Prospective study to compare results of FIA (fluorescent immunoassay) test with gold standard ELISA test in Dengue NS1 patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare the performance of STANDARD F Dengue NS1 Ag FIA SD Biosensor and ELISA for diagnosis of dengue in patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital. The results of the FIA test were compared with ELISA test, the gold standard in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value.

Methods: Total 19,890 patients suffering from acute febrile illness suspecting dengue were screened for dengue NS1 antigen by rapid immunochromatography test during the period of one year and six months from June 2020 to November 2021.

A comparative analysis of the second and third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic: an experience from a tertiary care hospital in Western India.

As the world was still recovering from the 2020 pandemic, the devastating impact of Covid-19 driven by the Delta variant shook the world in 2021. As the second wave was declining, there was an unusual surge in Covid-19 positive cases by the end of 2021 which led to global concern about the change in virus characteristics. Whole genome sequencing is critical for understanding a rapidly progressing pandemic.

India-discovered levonadifloxacin & alalevonadifloxacin: A review on susceptibility testing methods, CLSI quality control and breakpoints along with a brief account of their emerging therapeutic profile as a novel standard-of-care.

Background: Levonadifloxacin (intravenous) and alalevonadifloxacin (oral prodrug) are novel antibiotics based on benzoquinolizine subclass of fluoroquinolone, licensed for clinical use in India in 2019. The active moiety, levonadifloxacin, is a broad-spectrum antibiotic with a high potency against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus. aureus, multi-drug resistant pneumococci and anaerobes.

Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis services: an experience from a tertiary care hospital.

India is home to the most significant number of tuberculosis (TB) cases around the globe. The COVID-19 crisis has massively affected TB healthcare services in the country. Are we sufficiently equipped to fight against TB during emergencies? Our study aims to provide a true insight into the disruption of TB care during the pandemic period at a tertiary care hospital in India.

Contraceptive Use and Unintended Pregnancies Among HIV-Infected Women in Mumbai.

Background: Access to reproductive health services in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) programs can greatly enhance program's potential to limit the spread of disease, reduce unintended pregnancies and safeguard the health of infected people.

Objectives: To assess (i) knowledge, attitude, and use regarding contraceptives; safe sex and dual protection; (ii) fertility desires and unintended pregnancies post HIV and (iii) symptoms of reproductive tract infection/sexually transmitted infection (RTI/STI) among women infected with HIV.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study among 300 currently married HIV-positive women who had not undergone permanent sterilization with no immediate desire for pregnancy.

Leptospirosis outbreak in 2005: L.T.M.G. hospital experience.

Nine hundred and forty two serum samples from clinically suspected cases of leptospirosis admitted in Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai during July-September 2005 were tested by LeptoTek Dri-dot/Leptocheck. One hundred and sixty five positive sera by these tests were sent to I.R.