Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Antibiotic Use and Resistance for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections among the Population Attending a Mass Gathering in Central India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Good knowledge and appropriate attitude and practice about antibiotic use and resistance among the general population, are significant contributors to minimize the development of antibiotic resistance. We aimed to study the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding antibiotic use, resistance to upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), and associated factors with KAP, among the population attending a mass gathering in India.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 during a mass gathering held in Ujjain city of Central India.

Antibiotic Use, Incidence and Risk Factors for Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections in a Teaching Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Orthopedic surgeries contribute to the overall surgical site infection (SSI) events worldwide. In India, SSI rates vary considerably (1.6−38%); however, there is a lack of a national SSI surveillance system.

Development of sensitive and specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with lateral flow device for the rapid detection of hepatitis B virus infection.

Unlabelled: Hepatitis B virus is a highly infectious blood borne microbial pathogen that causes several hepatic complications like liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Several methods are available for the detection of HBV, but every method has their own merits and demerits, which restrict their use in clinical laboratories. The aim of this present study is the development of rapid, inexpensive, sensitive, and specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification followed by lateral flow device (LFD) for detection of HBV in blood specimens.

Antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from stool samples of children aged 3 to 14 years from Ujjain, India.

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a major global public health concern, particularly in settings where few treatment options are available. Limited research has been done on antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli of Indian children at community level. Therefore we studied antibiotic resistance patterns in E.

Factors associated with carriage of multi-resistant commensal Escherichia coli among postmenopausal women in Ujjain, India.

There is paucity of surveillance studies on antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli. The main aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine factors associated with peri-anal carriage of multi-resistant E. coli by healthy postmenopausal women.

High prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing pathogens: results of a surveillance study in two hospitals in Ujjain, India.

Background: Recent reports of the rapid evolution of bacterial resistance in India require urgent antibiotic stewardship programs. This study aimed to define the magnitude and pattern of resistance of bacterial pathogens to guide empirical therapy.

Methods: We prospectively collected consecutive, clinically significant, and nonduplicate bacterial isolates from each patient from two hospitals in Ujjain, India.

Nasal carriage and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy preschool children in Ujjain, India.

Background: There is increasing evidence that community acquired S. aureus infections are spreading among healthy children. Nasal colonization with S.

Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in waters associated with a hospital in Ujjain, India.

Background: Concerns have been raised about the public health implications of the presence of antibiotic residues in the aquatic environment and their effect on the development of bacterial resistance. While there is information on antibiotic residue levels in hospital effluent from some other countries, information on antibiotic residue levels in effluent from Indian hospitals is not available. Also, concurrent studies on antibiotic prescription quantity in a hospital and antibiotic residue levels and resistant bacteria in the effluent of the same hospital are few.