Publications by authors named "Swati Mudshingkar"
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- Drug-resistant gram-negative pathogens are a major cause of neonatal sepsis, especially in low- and middle-income countries, making it crucial to understand how these infections spread.
- A study in Western India investigated the link between maternal and environmental colonization of these pathogens and bloodstream infections (BSIs) in neonates, enrolling over 950 pregnant women and analyzing colonization patterns alongside BSI occurrences in the NICU.
- The findings revealed no direct connection between maternal colonization and neonatal BSIs, suggesting that the infections likely spread within the NICU environment, emphasizing the need for preventative measures in such settings.
Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by filarial worms of genus Dirofilaria. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis has been reported from Asia, Europe, Italy and Africa. In India majority cases are from Kerala, Karnataka and very few from Maharashtra.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA retrospective analysis was done over a period of 3 years (January 2010- December 2012) in a tertiary care hospital, Pune, to note the changes in the prevalence and distribution of biotypes, serotypes, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and phage types of Vibrio cholerae isolates from clinical samples so as to be vigilant and curtail major outbreak in future. Vibrio cholerae isolates were obtained from 4.4% of the 1126 fecal specimens processed from cases of acute watery diarrhea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial and fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among neutropenic patients. The choice of empiric antimicrobial regimen is based on susceptibility pattern of locally prevalent pathogens. From 64 febrile neutropenic patients with clinical sepsis, blood and other appropriate clinical specimens were processed to determine bacterial and fungal spectrum and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern.
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