Regional variations in antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired uropathogenic in India: Findings of a multicentric study highlighting the importance of local antibiograms.

Objectives: Evidence-based prescribing is essential to optimize patient outcomes in cystitis. This requires knowledge of local antibiotic resistance rates. Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship (DASH) to Protect Antibiotics (https://dashuti.

Utility of a novel chromogenic medium as a screening method in the detection of carbapenemase producing .

Introduction: With the emergence of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bugs, there is an urgent need for rapid detection of these resistant organisms.

Aim: This study was performed to assess the utility of a novel chromogenic medium in the detection of carbapenemase producing from various clinical specimens.

Materials And Methods: A total of 202 isolates of , which were resistant to meropenem (10 μg) disc by standard disc diffusion method, were analyzed over a period of 6 months.

Comparison of epidemiological and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of metallo-Beta-lactamase-positive and metallo-Beta-lactamase-negative strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Background: The infections caused by metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa are associated with higher rates of mortality, morbidity, and overall healthcare costs compared to non-MBL P. aeruginosa infections.

Purpose: To compare the epidemiologic factors and antibiograms of MBL-positive and MBL-negative P.

An unusual presentation of cutaneous tuberculosis for surgeons-review of literature.

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases on earth. With rising trends of immunosuppressive states, the extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis have emerged and are flourishing. Most often it is the systemic dissemination of the bacilli from the primary infective foci during the periods of low immunity.