Vancomycin and Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus Isolates from a Tertiary Care Center in India.

Introduction: There is increasing development of antibiotic resistance among the Enterococcus species.

Objectives: This study was performed to determine prevalence and characterize the vancomycin-resistant and linezolid-resistant enterococcus isolates from a tertiary care center. Moreover, the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of these isolates was also determined.

Bacteriologic Profile Along With Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Pediatric Pyoderma in Eastern India.

Background Pyogenic skin infection (pyoderma) is a bacterial infection of the skin and its appendages. Primary pyoderma is caused by the direct invasion of healthy skin, whereas secondary pyoderma originates in diseased skin as superimposed conditions, such as scabies, pediculosis, wounds, insect bites, and eczema. This study aimed to identify the clinical patterns and risk factors of pyoderma in a pediatric population and to isolate various causative bacteria and determine their susceptibility patterns.

Diagnostic accuracy of commercially available immunochromatographic rapid tests for diagnosis of dengue in India.

Background & Objectives: There is limited evidence regarding the accuracy of dengue rapid diagnostic kits despite their extensive use in India. We evaluated the performance of four immunochromatographic Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDTs) kits: Multisure dengue Ab/Ag rapid test (MP biomedicals; MP), Dengucheck combo (Zephyr Biomedicals; ZB), SD bioline dengue duo (Alere; SD) and Dengue day 1 test (J Mitra; JM).

Methods: This is a laboratory-based diagnostic evaluation study.

Isolation, characterization and acyclovir susceptibility of herpes simplex virus isolates among immunocompromised patients.

Introduction: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Type 2 primarily causes genital herpes, while HSV Type 1 is responsible for oral and facial lesions. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize HSV from herpetic lesions among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients and to evaluate their acyclovir susceptibility pattern.

Materials And Methods: Blister fluid and swabs from ulcers were collected from patients with clinical diagnosis of HSV infection among patients attending the HIV clinic of two tertiary care centers - Medical College, Kolkata, and School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata.

Biofilm Producing Isolates from Vaginal Microbiota.

Background: is an important cause of infection in the hospital as well as in the community.

Methods: A prospective study was done in Medical College, Kolkata for a period of 2 years (from January 2018 to December 2019). After obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee, isolates from cases of vaginitis were included in the study.

Seroprevalence and Co-infection of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India.

Introduction: Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are two common viral infections causing cirrhosis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to find the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV along with occurrence of co-infection of HBV and HCV in patients attending a tertiary care hospital.

Materials And Methods: The study was done for a period of one year (January to December 2016) in the Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Kolkata.

A randomized, double-blind trial of amorolfine 0.25% cream and sertaconazole 2% cream in limited dermatophytosis.

Background: Dermatophytosis is becoming increasingly unresponsive to conventional antifungals. Newer topical antifungals may be more effective in these patients.

Aims: To evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of amorolfine 0.

Facile synthesis of highly disperse Ni-Co nanoparticles over mesoporous silica for enhanced methane dry reforming.

A synergistic approach was made to develop a highly stable and carbon resistant catalyst system based on cobalt and nickel supported over modified mesoporous silica for the dry reforming of methane (DRM). Modified mesoporous silica is prepared by a hydrothermal method, and the total Co & Ni composition is taken at around 5% by using the deposition-precipitation technique. CO2 reforming with methane was performed at 400-800 °C under atmospheric pressure as well as at a pressure of 1 MPa, keeping the CH4/CO2 ratio equal to unity.

Cystic echinococcosis: A neglected disease at usual and unusual locations.

causes a zoonotic infection called cystic echinococcosis (CE) or more commonly known as hydatid disease. Although the two most common locations of hydatid cyst are liver and lung, it may also appear in other parts of the body. Clinical presentation of the hydatid disease depends on the site and size of the lesion.

Can EDTA Change MRSA into MSSA? A Future Prospective!

Introduction: In the present era we are left behind with limited options for the treatment of serious infections caused by multidrug resistant S.aureus, most remarkably nosocomially acquired Methicillin resistant S.aureus (MRSA).

Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in HIV Coinfected Individuals in Eastern India with Risk Factor Analysis.

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the cause of most genital herpes while HSV-1 is responsible for orolabial and facial lesions. In immunocompromised individuals, like HIV patients, impaired immunity leads to more frequent symptomatic and asymptomatic HSV infection. Fifty-two blood samples from HIV patients with clinically diagnosed HSV infection were taken as cases, while 45 blood samples each from HIV-infected (HIV control) and noninfected patients without any herpetic lesion (non-HIV control) were taken as control.

In vitro activity of levofloxacin against lower respiratory tract pathogens.

Background: Considerable morbidity and mortality are associated with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) that put a considerable strain on the health budget. Selection of appropriate antibiotics as empirical therapy maximizes positive patient outcomes, and that depends on regular surveillance of infective agents and their antibiograms, which vary according to the geographical areas.

Aim: The aim was to study the drug susceptibility pattern of the isolated pathogens of the respiratory tract infections.

Cutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection in an immunocompetent host after ovarian cystectomy: A case study.

Nocardia brasiliensis is a rare human pathogen that is usually associated with localised cutaneous infections. We report a case of primary cutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection causing delayed wound healing that developed after ovarian cystectomy in an otherwise healthy 32-year-old woman. The patient was initially treated with cotrimoxazole, however due to intolerance intravenous amikacin was given and gradually the wound healed.