Isolation, Genomic Characterization of Shigella prophage fPSFA that effectively infects multi-drug resistant Shigella isolates from the Indian Poultry Sector.

Because of uncontrolled use of antibiotics, emergence of multidrug-resistant Shigella species poses a huge potential of zoonotic transfer from poultry sector. With increasing resistance to current antibiotics, there is a critical need to explore antibiotic alternatives. Using a Shigella flexneri reference strain, we isolated a novel fPSFA phage after inducing with mitomycin C.

Immunoglobulin G4-related chronic sclerosing sialadenitis: An emerging entity.

Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is associated with the immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease (RD) spectrum. IgG4-RD is a newly recognized immunomediated fibroinflammatory condition characterized by several features: a tendency to form tumefactive lesions at multiple sites, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. Often but not always, the serum IgG4 concentrations are also elevated.

Multiple lumps in the breast due to Mycobacterium fortuitum.

Although breast tissue is the most resistant to tuberculosis, its incidence is increasing worldwide. High incidence of breast tuberculosis is presumed in India. The rapidly growing nontubercular mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonae, are of increasing clinical importance because infections due to these organisms are often hospital acquired.