Publications by authors named "Krishna Gurung"
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- COVID-19 patients are at a higher risk for fungal infections, prompting a study to identify fungal pathogens in both COVID positive and negative patients, as well as assess their antifungal resistance and biofilm formation abilities.
- The study found a 6.70% prevalence of fungal pathogens in COVID-positive cases and 22.77% in negative cases, with Candida albicans being the most common pathogen identified.
- Results indicated that most Candida species were susceptible to miconazole but resistant to ketoconazole, highlighting the need for increased awareness and antifungal susceptibility testing in clinical settings.
Gram-negative isolates producing carbapenemase enzymes is a great public health problem in developing countries and their control is challenging task due to the involvement of multiple factors including the practice of self-medication, use of antibiotics on animal farms, poor hospital hygiene, etc. During this study, we searched various databases for relevant publication on carbapenemase-producing isolates in Nepal. Various classes of carbapenemases had been reported in Nepal.
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