Title: Lower respiratory tract infections in intensive care units. A four year study from North India. Study Design: Prospective study Place and Duration of Study: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir. Four years (July 2010 and June 2014). Methodology: A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21636
Aims: To evaluate the screening antibiotic and phenotypic test that can be used to confirm metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) production in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and to find out the prevalent MBL gene in them. Materials and Methods: Three hundred and six isolates...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/28865
Aims: To find out the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in health care workers and in-patients in a tertiary care center. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Srinagar Kashmir...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23800
Aims: To find out the prevalence and risk factors for vancomycin resistant Enterococci in a leading tertiary care center of north India. Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar. Kashmir. One year study. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21635
Background: Rapid bacterial identification and susceptibility testing improves patient therapy and outcome and decreases emergence of resistance. There is a need to provide rapid, efficient and accurate system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of pathoge...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24999
Aim: To evaluate the methodology of MTT tube assay and compare it with standard proportion method for detection of drug susceptibility of M. tuberculosis to rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH). Study Design: Prospective. Place and Duration of Study: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of M...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18688
Background: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection of the nails that apart from causing disfigurement of the nails acts as a source of other fungal infections. Prompt diagnosis along with appropriate antifungal therapy can help prevent such complications. Aims: To find out t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25970