Prevalence and Characteristics of Influenza Cases From 2017 to 2019 at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Karnataka.

Introduction Influenza virus is a significant human pathogen causing severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) associated with significant mortality worldwide. The H1N1 Influenza virus that caused a pandemic in 2009 continued to cause periodic epidemics worldwide, with new variants posing significant public health problems. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence and characteristics of influenza at a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Aerobic Bacterial Profile of Sepsis and Its Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern Among Patients in a Rural Tertiary Care Center.

Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) are one of the most life-threatening infections associated with high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis with appropriate and timely treatment improves the patient outcome. The recent surge in multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains is a matter of concern.

Pneumococcal infections at a rural tertiary care hospital: a seven year study on isolation rate, clinical spectrum and antibiogram.

Background: Invasive pneumococcal infections such as pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis are severe and often fatal. In recent years, pneumococcal resistance to penicillin has been a problem in many countries. We, in this retrospective study analysed the case records of culture proven pneumococcal infections seen over a period of seven at a rural tertiary health care centre in Karnataka and studied the antibiotic resistance pattern of the isolates.