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Research paper thumbnail of Pre-surgical Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Elective Procedures in High Burden Resource Limited Settings: A Retrospective Observational Study

NATIONAL JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE

Introduction: Pre-surgical screening of patients for COVID-19 by Reverse transcription-Polymerase... more Introduction: Pre-surgical screening of patients for COVID-19 by Reverse transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is essential before surgeries as a precautionary measure in view of preventing COVID-19 to the health care workers. The inception of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS- COV-2) posed major hurdles and challenges in conducting elective surgeries. Considering that COVID-19 is expected to continue to be a problem for the public health system in the near future, institutions will need to create risk mitigation strategies with meticulous resource management especially in high burden centers. Aim: To assess the role and need of repeat RT-PCR testing after an initial negative at a tertiary care center in view of the ever changing dynamics of COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at the Mobile Virology Research & Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Hyderab...

Research paper thumbnail of Candidemia in an Immunocompromised Patient

New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 11

Research paper thumbnail of A study of bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from blood stream infections in a tertiary care hospital

Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of conducting hand hygiene audit in COVID-19 care locations of India—A large scale national multicentric study – HHAC study

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Research paper thumbnail of Comparison of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in Intensive care units and wards of COVID-19: A large scale multicentric study in India

American Journal of Infection Control

Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on ... more Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

Research paper thumbnail of Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella Sepsis in Top-up Fed Five-Month-Old Infant: Case Report

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disea... more Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disease, often acquired through the ingestion of contaminated food and it seldom requires antimicrobial therapy for treatment. Extra-intestinal manifestations could be localised infection leading to septic arthritis, osteomyelitis. In complicated invasive disease, there could be bronchopneumonia with or without bacteraemia leading to mortality. Invasive NTS infections are infrequently reported in India. The S. Typhimurium is one of the common serovars associated with invasive disease and its virulence factors are responsible for causing the disease. S. enteridies, S. Dublin are the other serovars which are commonly responsible for invasive NTS infection. It is difficult to diagnose invasive disease without appropriate bacteriological culture based method. With emergence to resistance to antimicrobials the treatment of this condition is also becoming challenging. In this case report, a five-month-old infant presented with cough fever, stuffed nose dyspnoea and was diagnosed as bronchopneumonia. Mechanical ventilation was required for five days along with admission to intensive care unit. Invasive NTS infection was diagnosed using automated blood culture and the child responded to intravenous antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Research paper thumbnail of The Trends of Distribution and Susceptibility profile of Methicillin resistant and Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital

Objective: Staphylococcus aureus [S.aureus] is known to be a pathogen of prime importance both in... more Objective: Staphylococcus aureus [S.aureus] is known to be a pathogen of prime importance both in community and health care settings. This study aims at determining the distribution of Staphylococcus isolates both methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus [MSSA] as well as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] in the community as well as the health care settings.Materials and methods: This retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, South India between Jan 2020 – December 2020. Isolation and phenotypic identification of S. aureus was done using standard microbiological methods at the bacteriology laboratory, in the Microbiology department. Demographics, categorical variables, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns were compared between MRSA and MSSA along with a comparison of resistance patterns between Community-acquired MSSA and MRSA [CA-MSSA, CA-MRSA] and Hospital-acquired MSSA and MRSA [CA – MSSA, HA-MSSA] respectively.Results: Abou...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Bacteriological Profile of Pyogenic Infections and Their Susceptibilty Profiles at a Teritary Care Hospital

International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient

An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-si... more An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome. Initially, hemodialysis was followed by plasmapheresis. After hemodialysis, the patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting and weakness of all limbs. A culture showed growth of Enterococcus faecalis, and on Day 6, a bloodstream infection with Candida kefyr and a urinary tract infection with Enterococcus faecalis were diagnosed. We report a rare case of bloodstream infection due to C. kefyr.

Research paper thumbnail of LRTIs, Bacterial Profile, Susceptibility Pattern

Research paper thumbnail of Abstracts-Mycology

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella Sepsis in Top-up Fed Five-Month-Old Infant: Case Report

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2021

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disea... more Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disease, often acquired through the ingestion of contaminated food and it seldom requires antimicrobial therapy for treatment. Extra-intestinal manifestations could be localised infection leading to septic arthritis, osteomyelitis. In complicated invasive disease, there could be bronchopneumonia with or without bacteraemia leading to mortality. Invasive NTS infections are infrequently reported in India. The S. Typhimurium is one of the common serovars associated with invasive disease and its virulence factors are responsible for causing the disease. S. enteridies, S. Dublin are the other serovars which are commonly responsible for invasive NTS infection. It is difficult to diagnose invasive disease without appropriate bacteriological culture based method. With emergence to resistance to antimicrobials the treatment of this condition is also becoming challenging. In this case report, a five-mo...

Research paper thumbnail of Isolation, Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Of Dermatophytes in Kimshrc, Bangalore

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Research paper thumbnail of Study of Bacterial Profile and Susceptibility Pattern of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Various Clinical Samples at a Tertiary Care Hospital

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and asporogenous bacterium. It has a pearle... more Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and asporogenous bacterium. It has a pearlescent appearance and grape-like odour. P. aeruginosa grows well at 25°C to 37°C, and its ability to grow at 42°C helps distinguish it from many other Pseudomonas species. P. aeruginosa is a ubiquitous microorganism which has the ability to

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence and Antibiogram of Bacterial Uropathogens in a Tertiary care Teaching Hospital

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Research paper thumbnail of Microbial Contamination of Mobile Phones a Potential Threat to the Patients: A Cross Sectional Study

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Research paper thumbnail of Pre-surgical Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Elective Procedures in High Burden Resource Limited Settings: A Retrospective Observational Study

NATIONAL JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE

Introduction: Pre-surgical screening of patients for COVID-19 by Reverse transcription-Polymerase... more Introduction: Pre-surgical screening of patients for COVID-19 by Reverse transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is essential before surgeries as a precautionary measure in view of preventing COVID-19 to the health care workers. The inception of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS- COV-2) posed major hurdles and challenges in conducting elective surgeries. Considering that COVID-19 is expected to continue to be a problem for the public health system in the near future, institutions will need to create risk mitigation strategies with meticulous resource management especially in high burden centers. Aim: To assess the role and need of repeat RT-PCR testing after an initial negative at a tertiary care center in view of the ever changing dynamics of COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at the Mobile Virology Research & Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Hyderab...

Research paper thumbnail of Candidemia in an Immunocompromised Patient

New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 11

Research paper thumbnail of A study of bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from blood stream infections in a tertiary care hospital

Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of conducting hand hygiene audit in COVID-19 care locations of India—A large scale national multicentric study – HHAC study

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Research paper thumbnail of Comparison of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in Intensive care units and wards of COVID-19: A large scale multicentric study in India

American Journal of Infection Control

Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on ... more Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

Research paper thumbnail of Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella Sepsis in Top-up Fed Five-Month-Old Infant: Case Report

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disea... more Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disease, often acquired through the ingestion of contaminated food and it seldom requires antimicrobial therapy for treatment. Extra-intestinal manifestations could be localised infection leading to septic arthritis, osteomyelitis. In complicated invasive disease, there could be bronchopneumonia with or without bacteraemia leading to mortality. Invasive NTS infections are infrequently reported in India. The S. Typhimurium is one of the common serovars associated with invasive disease and its virulence factors are responsible for causing the disease. S. enteridies, S. Dublin are the other serovars which are commonly responsible for invasive NTS infection. It is difficult to diagnose invasive disease without appropriate bacteriological culture based method. With emergence to resistance to antimicrobials the treatment of this condition is also becoming challenging. In this case report, a five-month-old infant presented with cough fever, stuffed nose dyspnoea and was diagnosed as bronchopneumonia. Mechanical ventilation was required for five days along with admission to intensive care unit. Invasive NTS infection was diagnosed using automated blood culture and the child responded to intravenous antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Research paper thumbnail of The Trends of Distribution and Susceptibility profile of Methicillin resistant and Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital

Objective: Staphylococcus aureus [S.aureus] is known to be a pathogen of prime importance both in... more Objective: Staphylococcus aureus [S.aureus] is known to be a pathogen of prime importance both in community and health care settings. This study aims at determining the distribution of Staphylococcus isolates both methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus [MSSA] as well as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] in the community as well as the health care settings.Materials and methods: This retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, South India between Jan 2020 – December 2020. Isolation and phenotypic identification of S. aureus was done using standard microbiological methods at the bacteriology laboratory, in the Microbiology department. Demographics, categorical variables, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns were compared between MRSA and MSSA along with a comparison of resistance patterns between Community-acquired MSSA and MRSA [CA-MSSA, CA-MRSA] and Hospital-acquired MSSA and MRSA [CA – MSSA, HA-MSSA] respectively.Results: Abou...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Bacteriological Profile of Pyogenic Infections and Their Susceptibilty Profiles at a Teritary Care Hospital

International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient

An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-si... more An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome. Initially, hemodialysis was followed by plasmapheresis. After hemodialysis, the patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting and weakness of all limbs. A culture showed growth of Enterococcus faecalis, and on Day 6, a bloodstream infection with Candida kefyr and a urinary tract infection with Enterococcus faecalis were diagnosed. We report a rare case of bloodstream infection due to C. kefyr.

Research paper thumbnail of LRTIs, Bacterial Profile, Susceptibility Pattern

Research paper thumbnail of Abstracts-Mycology

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella Sepsis in Top-up Fed Five-Month-Old Infant: Case Report

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2021

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disea... more Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are generally associated with self-limiting gastrointestinal disease, often acquired through the ingestion of contaminated food and it seldom requires antimicrobial therapy for treatment. Extra-intestinal manifestations could be localised infection leading to septic arthritis, osteomyelitis. In complicated invasive disease, there could be bronchopneumonia with or without bacteraemia leading to mortality. Invasive NTS infections are infrequently reported in India. The S. Typhimurium is one of the common serovars associated with invasive disease and its virulence factors are responsible for causing the disease. S. enteridies, S. Dublin are the other serovars which are commonly responsible for invasive NTS infection. It is difficult to diagnose invasive disease without appropriate bacteriological culture based method. With emergence to resistance to antimicrobials the treatment of this condition is also becoming challenging. In this case report, a five-mo...

Research paper thumbnail of Isolation, Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Of Dermatophytes in Kimshrc, Bangalore

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Research paper thumbnail of Study of Bacterial Profile and Susceptibility Pattern of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Various Clinical Samples at a Tertiary Care Hospital

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and asporogenous bacterium. It has a pearle... more Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and asporogenous bacterium. It has a pearlescent appearance and grape-like odour. P. aeruginosa grows well at 25°C to 37°C, and its ability to grow at 42°C helps distinguish it from many other Pseudomonas species. P. aeruginosa is a ubiquitous microorganism which has the ability to

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence and Antibiogram of Bacterial Uropathogens in a Tertiary care Teaching Hospital

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Research paper thumbnail of Microbial Contamination of Mobile Phones a Potential Threat to the Patients: A Cross Sectional Study

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences