Publications by authors named "B Poddar"
Emerging Colistin Resistance: Experience from an Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Center in India.
J Assoc Physicians India
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- There is a growing global concern about antimicrobial resistance, particularly with the rise of carbapenem and colistin resistance, especially in ICU settings of Southeast Asia like India.
- The study focused on analyzing the clinical outcomes of ICU patients who had polymyxin B/E (colistin) resistant infections by comparing them to those with sensitive infections, collecting various clinical and demographic data.
- Conducted in a northern India ICU, the research included 28 patients with resistant infections and 55 controls, assessing factors such as ICU stay length and treatment outcomes using established statistical methods.
Aim And Background: Neutrophil CD64 (nCD64) is evolving as a prognostic biomarker in sepsis. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate whether serial trend of nCD64, procalcitonin (PCT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) predict 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis/septic shock, as per Sepsis-3 criteria.
Materials And Methods: This prospective, observational single-center cohort study included 60 adult patients (age ≥18 years) with sepsis.
ISCCM Position Statement: Management of Severe Dengue in Intensive Care Unit.
Indian J Crit Care Med
August 2024
Unlabelled: Dengue is one of the commonest causes of undifferentiated acute febrile illness in India as well as South East Asia. Nearly two-fifths of the world population is at risk of infection, and nearly 96 million infections reported worldwide, it is a major cause of concern across the globe. The ISCCM leadership felt that there have been no new directives/guidelines except the MOH guidelines for the management of dengue fever since 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenomic Insights into the Landfill Microbial Community: Denitrifying Activity Supporting One-Carbon Utilization.
Appl Biochem Biotechnol
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Despite advancements in understanding denitrifying methylotrophy, the biochemistry of nitrate-dependent methane oxidation in certain bacteria remains unclear.
- Researchers isolated novel C1-carbon-metabolizing bacteria from a landfill, identifying three species capable of methane metabolism with nitrate as an electron acceptor.
- The isolates demonstrated significant methane oxidation (60-85%) along with substantial nitrate reduction (56-62%), highlighting a potential link between these two processes in methane emissions.
Following vaccination with adenoviral vector-based ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, serious neurological adverse events have been reported. Here we report two cases who presented with quadriparesis following the adenoviral vector-based ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine. A 55-year-old male patient presented with quadriparesis after 8 days of the second dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination.
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