Publications by authors named "Chitralekha Saikumar"
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- In critically ill patients, carbapenem-resistant infections pose a significant treatment challenge, emphasizing the need for early and accurate diagnosis.
- The K.N.I.V.O. Detection K-Set is a new rapid immunological test designed to identify carbapenemase-producing, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
- The study of 150 isolates showed the K-Set had high diagnostic performance with 97.1% sensitivity and 97.5% specificity, providing results in just 15 minutes, making it a promising tool for infection control.
Introduction: Infections caused by are a major cause of health concerns in the hospital setting. Moreover, the presence of extreme drug resistance in has made the scenario more challenging due to limited treatment options thereby encouraging the researchers to explore the existing antimicrobial agents to combat the infections caused by them. This study focuses on the susceptibility of multi-drug-resistant (MDR-AB) strains to minocycline and also to colistin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEbola viral disease is one of the major threats world wide. But the treatment option is merely supportive and symptomatic therapy. Vaccination and drug therapies are still under trial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 56-year old man attended the Dermatology Outpatients Department with the complaint of a localized, extremely itchy, erythematous papular lesion of acute onset on the ventral aspect of the right thigh. The patient was referred to the Microbiology Lab for the microscopic detection of the fungal elements. The KOH mount from the skin scrapings showed no fungal elements, but it showed the mites of Sarcopetes scabiei mange.
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