Varsha Gupta

..6% (38/300). IPT detected the most strains (34/38), followed by 3-D (23/38), and then DDS (15/38). The ceftriaxone disc was found to detect more ESBLs than either the ceftazidime or the cefotaxime disc...

..We determined the occurrence of acquired metallo-beta lactamases (MBL) producing bacteria in our teaching hospital...

..This study highlights the antibiotic sensitivity and phage typing pattern of V. cholerae isolates during 2002 and 2003...

..In this study we looked for both extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and AmpC β-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates...

..haemolyticus) from India. This organism was isolated from pus oozing from a postsurgical site in 61 year old male hailing from an adjoining state of Haryana...

..The resistance to macrolide can be mediated by msr A gene coding for efflux mechanism or via erm gene encoding for enzymes that confer inducible or constitutive resistance to macrolide, lincosamide and Type B streptogramin...

..Regarding the treatment options--colistin, various antibiotic combinations and a few novel antibiotics are being tried and evaluated. Prevention is based on age old practices of strict infection control and judicious use of antibiotics...

..Proper infection control practices and barrier precautions are essential to contain the organisms producing beta-lactamases...

..4%). We conclude that imipenem, piperacillin/tazobactam and cefoperazone/sulbactam are effective antibiotics in our environment, whereas ticarcillin/clavulanate, cefdinir, cefepime and cefpirome are relatively uneffective...

..enterica typhi. This threatened its therapeutic efficacy and resulted in the re-emergence of chloramphenicol-sensitive S. enterica typhi strains...

..Mostly the infection is polymicrobial in nature. Herein, we report the isolation of Enterococcus faecalis from a case of acute suppurative NPBA...

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..The neuraminidase inhibitors currently are the only drugs which can be used, in case pandemic occurs. Therefore, timely development of an effective influenza vaccine is must and should be made a public health priority...

..An attempt is therefore made to study the rate of isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella Paratyphi A from cases of enteric fever coming to a tertiary care hospital at Chandigarh...

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..To detect and evaluate the various methods for metallo- β -lactamases (MBL) production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Acinetobacter species...

..We recommend that along with cefoxitin disc diffusion, another method, preferably latex agglutination, should be routinely used in all hospitals to detect MRSA...

..Phenotypic detection and differentiation of types of Carbapenemases in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is important for proper infection control and appropriate patient management...

..parayphi A. S. paratyphi A has never been implicated in renal abscess, we report one such case that was managed successfully with medical therapy...

..In this study P. aeruginosa isolates from catheterized urinary tract infection patients were screened and profiled for the presence of different type of quorum sensing (QS) signal molecules...

..Hence the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of blood isolates reported here may be a useful guide for physicians initiating emperic therapy with antibiotics...

..Arthrotomy was done as an initial mode of management, followed by intravenous ciprofloxacin therapy to which the child responded favorably...

..For S. aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, overall resistance percentages of 5 years show that netilmicin and ciprofloxacin, respectively, were the most effective drugs...

..Together we show that K is non-estrogenic in vivo and exerts bone anabolic activity with attendant inhibition of bone marrow adipogenesis...

..The present study is aimed to determine the occurrence and phenotypic detection of Class A carbapenemases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates from septicemic patients...

..Salmonella etiology was not suspected in these patients and the diagnosis was made microbiologically only after culture isolation...

..This nalidixic acid resistant S. typhi outbreak report warrants the necessity of implementing stringent sanitation practices in public health interest...

..Cytomorphology can be supplemented with AFB smear and culture wherever required and PCR should be kept as a reserve method for equivocal cases...

..On ultrasonography, a single live fetus with no amniotic fluid was seen and the pregnancy was therefore terminated. L. monocytogenes was isolated from a high vaginal swab...

..High level of haemolysin production in vitro could be used as surrogate information for assessing pyelonephritic potential of P. aeruginosa...

..This paper reviews Quorum sensing in gram positive and gram negative bacteria and its role in biofilm formation...