Publications by authors named "Soni Murdeshwar"

Urinary tract infection is the second-most common after respiratory infections. This is a single-center retrospective study conducted in Bahrain Specialist Hospital, Bahrain. Urine culture data from November 2011 until December 2020 was obtained from the hospital database.

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  • The study aims to evaluate the types of bacteria causing bacterial prostatitis and their resistance to antibiotics in patients from Southern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
  • Out of 1027 analyzed samples, the most common bacterial isolates were identified as E. coli (32%) and Klebsiella spp. (21%), with various resistance rates noted for different antibiotics across regions.
  • The findings highlight a significant public health issue regarding antibiotic resistance, emphasizing the need for local health authorities to improve treatment guidelines based on the identified pathogen spectrum and resistance rates.
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Hemodialysis (HD) related bacteremia and dialysis induced infection constitute major risk factors for mortality and morbidity among patients with end stage renal disease. In this retrospective study, we attempted to assess the impact of the infection control protocol introduced in our center on the prevalence of HD related bacteremia and vascular access infection. All the HD sessions performed over 8 years, from January 2004 till the end of December 2011, were included in this study.

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