Co-Infection: Weil's Syndrome with Hepatitis B Infection- A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Hitch.

Undifferentiated Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) is a common clinical syndrome among patients seeking hospital care. Detection of co-infections at the time of presentation is a diagnostic challenge, especially with limited laboratory support. Even if detected, early treatment and cure of these co-infections can be difficult for the clinicians.

Tuberculous salpingitis: a case report.

Tuberculosis (TB) of the genital tract commonly occurs secondary to a primary lesion. The mode of spread is via the lymphatics, the haematogenous route or less commonly by a peritoneal spread. The fallopian tubes are the first targets, followed by the pelvic organs.

Antibiogram of salmonella isolates from blood with an emphasis on nalidixic Acid and chloramphenicol susceptibility in a tertiary care hospital in coastal karnataka: a prospective study.

Background: Enteric fever is caused by the serotypes Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella Paratyphi A, Salmonella Paratyphi B and Salmonella Paratyphi C. After emergence of multidrug resistant Salmonellae Ciprofloxacin, a fluorquinolone antibiotic was the first-line therapy. Treatment failure was observed with Ciprofloxacin soon and such strains showed in-vitro resistance to Nalidixic acid.

Case series: elizabethkingia meningosepticum.

Elizabethkingia meningosepticum is a saprophyte which exists in hospital water systems and it can be a potential source for nosocomial infections. Though the infection with these bacteria is rare, one should be aware that it is resistant to most of the antibiotics and that it has the ability to cause nosocomial infections. We are reporting here, a series of cases which were caused by E.

Melioidotic pericardial effusion.

Aim is to present a rare case of purulent pericardial effusion caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Pericardial sample was inoculated into Bactec Peds Plus/F broth of the Bactec automated system. After the system flagged positive, the broth was subjected to Gram stain, biochemical tests and drug susceptibility.