Publications by authors named "S Kushlani Jayatilleke"
Phenotypic and genotypic distribution of ESBL, AmpC β-lactamase and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in community-acquired and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Sri Lanka.
J Glob Antimicrob Resist
September 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the prevalence of β-lactamase production in urinary pathogens from two hospitals in Sri Lanka, an area with high antimicrobial resistance (AMR) concerns.
- A significant portion of urinary tract infections (UTIs) were caused by Escherichia coli, with high rates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), AmpC β-lactamase, and carbapenemase detected, especially in hospital-acquired cases.
- The study highlights alarming findings, such as the coexistence of multiple resistance genes and the association of beta-lactamase-producing infections with specific risk factors like age, previous hospitalization, and chronic illnesses.
Objective: To investigate the microbiological quality of well water in the Kalutara district.
Method: A retrospective analysis was carried out of reports on water samples taken from tube wells, protected wells and unprotected wells in Kalutara district in 2007. Information was obtained from laboratory registers and request forms.
We present a measurement of the partial branching fractions and mass spectra of the exclusive radiative penguin processes B-->Kpipigamma in the range m(Kpipi)<1.8 GeV/c(2). We reconstruct four final states: K(+)pi(-)pi(+)gamma, K(+)pi(-)pi(0)gamma, K(S)(0)pi(-)pi(+)gamma, and K(S)(0)pi(+)pi(0)gamma, where K(S)(0)-->pi(+)pi(-).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present evidence for the b --> d penguin-dominated decays B+ --> K0K+ and B0 --> K0K0 in 227 x 10(6) Y(4S) --> BB decays collected with the BABAR detector. We measure the branching fractions B(B+ --> K0K+) = (1.5 +/- 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA search for lepton-flavor and lepton-number violation in the decay of the tau lepton into one charged lepton and two charged hadrons is performed using 221.4 fb(-1) of data collected at an e+e- center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II storage ring.
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