Larva currensin a case of Organophosphorous poisoning

Abstract

A 20-year-old healthy farmer consumed organophosphorous poison. On third day he developed diarrhoea and on fourth day linear serpiginous ulcers appeared on both buttocks. Clinically lesions were considered as decubitus ulcers. By stool examination and other laboratory investigations it was diagnosed as cutaneous larva currens due to Strongyloides stercoralis in a case of organophosphorus poisoning. Patient responded very well to a course of albendazole.

New reagents for the spectrophotometric determination of ranitidine hydrochloride

“…Remarks F-C reagent [21] Less sensitive Bromothymol blue [22] Involve extraction Rose Bengal [23] Involve extraction Hg(SCN) 2 -IRON(III) [24] Less sensitive KIO3-DCF [25] Requires strict pH control and less sensitive. KMnO 4 /NBS azine dyes [26] Involves extraction.…”

“…These are based on the reaction of ranitidine with some organic acidic dyes followed by extraction of the colored ion-pairs into organic solvents and absorbance measurements. Spectrophotometric determination of ranitidine in tablets has been also suggested through chromogenic reactions with 3-methylbenzothiozline-2--one hydrazone [20], 3,5-dichloro-pbenzoquinone chlorimine [20], Folin-Ciocalteu [21] reagents. These methods, however, are not adaptable for use in automated systems due to the long reaction time for color development (15-30 min) , they require prior extraction of the colored reaction product and involve a high reaction temperature (-90°C).…”