Publications by authors named "Vidyalakshmi Devarajan"
Primary tuberculosis (TB) of the graft presenting as multiple liver abscesses is previously unreported. A 14-month-old male child in the early post liver transplant (LT) period presented with high-grade fever spikes and on evaluation was found to have multiple pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) in the CT abdomen. His fever was not responding to intravenous antibiotics and liver biopsy was done which showed numerous acid fast bacilli.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Patients receiving colistin for carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) infections generally have multiple risk factors for nephrotoxicity, so it might be possible that colistin may be erroneously blamed for the nephrotoxicity.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed case records of patients who received colistin and those who received antibiotics other than colistin [carbapenem or β-lactam-β-lactamases inhibitors (βL-βLI)] for gram-negative bacteremia. Those patients with preexisting renal failure and those who received antibiotics for <72 hours were excluded from the study.
Background: Superiority of colistin-carbapenem combination therapy (CCCT) over colistin monotherapy (CMT) against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial (CRGNB) infections is not conclusively proven.
Aim: The aim of the current study was to analyze the effectiveness of both strategies against CRGNB nonbacteremic infections.
Design: This was a retrospective observational cohort study.
Colistin Nephrotoxicity in Adults: Single Centre Large Series from India.
Indian J Crit Care Med
June 2017
Context: Limited Indian data are available on the rate of colistin nephrotoxicity and other risk factors contributing to the development of this important side effect.
Aim: This study aims to generate data on colistin nephrotoxicity from a large cohort of Indian patients.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.