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Managment of infectious disease outbreak: Lessons learnt from the H1N1 outbreak |
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| R Kanungo |
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| GUEST EDITORIAL |
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Evidence-based diagnosis of tuberculosis: Resources for the medical microbiologist |
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| J Minion, M Pai |
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| REVIEW ARTICLE |
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Clinical microbiology in the intensive care unit: Strategic and operational characteristics |
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| S Bhattacharya, AS Mondal |
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Infection control with limited resources: Why and how to make it possible? |
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| JB Sarma, GU Ahmed |
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| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
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Interventions to reduce needle stick injuries at a tertiary care centre |
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| A Mehta, C Rodrigues, T Singhal, N Lopes, N D'Souza, K Sathe, FD Dastur |
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Effectiveness of anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy at Vihiga district hospital in 2007 |
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| SO Kwange, NLM Budambula |
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Differentiation of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates by their GyrB polymorphism |
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| NA Abass, KM Suleiman, IM El Jalii |
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The use of E-test for the drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - A solution or an illusion? |
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| JS Verma, D Rawat, A Hasan, MR Capoor, K Gupta, M Deb, P Aggarwal, D Nair |
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Detection of pneumolysin and autolysin genes among antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in invasive infections |
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| S Sourav, A Patricia, S Sharma, R Kanungo, S Jayachandran, K Prashanth |
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Molecular detection of host cytokine expression in Helicobacter pylori infected patients via semi-quantitative RT-PCR |
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| M Eshagh Hosseini, A Oghalaie, G Habibi, A Nahvijoo, ZM Hosseini, M Tashakoripoor, M Mohammadi |
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| BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS |
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Chlamydia trachomatis causing neonatal conjunctivitis in a tertiary care center |
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| S Kakar, P Bhalla, A Maria, M Rana, R Chawla, NB Mathur |
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of rapidly growing mycobacteria by microdilution - Experience of a tertiary care centre |
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| R Set, S Rokade, S Agrawal, J Shastri |
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Emerging Salmonella Paratyphi A enteric fever and changing trends in antimicrobial resistance pattern of salmonella in Shimla |
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| S Verma, S Thakur, A Kanga, G Singh, P Gupta |
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Determination of hepatitis C virus genotypes among blood donors in Ahvaz, Iran |
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| F Farshadpour, M Makvandi, AR Samarbafzadeh, MA Jalalifar |
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Extraction and detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA from ZNCF-stained skin smear slides for better identification of negative skin smears |
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| RR Kamble, VS Shinde, SP Madhale, AA Kamble, BP Ravikumar, RS Jadhav |
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| CASE REPORTS |
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Chronic subdural empyema and cranial vault osteomyelitis due to Salmonella paratyphi A |
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| P Bhooshan, S Shivaprakasha, KR Dinesh, M Kiran, PMS Karim |
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Catheter associated bloodstream infection caused by R. radiobacter |
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| S Sood, V Nerurkar, S Malvankar |
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Acute necrotizing pancreatitis with pancreatic abscess due to Prevotella species in a diabetic |
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| A Sonavane, V Baradkar, P Salunkhe, D D'Souza, S Kumar |
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Acanthamoeba keratitis with Curvularia co-infection |
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| N Gupta, JC Samantaray, S Duggal, V Srivastava, CS Dhull, U Chaudhary |
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Pacing lead endocarditis due to Aspergillus fumigatus |
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| A Kothari, BS Pillai, A Bhan |
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Unresolving pericarditis: Suspect filariasis in the tropics |
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| K Prasanthi, K Nagamani, NK Saxena |
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Dirofilariasis: A rare case report |
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| R Singh, JV Shwetha, JC Samantaray, G Bando |
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
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Screening for hepatitis B and C viral markers among nursing students in a tertiary care hospital |
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| G Singh, MP Singh, I Walia, C Sarin, RK Ratho |
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CD4+ T lymphocyte count in healthy HIV seronegative adults of north India |
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| N Jindal, U Arora |
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Emergence of optochin resistance among S. pneumoniae strains colonizing healthy children in Abidjan |
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| A Kacou-N'douba, SC Okpo, E Ekaza, A Pakora, S Koffi, M Dosso |
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Important methodological considerations with respect to differentiation of CTX-M-15 and CTX-M-28 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases |
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| GA Menezes, MA Khan, JP Hays |
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Validation of multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection, identification of methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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| N Jindal |
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Clinical microbiology for neonatal infections |
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| R Viswanathan, AK Singh |
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Activities of fourth generation cephalosporins alone and in combination with gentamicin, amikacin, ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin against bloodstream Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate |
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| B Ozbek, G Otuk |
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| RESEARCH SNIPPETS |
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Research snippets from the medical world |
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| Prabha Desikan |
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