A study of the association between virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility profile of species recovered from cases of vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Background: The incidence of mycotic infections, especially of , has gradually increased over the past few years. In clinical practice, azoles are the most frequently used antifungal agents and the growing incidence of systemic candidiasis and resistance to antifungals have become a matter of concern worldwide. Virulence factors in spp.

Typhoidal Salmonellae: Use of Multi-Locus Sequence Typing to Determine Population Structure.

Enteric fever is an invasive infection predominantly caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A. The pathogens have evolved from other nontyphoidal salmonellaeto become invasive and host restricted. Emergence of antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal salmonellae in some countries is a major therapeutic concern as the travelers returning from endemic countries carry resistant strains to non endemic areas.

SXT constin among Vibrio cholerae isolates from a tertiary care hospital.

Background & Objectives: The SXT element, also known as 'constin' (conjugable, self transmissible, integrating element) is an integrating conjugative element (ICE) in Vibrio cholerae discovered in the chromosome of epidemic V. cholerae O139 strain MO10 (SXT MO10 ) which arose in late 1992 in Chennai, India. SXT related ICEs have become widespread and currently, most if not all Asian V.

Acrophialophora fusispora: an emerging agent of human mycoses. A report of 3 new clinical cases.

Acrophialophora fusispora is a soil-borne fungus, which is emerging as a human pathogen. Only four cases of human infection had been described previously. We describe three more cases, two from Europe and one from India.