Publications by authors named "S Paramaswaran"
Hyponatremia can occur with central nervous system (CNS) infections, but the frequency and severity may depend on the organism and nature of CNS involvement. In this cross-sectional study at a large Australian hospital network from 2015 to 2018, we aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of hyponatremia associated with CNS infection clinical syndromes, and the association with specific organisms. We examined the results of cerebrospinal fluid analysis from lumbar punctures performed in 184 adult patients with a serum sodium below 135 mmol/L who had abnormal cerebrospinal fluid analysis and a clinical syndrome consistent with an acute CNS infection (meningitis or encephalitis).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the health care utilization cost of patients presenting with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) to a tertiary hospital in Australia.
Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of adult patients with PNES based on video-electroencephalographic confirmation over a 5-year period. We used an itemized list to collect detailed health care utilization data.
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- Oxyspiruriasis, caused by the bird eyeworm Oxyspirura mansoni, was reported in three species of pheasants at Zoo Negara Malaysia.
- Treatment included a 0.5% iodine or lysol solution, antistress powder, and non-strep vitamin powder in water.
- Control measures involved eliminating the Surinam cockroach, the worm's intermediate host, making the golden pheasant a new host for this species in peninsular Malaysia.
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- A study was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where various species of cockroaches were collected from restaurants using traps baited with mouse pellets.
- The most commonly collected species was Blattella germanica, with a total of 12,504 specimens, while others included Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta brunnea, and a few others.
- Bacteria were isolated from select cockroach samples, revealing instances of pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae in different cockroach species.