A Rare Surgical Site Infection Caused by Leifsonia aquatica (Non-diphtheric Corynebacterium) in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report From North India.

Here we present a case report on a  (non-diphtheria ) infection in an apparently immunocompetent patient. The organism was isolated from the collection of a lesion in the thigh that presented 15 days post surgery of a fractured femur. The patient had undergone a surgical procedure for a fractured femur with an external device placed, after which she developed pus discharge from the surgical site.

Antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from stool samples of children aged 3 to 14 years from Ujjain, India.

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a major global public health concern, particularly in settings where few treatment options are available. Limited research has been done on antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli of Indian children at community level. Therefore we studied antibiotic resistance patterns in E.