An analysis to evaluate the disinfection effectiveness of Cold Atmospheric Pressure (CAP) plasma jet in infected root canals.

Cold Atmospheric Pressure (CAP) plasma has shown successful antibacterial efficacy in different medical applications which have prompted researchers to explore its possible use in endodontics. The aim of the present study was to comparatively evaluate the disinfection effectiveness of CAP Plasma jet with 5.25% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and Qmix in infected root canals at different time intervals (2, 5, and 10 min).

Hit or Miss: The Dilemma of Specimen Selection for Microbiological Diagnosis of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral- COVID-Associated Mucormycosis (ROCM-CAM).

Background: We diagnosed various cases of rhino-orbital-cerebral- COVID-associated Mucormycosis (ROCM-CAM) during India's second wave of COVID-19. This helped formulate novel suggestions for improving laboratory output, applicable anywhere in the world.

Methods: To diagnose ROCM-CAM by microbiological methods, we used direct microscopy and conventional culture on various clinical samples within the shortest turn-around time.

Effectiveness of BBV152/Covaxin and AZD1222/Covishield vaccines against severe COVID-19 and B.1.617.2/Delta variant in India, 2021: a multi-centric hospital-based case-control study.

Objectives: India introduced BBV152/Covaxin and AZD1222/Covishield vaccines in January 2021. We estimated the effectiveness of these vaccines against severe COVID-19 among individuals aged ≥45 years.

Methods: We did a multi-centric, hospital-based, case-control study between May and July 2021.

Etiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Superficial Pyogenic Infections from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western Rajasthan, India.

Background: Superficial Pyogenic Infection (SPI) is the type of a pyogenic infection, which involves the infections of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and soft tissue. These infections can cause significant morbidity. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has emerged due to the rampant use of broadspectrum agents in superficial pyogenic infections.

Clinico-bacteriological and antibiotic drug resistance profile of chronic suppurative otitis media at a tertiary care hospital in Western Rajasthan.

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a major cause of hearing disability and morbidity in poor socioeconomic developing countries with prevalence of 4%. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics and poor follow up of patients has resulted in treatment failure, emergence of resistant strains, super infection, intra-cranial and extra-cranial complications in CSOM patients. .

Multidrug resistant superbugs in pyogenic infections: a study from Western Rajasthan, India.

Introduction: the crude mortality rate due to infectious diseases in India is approximately 417 per one lakh persons and pyogenic infections are one of the significant contributor. Poor antimicrobial stewardship in India has led to an increase in multidrug resistant superbugs in both community as well as hospital settings. The aim of this study was to identify the bacterial etiology of pyogenic infections and to evaluate their antimicrobial resistance profile.

Antifungal profile of vulvovaginal candidiasis in sexually active females from a tertiary care hospital of Western Rajasthan.

Introduction: Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is the commonest form of sexually transmitted infection especially in sexually active females. Various species of i.e.

Bacterial flora in the bile: Clinical implications and sensitivity pattern from a tertiary care centre.

Background: Though preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) has been suggested to be linked with increased perioperative morbidity it is still practiced commonly. We studied the association of PBD and positive biliary culture with surgical site infection and also analysed the common pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity spectrum.

Methods: Prospectively maintained data of patients who underwent various pancreatobiliary surgeries from 2017 to 2019 was analysed.

Case Series and Mini-Review on Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, A high Alert Organism Causing Meningitis in Premature Neonates from A Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Rajasthan.

Background: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a ubiquitous organism rarely associated with human diseases, but its association especially among hospitalized premature neonates and immunocompromised individuals are not so common.

Case: We report two cases of neonatal bacteraemia and meningitis among low birth weight premature neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) by E. meningoseptica, a high alert organism associated with such conditions.

A Rare Fatal Cause of Acute Areflexic Quadriparesis in the Tropics.

Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a sporadic zoonotic viral illness recently becoming endemic in regions in the western parts of India. It usually presents as a viral hemorrhagic fever with severe liver and kidney failure.

Case Report: An 18-year-old male from the western part of Rajasthan presented with rapidly progressing areflexic weakness of limbs a week after brief fever.

Splenic Abscess Caused by Salmonella Typhi: an Uncommon Presentation.

Splenic abscess is an uncommon extra-intestinal complication of Salmonella Typhi infection in the post-antibiotic era. The condition is associated with high morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed in a timely manner. We report the case of a 20-year-old man who presented with left upper abdominal pain, high-grade fever, and a lump in the abdomen.

Diagnostic dilemma in a case of Typhi sacroiliitis.

Sacroiliitis is a rare complication of enteric fever, seen in <1% of the cases and its concomitant presence with hepatitis has been reported only once. Incorrect or delayed diagnosis of enteric fever may lead to serious complications. Here, we present a complicated case of enteric fever in a 15 years old female who was misdiagnosed elsewhere to be a case of dengue fever owing to thrombocytopenia at presentation along with a weak positive dengue IgM immunochromatography test.

An injection abscess due to : A rare case report.

An iatrogenic injection abscess is usually easy to treat if caused by aerobic bacteria but some rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), namely, are associated with postinjection abscess and may cause delayed wound healing. RGM can cause mild localized cellulitis or abscess to osteomyelitis following penetration injuries or unsafe injection practices. A 7-year-old girl was presented to pediatric surgery OPD with abscess formation over the right buttock.

Case of Ludwig's angina due to from western Rajasthan, India-A case report of an uncommon presentation.

is a toxin producing, classically noninvasive bacteria that causes diphtheria a vaccine-preventable disease mainly in children. With increasing vaccine cover, new spectrum of infections is increasingly seen involving invasive infections and nontoxigenic strains of . Here, we present a case of Ludwig's angina caused by in a 45-year-old female.

Subcutaneous human Dirofilariasis in Vidarbha.

Zoonotic filariasis due to Dirofilaria repens is prevalent in several regions of the world. Human dirofilariasis due to D. repens has not been widely recognized in India, but few cases reported from some parts of India.