Pterostilbene restores carbapenem susceptibility in New Delhi metallo‐β‐lactamase‐producing isolates by inhibiting the activity of New Delhi metallo‐β‐lactamases

New Delhi - 110001

Molecular Typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates by Opa-Typing and Ribotyping in New Delhi, India

Control and preventive measures for gonococcal infections are based on precise epidemiological characteristics of N. gonorrhoeae isolates. In the present study the potential utility of opa-typing and ribotyping for molecular epidemiological study of consecutive gonococcal strains was determined. Sixty gonococcal isolates were subjected to ribotyping with two restriction enzymes, AvaII and HincI...

Heroin Dependence : the New Delhi Experience

Socio-demographic and clinical profile of the first one hundred and five patients attending a de-addiction clinic of New Delhi for heroin dependence is presented. It reveals a sudden rise of Heroin use in young educated males, probably because of its easy availability and its decreasing prices in the last few years. This trend is likely to be observed in the other metropolitan cities of India a...

Retinopathy of Prematurity: AIIMS, New Delhi Experience.

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of potentially avoidable childhood blindness worldwide. With improvement in neonatal care, more preterm infants are surviving with a resultant increase in the number of ROP cases. In low-middle income countries, the disease epidemiology is characterized by the occurrence of ROP at higher birthweight in premature babies with greater severity at...

Directorate-General of Health Services, New Delhi