Application of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay to detect Legionella pneumophila in patients of community-acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital.

abstract：Background:Raoultella is a Gram-negative bacteria, which commonly occur in the natural environment such as water, soil and on plants. In recent years, Raoultella spp. gained more interest. There is also an increasing number of publications describing mainly clinical cases involving these bacteria. Identification of Rao...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sekowska A,Mikucka A,Gospodarek-Komkowska E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the emergence of a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) due to Leishmania tropica (L. tropica) in the Ajmer city of Rajasthan, India, a previously non-endemic area. Between January-February 2006, 13 new indigenously acquired cases of CL were diagnosed among the patients attending the Skin and STD d...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rastogi V,Nirwan PS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens. The present report describes an outbreak of ESBL positive K. pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care center in southern India. The clinical and microbiological sign...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shanmuganathan C,Ananthakrishnan A,Jayakeerthi SR,Kanungo R,Kumar A,Bhattacharya S,Badrinath S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a five year period, stool samples were screened for Vibrionaceae from cases of acute diarrhoea, to study their isolation rate and their antimicrobial sensitivity pattern. All the isolates were identified by standard laboratory techniques. A total of 323 species belonging to Vibrionaceae were isolated from 4492 st...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mathur M,De A,Saraswathi K,Varaiya A,Athalye S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of prosthetic joint infection caused by Lysobacter thermophilus which was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Removal of prosthesis followed by antibiotic treatment resulted in good clinical outcome. This case illustrates the use of molecular diagnostics to detect uncommon organisms in sus...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dhawan B,Sebastian S,Malhotra R,Kapil A,Gautam D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate a nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the direct detection of multidrug resistance (MDR) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 100 smear-positive sputum samples. The NRA results were compared with the reference proportion method for 100 sputum specimens for which comparable results wer...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gupta M,Shamma.,Singh NP,Kaur IR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paragonimiasis is a foodborne parasitic zoonosis caused by lung fluke species of the genus Paragonimus. The Paragonimus westermani is the most common human pathogen in Asian countries. In northeast India, Paragonimus heterotremus has been documented as the only human pathogen in the earlier literature. In India, P. we...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh TS,Hiromu S,Devi KR,Singh WA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent years have seen a rise of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) from common contaminants to agents of nosocomial blood stream infections (BSI's). Molecular typing and establishing a correlation with antibiotic resistance is essential particularly in countries like India where genotyping studies fo...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh S,Dhawan B,Kapil A,Kabra SK,Suri A,Sreenivas V,Das BK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubercular splenic abscess in an immunocompetent person, especially when the patient is without any symptoms, is a rare clinical entity. We report a case of isolated tubercular splenic abscess in a 38-year-old asymptomatic healthy female and emphasize the importance of careful smear examination. The patient had come t...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Udgaonkar U,Kulkarni S,Shah S,Bhave S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis is a life-threatening complication of critically ill immunocompromised patients with high attributable mortality. Due to non-specific clinical presentation, early detection of candidemia and accurate identification of Candida species are essential pre-requisites for improved therapeutic outcome. S...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ahmad S,Khan Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The present study was undertaken to analyse the trend in prevalence of culture-positive typhoid fever during the last decade and to determine antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A isolated from patients of enteric fever presenting to our hospital. Methods:All the c...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sharma P,Dahiya S,Manral N,Kumari B,Kumar S,Pandey S,Sood S,Das BK,Kapil A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended spectrum -lactamases (ESBLs) are plasmid mediated, TEM and SHV derived enzymes, first isolated in Western Europe in mid 1980s, most commonly in Klebsiella spp., followed by Escherichia coli. These enzymes are capable of hydrolyzing broad spectrum cephalosporins and monobactams but inactive against cephamycins...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chaudhary U,Aggarwal R

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A statistical assessment of a disease is often necessary before resources can be allocated to any control programme. No literature on seasonal trends of gonorrhoea is available from India. OBJECTIVES:The objectives were (1) to determine, if any, seasonal trends were present in India (2) to describe factors con...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kakran M,Bala M,Singh V

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in school going children of different age groups and sex and to isolate the organisms responsible for asymptomatic bacteriuria and to know their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. METHODS:A total of 1817 school children...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumar CS,Jairam A,Chetan S,Sudesh P,Kapur I,Srikaramallya.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Various antifungal agents both topical and systemic have been introduced into clinical practice for effectively treating dermatophytic conditions. Dermatophytosis is the infection of keratinised tissues caused by fungal species of genera Trichophyton, Epidermophyton and Microsporum, commonly known as dermatophy...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bhatia VK,Sharma PC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male infant admitted with pyogenic meningitis with protein energy malnutrition developed fatal infection due to Salmonella enteritidis. The same organism was isolated from CSF and blood cultures. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Varaiya A,Saraswathi K,Tendolkar U,De A,Shah S,Mathur M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detecting high-risk-human papillomavirus (HPV) types has become an integral part of the cervical cancer screening programmes. This study aimed to develop a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for identification of HPV types 16 and 18 along with the beta globin gene in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded cervica...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh MP,Gupta N,Deepak T,Kumar A,Ratho RK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A disease outbreak of A (H1N1) PDM09 was reported in Andaman and Nicobar islands in 2009 with an attack rate of 33.5% among settler population and 26.3% among the aboriginal Nicobarese tribe. During the ongoing outbreak of A (H1N1) PDM09 disease in different parts of the world, a subject working in Dubai cit...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Muruganandam N,Bhattacharya D,Chaaithanya IK,Bhattacharya H,Reesu R,Maile A,Bharathi GS,Sugunan AP,Vijayachari P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycobacterial antigen MPB64 is a secretory protein specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. A lateral flow immunochromatographic assay (ICA) is a method used for the rapid differentiation of M. tuberculosis complex. AIM:We aimed to evaluate the performance of ICA in rapid differentiation of M. tuber...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Akyar I,Kocagoz T,Sinik G,Oktem S,Aytekin N,Kocagoz S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Non-tuberculous mycobacteria, although identified as pathogenic to humans long time ago, are emerging as the new threat in the past two decades. Even in tuberculosis endemic country such as India, they are being isolated from the clinical specimens more often than previously. This change in trend is of con...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wani SR,Wattal C,Raveendran R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to compare various laboratory diagnostic methods, namely histopathological examination, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain, AFB culture by conventional Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) method and fluorescence-based mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) technique and polymerase chain reaction (PC...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Patwardhan SA,Bhargava P,Bhide VM,Kelkar DS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) pose an emerging problem in hospitals worldwide. The present study was undertaken to determine the occurrence, species prevalence, antibacterial resistance, and phenotypic and genetic characteristics of VRE isolated in Riyadh hospitals, KSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two hund...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Salem-Bekhit MM,Moussa IM,Muharram MM,Alanazy FK,Hefni HM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Biochemical or nucleic acid based diagnostic techniques for MAC infection are unsatisfactory. This study aims to identify and evaluate M. avium secretory protein(s) of diagnostic potential, so as to develop a rapid and simple method for diagnosis of MAC infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Initially, a specific pro...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gupta K,Verma I,Khuller G,Mahajan R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of the sacroiliac joint is a rare entity. Clinical signs and symptoms are usually nonspecific and result in delayed diagnosis. We report a rare case of primary meningococcal arthritis of right sacroiliac joint in an 11-year-old male child. Synovial fluid aspirated from the joint space showed Gram-negative di...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sahu S,Mohanty I,Narasimham MV,Pasupalak S,Parida B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detecting plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC) β-lactamase-producing organism is important for optimal infection control and providing accurate and effective treatment option for physicians. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pAmpC β-lactamase and compare the results of boronic a...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yilmaz NO,Agus N,Bozcal E,Oner O,Uzel A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Genotyping studies like spoligotyping are valuable tools in understanding the genetic diversity and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Though there are reports of spoligotyping of M. tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary specimens from different parts of India, spoligotyping of extra pulmonary tuberculo...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kandhakumari G,Stephen S,Sivakumar S,Narayanan S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the incidence and risk factors of Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in 300 treatment-naïve HIV patients. Swabs from anterior nares and pharynx were cultured. Eighty-eight patients (29.3%) were colonised with S. aureus (47.7% nasal, 23.8% pharyngeal and 28.5% at both sites), which yielded 112 isolates. Me...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Panigrahy A,Sinha S,Das BK,Kapil A,Vishnubhatla S,Dhawan B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated cases of histoplasmosis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are rarely reported from India. Most of these cases report isolation of this fungus from the bone marrow, lymph node aspirate, spleenic aspirate, and biopsies. We report isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from the blood of an AIDS pati...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Baradkar VP,Tendolkar U,Baveja S,Kamath S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate E-test as a tool for rapid determination of drug susceptibility against the conventional LJ method focusing on reliability, expense, ease of standardization and performance of the technique in low resource settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 74 clinical isolates (2004-2005) of Mycobacterium tube...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Verma JS,Rawat D,Hasan A,Capoor MR,Gupta K,Deb M,Aggarwal P,Nair D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate, the efficacy of BACTEC 460 TB system for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India. METHODS:We compared 12,726 clinical specimens using BACTEC 460 TB system and conventional method for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis over a period of six years. RESULT:The ...

journal_title：Indian journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rodrigues CS,Shenai SV,Almeida D,Sadani MA,Goyal N,Vadher C,Mehta AP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00