EDITORIAL

Isoniazid – the pivot of Chemotherapy in tuberculosis - V. Seth                                 119

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Serum and rectal mucosal zinc level in acute and chronic diarrhea                125
H.P.S. Sachdev, N.K. Mittal and H.S. Yadav

Classification of children as slow or rapid on concentrations of isoniazid in saliva following oral administration of body-weight and surface-area-related dosages of the drug         134
G. Raghupati Sarma, S. Kailasam, M. Datta, G.K. Loganathan, F. Rahman and A.S.L. Narayana

Paralytic poliomyelitis 1976-1988: report from a sentinel centre                   143
M. Sharma, S. Sen, B. Ahuja and K. Dhamija

Typhoid fever below five years                                                                                    153
K.K. Pandey, S. Srinivasan, S. Mahadevan, P. Nalini and R. Sambasiva Rao

Salmonella senftenberg outbreak in a neonatal unit                                       157
A.T. Joseph, D.V. Rammurty, L. Srivastava, R. Gupta, Man Mohan and N.K. Anand

Coagulase negative staphylococcal septicemia in newborns                           163
M. Agarwal, P. Chaturvedi, S.K. Dey and P. Narang 

REVIEW ARTICLE

Leprosy in childhood – R. Dayal, N.A. Hashmi, P.P. Mathur and R. Prasad            170

BRIEF REPORTS

Clinico-bacteriological study of salmonella meningitis  - R.P. Fule, R.M. Power, A.M. Saoji and S.V. Ghate          183

Bilateral sixth nerve palsy with staphylococcal septicemia                             185
S.K. Sehgal, A. Wadhwa and V.K. Srivastava

Unusual presentation of Trichobezoar                                                                        187
V. Sharma and I.D. Sharma

Prenatal diagnosis of achondrogenesis                                                                       190
U.C. Jesson, S. Prabhu and D. Nambiar

Obesity-hypoventilation (Pickwickian) syndrome                                                       193
I. Malkani, S.K. Kabra, P.S.N. Menon and S. Srivastava

Acute hydrops of the gallbladder                                           197
M.R. Kanitkar, S.B. Purkayastha and K.V. Sangameswaran

Omphalopagus twins                                                                                       199
G. Raghuveer, J. Chinnappa, Vijayanarayana and Hemalath

Symptomatic hypokalemia in renal tubular acidosis                                       202
S. Kabra, A. Bagga and R.N. Srivastava

Congenital ocular toxoplasmosis                                                    204
M.A. Fernandes and E. Daniel

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with salmonella typhi                                   209 
P. Chaturvedi, S.K. Dey and M. Agrawal

Prevention of tetanus neonatorum                                          210
J.B. Ghosh

Celiac disease in Indian children                               211
Suraj Gupte

Celiac disease in Indian children                                               212
S. Mehta

Hydatid cyst of kidney: a new radiological sign                                                          213
K.L.N. Rao, N.S. Sandhu, Indu Bala and S.K. Mitra

BOOK REVIEW                                                                                                  215     

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Antipyretics in pediatric practice                               216
A.K. Gupta and Man Mohan