A Day Saved is a Life Saved: Direct Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing from Positively Flagged Blood Culture Bottles and their Concordance with the Routine Method.

Background: Sepsis is a major health problem worldwide and is associated with high morbidity and mortality with every hour delay in initiation of therapy. A conventional method of blood culture and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) takes around 48-72 hours. Empirical antibiotics need to be administered until the sensitivity report is made available.

Isolate profiling and geographical distribution of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis cases presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Jodhpur, India.

Background And Purpose: COVID-associated mucormycosis (CAM) was as a dreadful complication in India. The state of Rajasthan, reported remarkably more patients than others but the cause for such geographical variation was unclear. The demography, clinical presentation and pathogens of CAM were studied.