Publications by authors named "N Devasena"
Article Synopsis
- A network was created in India to monitor bacterial meningitis in kids and see how many cases could be prevented by vaccines, with data collected from March 2012 to September 2016 in eleven hospitals.
- Out of nearly 13,000 suspected cases, only about 586 were confirmed as bacterial meningitis, mainly caused by a bacteria called S. pneumoniae, especially in young children.
- The study showed that many of the bacteria were becoming resistant to common antibiotics, making it important to spread the pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) throughout India to help lower these tough infections in kids.
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to perform molecular characterisation of the blaNDM plasmids and to understand the mechanism of its spread among pathogenic bacteria.
Materials And Methods: Seventy-six non-repetitive carbapenem-resistant isolates which were collected during Nov 2011 to April 2013 from four hospitals in Chennai were analyzed for the presence of the blaNDM gene by PCR. Further, the genetic context of the blaNDM gene was analyzed by PCR specific to ISAba125 and bleMBL gene.