serovar Hvittingfoss, a member of the non-typhoidal group, is an important foodborne serovar most frequently identified in regions (Australia, Belgium, and the United States) with active surveillance systems. This serovar has been implicated in outbreaks of foodborne illness. Soft cheese, crab cocktail, beef, and rock melon are commonly involved in these outbreaks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common complications in diabetes patients, often leading to sepsis and leg amputation. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in DFUs pose challenges due to methicillin resistance with and genes. This study aims to assess the prevalence of MRSA in clinical isolates from DFUs, analyze the antibiogram of MRSA isolates, and detect the presence of the and genes among MRSA isolates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFserovar Newport is a human pathogen underreported in most developing countries. It is known for causing gastroenteritis and extraintestinal infections. In this case report, we report the case of ceftriaxone-resistant serovar Newport from South India, causing acute gastroenteritis in a sixty-year-old female patient having a history of antimicrobial therapy and recent hospital admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe association of tuberculosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus has been a recognized re-emerging challenge in management of the convergence of the two epidemics. Though much of the literature has studied this association, there is less knowledge in the field of genetic diversities that might occur in strains infecting tuberculosis patients with and without diabetes. Our study focused on determining the extent of diversity of genotypes of in both these categories of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing in tertiary-care hospitals across India, which consumes more antibiotics than any other country. Microorganisms with novel resistance mechanisms, initially isolated in India, are now recognized worldwide. Until now, most efforts to stem AMR in India have focused on the inpatient setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial resistance toward broad-spectrum antibiotics has become a major concern in recent years. The threat posed by the infectious bacteria and the pace with which resistance determinants are transmitted needs to be deciphered. Soil and water contain unique and diverse microbial communities as well as pools of naturally occurring antibiotics resistant genes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To compare the predicted vs observed mortality rate, criticality, and length of stay of the patients with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs) of a tertiary health center through acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) IV scoring. To analyze the drug sensitivity pattern of the isolated pathogen.
Design: This is a prospective observational study involving the patients admitted to various ICUs of a tertiary care teaching hospital.