Is Tuberculosis a Familial Communicable Disease? High Time to Strengthen Contact Screening

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a highly communicable disease and represents a serious public health problem. In the absence of active case detection and early diagnosis among close contacts of a known TB patient, the family members are at high risk of developing the disease and are the potential source of spread of the disease in the community. Here, we discuss a case of pulmonary TB which stresses on the importance and urgent need for screening all household contacts and for early diagnosis and treatment of all cases and susceptible contacts.

Structural analysis and antioxidant activity of an arabinoxylan from Malvastrum coromandelianum L. (Garcke)

“…34 A crude water extract from the aerial parts exhibited antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. 35,36 Further, in view of the fact that natural plant polysaccharides are currently gaining signicant popularity as potent natural antioxidants, concomitant with the vast pharmacological activity of the species, it was hypothesized that the polysaccharide constituting the major fraction of water extract of M. coromandelianum is responsible for its activity. However, to date, there have been no studies regarding the purication, characterization or antioxidant activities of polysaccharides from M. coromandelianum.…”