Publications by authors named "Mahen Kothalawala"
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- Group A β haemolytic streptococcus (GAS) is a pathogen that causes various infections in humans, and this study analyzed 51 GAS isolates from invasive infections in Sri Lanka.
- The isolates were tested for resistance to antibiotics like erythromycin and tetracycline, revealing that all were susceptible to penicillin and showing diverse patterns of resistance and virulence markers.
- Key findings included a 70.6% non-susceptibility rate to tetracycline and the detection of significant virulence markers, indicating a varied genetic background among the isolates.
Introduction: is a significant nosocomial pathogen. We aimed to assess the clinical success following high-dose ciprofloxacin for recurrent bacteremia from biofilm-forming multidrug resistant in a liver transplanted patient.
Case Report: A 55-year-old male had undergone liver transplantation and at day 10 he developed fever and dysuria.
Background: The basic reproduction number (R0) is the number of cases directly caused by an infected individual throughout his infectious period. R0 is used to determine the ability of a disease to spread within a given population. The reproduction number (R) represents the transmissibility of a disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Candidemia is an emerging hospital-acquired bloodstream infection (BSI). It is common among severely ill and immunocompromised patients. Even following appropriate therapy in candidemia, recent studies reveal relative high mortality (40%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpondylodiscitis Caused by .
Case Rep Infect Dis
December 2016
All over the globe, the incidence of vertebral infection is rising. Nowadays, compared to tuberculous variety, pyogenic spondylodiscitis incidence is high. The increase in the susceptible population and improved diagnostics summatively contributed to this.
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