Bronchial mucus plug mimicking fragmented Ascaris worm: An ambiguous case presentation.

With increasing travel and immunosuppression, parasitic lung and pleural diseases are increasingly been reported. The diagnosis in certain cases is very challenging because of nonspecific clinical and radiological features. We hereby present a case of a 60-year-old immunocompetent female complaining of difficulty in breathing for 4-5 days for which sputum sample along with the coughed-up fragment of the parasite under investigation was sent to the laboratory.

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to in an immunocompetent individual: A case report and brief review of literature.

Background And Purpose: Fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are life-threatening conditions that are frequently misdiagnosed with bacterial and viral CNS infections. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a cerebral infection caused by dematiaceous fungi, especially . Very few cases of fungal CNS infection have been reported across the world.

A pilot study for evaluation of knowledge and common practises of nursing staff regarding use of multidose injection vials and their microbial contamination rate in a super-specialty hospital.

Context: Multidose injection vials (MDVs) are prone to bacterial contamination, and their use has been reported to be a potential source of infections.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and common practises of nursing staff regarding the use of MDVs and its microbial contamination rate.

Settings And Design: A pilot study was conducted in a super-specialty hospital from June to December 2016.

Evaluation of Susceptibility of Glycopeptide-resistant and Glycopeptide-sensitive Enterococci to Commonly Used Biocides in a Super-speciality Hospital: A Pilot Study.

Context: Although existence of a probable association between glycopeptide and biocide resistance among enterococci has often been hypothesized, all studies conducted so far on this subject have been inconclusive.

Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of the existence of an association between glycopeptide resistance and reduced susceptibility to biocides among spp.

Settings And Design: This was a pilot study conducted in a super-speciality hospital situated in New Delhi, India, between June and November, 2015.

Growth within Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Tube.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt failure is commonly associated with infection or mechanical obstruction of the shunt system. A 4-year-old male child who had undergone multiple shunt revisions at another hospital for congenital hydrocephalus and later for shunt obstruction, presented with exposed shunt at the supraclavicular region. Shunt revision was performed.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube infection and changing pattern of antibiotic sensitivity in neurosurgery practice: Alarming trends.

Introduction: Infection associated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a severe complication with a high morbidity and substantial mortality. There are no guidelines to choose antibiotics in case of shunt infection. Most surgeons use antibiotics of their choice whereas limited centres follow their own antibiotic policy.

Time trends of seroepidemiology of hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus coinfection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in a Super Specialty Hospital in New Delhi, India: 2012-2014.

Background: Hepatitis viruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection is a major cause of liver diseases worldwide. High prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Asia makes it important to understand HBV and HCV coinfection with HIV in this part of the globe. This study was done with the aim of assessing the time trends of seroepidemiology of HBV and HCV coinfection in HIV patients over the last 3 years.

Knowledge and attitude of doctors and nurses regarding indication for catheterization and prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in a tertiary care hospital.

Background And Aims: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common health care acquired infection encountered in clinical practice. The present study was planned to assess the knowledge and attitude of health care providers regarding the indications for catheterization and methods of preventing CAUTI.

Methods: A prospective questionnaire-based survey was done from March 2011 to August 2011.

Candiduria in catheterized intensive care unit patients: emerging microbiological trends.

Objectives: Urinary tract infection (UTI) as a result of Candida spp. is becoming increasingly common in hospitalized setting. Clinicians face dilemma in differentiating colonization from true infection and whether to treat candiduria or not.

Methicillin and Vancomycin Resistant S. aureus in Hospitalized Patients.

S. aureus is the major bacterial cause of skin, soft tissue and bone infections, and one of the commonest causes of healthcare-associated bacteremia. Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant S.