Search Results - "Indian journal of medical microbiology"

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patient with diabetes a deadly trio: Case series from the north-western part of India by Nehara, Hardeva Ram, Puri, Inder, Singhal, Vipin, IH, Sunil, Bishnoi, Bhagirath Ram, Sirohi, Pramendra

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), may present with a myriad of clinical manifestations and complications. Patients with COVID-19 are at increased risk of…”
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Profile of co-infections & secondary infections in COVID-19 patients at a dedicated COVID-19 facility of a tertiary care Indian hospital: Implication on antimicrobial resistance by Khurana, Surbhi, Singh, Parul, Sharad, Neha, Kiro, Vandana V., Rastogi, Neha, Lathwal, Amit, Malhotra, Rajesh, Trikha, Anjan, Mathur, Purva

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns over secondary infections because it has limited treatment options and empiric antimicrobial treatment poses serious…”
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Gut Microbiota and Its Mysteries by Pushpanathan, Premalatha, Mathew, Gifty Sara, Selvarajan, Sribal, Seshadri, Krishna G., Srikanth, Padma

“…Gut microbiota are microorganisms that inhabit the gut; they coexist peacefully with the host, thereby contributing to the health and well-being of…”
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No correlation between Ct values and severity of disease or mortality in patients with COVID 19 disease by Shah, Sweta, Singhal, Tanu, Davar, Namita, Thakkar, Pooja

“…There are several reports of Ct values of RT PCR assays for COVID 19 being associated with disease severity and infectivity. We studied the correlation between…”
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Current perspectives of biomedical waste management in context of COVID-19 by Capoor, Malini R., Parida, Annapurna

“…COVID-19 pandemic and it's consequent biomedical waste is an unprecedented challenge worldwide. Biomedical waste generated during COVID-19 patient isolation,…”
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Basic virology of SARS-CoV 2 by Ravi, V., Saxena, Sonal, Panda, Pragyan Swagatika

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a highly transmissible pathogenic coronavirus emerged in late 2019 causing a pandemic of acute…”
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Introducing the new face of CLSI M100 in 2023: An explanatory review by Rai, Sumit, Dash, Debabrata, Agarwal, Nidhima

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Characterisation of Virulence Genes Associated with Pathogenicity in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Remya, P.A., Shanthi, M., Sekar, Uma

“…Purpose: This study was undertaken to characterise the virulence factors in clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and analyse their association with…”
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Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: An update by Chaudhry, R, Ghosh, A, Chandolia, A

“…Genus Mycoplasma, belonging to the class Mollicutes, encompasses unique lifeforms comprising of a small genome of 8,00,000 base pairs and the inability to…”
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Anti-biofilm efficacy of silver nanoparticles against MRSA and MRSE isolated from wounds in a tertiary care hospital by Ansari, MA, Khan, HM, Khan, AA, Cameotra, SS, Alzohairy, MA

“…Purpose: Different approaches have been used for preventing biofilm-related infections in health care settings. Many of these methods have their own de-merits,…”
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Mycoplasma hominis: An under recognized pathogen by Ahmed, Jaweed, Rawre, Jyoti, Dhawan, Neha, Khanna, Neena, Dhawan, Benu

“…Mycoplasma hominis, a commensal of the genital tract, is a potential underestimated pathogen causing both genitourinary and extragenital infections including…”
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National TB elimination programme - What has changed by Khanna, Ashwani, Saha, Rumpa, Ahmad, Nadeem

“…Before the start of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, TB was the leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent, ranking well above HIV/AIDS. Almost…”
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Analysing the clinical knowledge of ChatGPT in medical microbiology in the undergraduate medical examination by Sivasubramanian, Jayanthi, Shaik Hussain, Shifa Meharaj, Virudhunagar Muthuprakash, Somasunder, Periadurai, Nanthini Devi, Mohanram, Kalyani, Surapaneni, Krishna Mohan

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Synergistic approach of ertapenem and flucloxacillin or cefazolin for addressing persistent Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia by Bakthavatchalam, Yamuna Devi, Karthik, Rajiv, Ashok, Anand, Walia, Kamini, Ragothaman, Harathi, Krishnamoorthy, Soniya, Manokaran, Yuvasri, Veeraraghavan, Balaji

“…In the present study, we determine the synergistic activity of ertapenem with cefazolin and flucloxacillin against type A beta-lactamase producing Methicillin…”
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Fasciolopsis buski isolated from human host, India has distinct clade based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences by Chaurasiya, Sandhya, Singh, Aradhana, Tiwari, Anurag, Banerjee, Tuhina

“…Fasciolopsiasis caused by Fasciolopsis buski, is a significant cause of morbidity. In the present study F. buski detected during endoscopy of a 50-year-old…”
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Phenotypic and genomic characterization of a small colony variant of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urine of a prostate cancer case by Afreen, Sana, Singh, Nisha, Kaur, Manharpreet, Chaudhary, Naveen, Kumar, Ajay, Pahil, Sapna, Mohan, Balvinder, Taneja, Neelam

“…Small colony variants (SCVs) in Klebsiella pneumoniae are rare and understudied. We report an SCV of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from the urine of a…”
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Effectiveness of various sulbactam-based combination antibiotic therapy in the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a tertiary care Health centre by Chaudhary, Monika, Kumar, Deepak, Meena, Durga Shankar, Midha, Naresh Kumar, Bohra, Gopal Krishana, Tak, Vibhor, Samantaray, Subhashree, Kaur, Navneet, Neetha, T.R., Mohammed, Sadik, Sharma, Ankur, Kothari, Nikhil, Bhatia, Pradeep Kumar, Garg, M.K.

“…Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Some in vitro data favour various combination…”
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A case report and literature review of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis by Watanabe, Ayano, Sano, Takehisa, Murayama, Kenta, Miyamoto, Ryota, Kamei, Junya, Masuda, Toshihiro, Kojima, Suguru, Hijiya, Kyoko, Fujii, Masato

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Next generation sequencing to detect pathogens causing paediatric community-acquired pneumonia - A systematic review and meta-analysis by Chawla, Kiran, Shaji, Rosemary, Siddalingaiah, Nayana, P K, Sreenath Menon, M D, Sangeetha, Lewis, Leslie Edward S., Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina

“…Paediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major public health challenge in children, requiring accurate and timely diagnosis of causative pathogens…”
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