Tuhina Banerjee

Endemicity of OXA-48 and NDM-1 Carbapenemase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli from a Tertiary Hospital in Varanasi, India

Joel Filgona, Tuhina Banerjee & Shampa Anupurba · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2018

Background: Increase in global dissemination of NDM-1 and OXA-48 particularly among Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli pose serious threat to antimicrobial therapy. Aim: This study investigated the prevalence of OXA-48 like and NDM-1 among clinical isolates of K. pneumoni...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMB/2018/43928

Integron Carriage among Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from a Tertiary Hospital in North India

Joel Filgona & Tuhina Banerjee · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Background: Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) constitute major public health threat. They account for significant morbidity and mortality and also present patients with difficult to treat infection. This study examines the integron carriage rate and gene content among...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/29087

Clonal Endemicity of Clinical Isolates of Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Joel Filgona, Tuhina Banerjee & Shampa Anupurba · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2016

Background: Dissemination of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) harbouring multiple resistance determinants constitute significant threat to hospital ecology. Aims: This study analysed susceptibility of carbapenem non-susceptible K. pneumoniae (CNSKP) to tigecyclin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/28785