Trends and clinico-epidemiological profile of patients with Giardiasis: Five-year experience from a university hospital of northern India.

Background: Giardiasis is an important cause of diarrheal disease and is associated with morbidity in children and adults worldwide. We aimed to study the prevalence of Giardiasis, its clinical presentations, seasonal trends in detection, and coinfection with other intestinal parasites along with comparison of fecal antigen and microscopy for the detection of Giardiasis.

Materials And Methods: It is a retrospective study conducted from Jan.

Clinicomicrobiological Profile of Infections by : An Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen in Indian Hospitals.

Background: causes opportunistic nosocomial infections in immunocompromised patients with high mortality. It is underreported as it is often misidentified by conventional microbiological methods.

Aims: The aim of the study is to access the clinicomicrobiological profile and antibiogram of .

In-vitro Activity of Isepamicin against Gram-negative Bacteria in Comparison to Other Aminoglycosides Routinely used at a Teaching Hospital in Northern India.

 Isepamicin is a 1-N-S-a-hydroxy-b-aminopropionyl derivative of gentamicin B and the spectrum of pathogenic microorganisms covered by it and its effectiveness is similar to that of amikacin except the action of aminoglycoside inhibitor enzymes is ineffectual on it.  We performed a prospective study in the Bacteriology section of the Department of Microbiology at a 1,600-bedded hospital in Northern India from Jan 2022 to March 2022. Isepamicin was tested for susceptibility against gram-negative bacteria, identified by routine biochemicals and matrix-assisted-desorption/ionization -time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) assay.

Respiratory bacterial co-infections and their antibiotic resistance pattern in COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care centre in India.

Introduction: Patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) are prone to develop respiratory bacterial infections irrespective of their need for mechanical ventilatory support.

Hypothesis/gap Statement: Information about the incidence of concomitant respiratory bacterial infections in COVID- 19 patients from India is limited.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the incidence of concomitant respiratory bacterial pathogens and their drug resistance in these patients.

COVID-19 responses restricted abilities and aspirations for mobility and migration: insights from diverse cities in four continents.

Research on the impacts of COVID-19 on mobility has focused primarily on the increased health vulnerabilities of involuntary migrant and displaced populations. But virtually all migration flows have been truncated and altered because of reduced economic and mobility opportunities of migrants. Here we use a well-established framework of migration decision-making, whereby individual decisions combine the aspiration and ability to migrate, to explain how public responses to the COVID-19 pandemic alter migration patterns among urban populations across the world.

Bacteriological profiles and antibiotic susceptibility of neonatal sepsis in a university hospital of Northern India.

Context: Knowledge of epidemiology of bacterial isolates and their anti-biograms in hospital settings is necessary for prompt empirical anti-microbial therapy of neonatal sepsis.

Aims: To study risk factors, bacteriological profiles, and anti-biograms of blood culture isolates of both early and late onset neonatal sepsis.

Settings And Design: It is a prospective observational study conducted from January 2020 till July 2021 at our tertiary care center.

Cyclosporiasis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients - A Twelve years experience from a tertiary care centre in Northern India.

Context: Cyclosporiasis is an emerging enteric coccidian parasitic disease worldwide, caused by the parasite . There is scanty data from India, especially among immunocompetent patients.

Aims: The aim is to evaluate the occurrence of in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.

Burkholderia vietnamiensis infection in a haematological unit: Case series and review of literature of this new emerging pathogen.

Burkholderia vietnamiensis causes opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. It closely resembles other non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria. Accuracy in diagnosis has improved with the use of new modalities.

Clinical and Microbiological Profile of Patients with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Complex.

  complex (BCC) is an emerging pathogen causing nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs), and its treatment is challenging due to its multidrug resistance. In India, there is a dearth of data on BSIs caused by BCC, therefore, an updated study is required to know the clinical and microbiological profile of these patients. We aimed to study the clinical epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of BCC isolated from blood samples in our hospital.

: an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen in a tertiary care hospital setting.

Introduction: is a rare opportunistic pathogen capable of causing a serious infection in immunocompromised patients. Our objective was to describe all cases of bloodstream infection identified within 2 years at our tertiary care centre, focusing on clinical characteristics, risk factors, antibiotic sensitivity patterns, management and outcomes.

Case Series: We compiled a descriptive case series including 14 non-duplicate isolates obtained from bloodstream infection samples from the microbiology laboratory of a tertiary care centre from June 2019 to June 2021.

Characteristics of Bacterial Colonization and Urinary Tract Infection after Indwelling of Double-J ureteral Stent and Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube.

Introduction: Infections associated with catheter in the upper urinary tract (CUUT), which include the double-J stent and the percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube, get particularly infected in patients with specific risk factors for developing an infection.

Methods: A retrospective observational study was carried out by compiling data from the hospital information system of a tertiary care center from 2019 to 2021 to evaluate infections in patients with catheter in the upper urinary tract.

Result: A total of 200 pus samples of double-J stent (96 pus samples) and PCN tube (104 pus samples) were included in our study.

In vitro activity of ceftaroline and other antimicrobial agents against Gram positive bacterial isolates: Descriptive study from a university hospital.

Purpose: Ceftaroline is a novel antibiotic approved by USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). It has potent in vitro activity against Staphylococci, including methicillin-resistant strains, whose incidence is increasing worldwide and they are often difficult to treat. The present study was done to investigate the susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (MR-CoNS) to ceftaroline and other antimicrobial agents in patient samples and to evaluate clinical profile of these patients.

Simultaneous isolation of from bloodstream and respiratory tract: first case report from India.

Species of the genus are emerging healthcare-associated pathogens, often colonizing the hospital environment. There are no clear guidelines available for antimicrobial susceptibility of this organism. In this report we present the first case, to our knowledge, of simultaneous central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to from India.