The high airborne microbial concentration of indoor areas may be responsible for adverse indoor air quality linked with adverse respiratory and general health effects in the form of Sick building syndromes. The current study aimed to isolate and characterize seasonal (winter and spring) levels of culturable bio-aerosols from indoor air and their impact on human health by using an epidemiological health survey. After culturing, microorganisms were identified by standard macro and microbiological protocols followed by biochemical testing and molecular techniques. Sampling results show that bacterial aerosol concentration in the winter season varies from (300–3650 CFU/m) and fugal aerosols (300–4150 CFU/m3) in different microenvironments. However, in spring bacterial aerosols ranged (450–5150 CFU/m3) and fungi (350–5070 CFU/m3). Aspergillus and Cladosporium were major recorded fungi however, Staphylococcus, Streptobacillus, and Micrococcus were major bacterial genera among all the sites. Analysis of the questionnaire survey represented that headache (28%) and allergies (20%) were major indoor health problems followed by others. Major outcomes of the current study suggested that the elevated levels of bioaerosols are a major risk factor and causing various respiratory health problems. The observed dynamics of this study will help the inhabitants to take precautionary actions to avoid hazardous bioaerosols.
Norfloxacin is an antibiotic which is used in the treatment of infectious diarrhea with other anti-diarrheal agents. No case of norfloxacin induced cheilitis was found to be reported earlier. We have reported a case of the 23-year-old boy suffering from infectious diarrhea who was prescribed with norfloxacin. He developed very severe cheilitis which got improved when the drug therapy was switched from norfloxacin to metronidazole. This report will alert the health care professionals about this unfamiliar adverse effect of a very commonly prescribed medication.
The banking & financial service industry in the US was hit hard by the sub-prime crisis, which has resulted in huge losses thereby bringing the world's largest economy on the verge of recession. After enduring the shocks of recession US-BFSI sector, had attempted to adopt sophisticated credit risks management systems to manage risks more efficiently. As we are the part of global economy and we can't be untouched from its shocks, therefore this study has tried to investigate the consequences on BFSI and its employee in Kanpur city. Results drawn from the study explores that employees have suffered from great insecurity of job loss during the entire period and so they have tried to upgrade their skills on their expenses. Industry was able to fight the recession by focusing on cost cut down and increase in productivity. During the recession period investors have shown their investment interest in fix deposits and cash deposits.
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