrhoea presenting to Shri B

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