β-lactams are the most widely used group of antimicrobials. However, increasing resistance to these valuable drugs in uropathogens, mediated principally by β-lactamases, has become a major concern. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) producers in clinical isolates of urine specimens, collected from various healthcare centres acros...

Antibiotic resistance among uropathogens causing community acquired urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is increasing worldwide. Severity and endemicity persists despite of wide spread availability of drugs. Knowledge of the aetiology and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of uropathogens is important in order to determine the best empiric treatment option. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL...

Article history: Received on: 19/01/2015 Revised on: 03/03/2015 Accepted on: 07/04/2015 Available online: 27/05/2015 The aim of the present study was to detect the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from various samples. A total of 125 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from various samples in a tertiary care hospital from June 2014 to November 20...

Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) has been known as a causative pathogen of hospital acquired infections. The aim of this study is to examine the presence of A. baumannii among clinical isolates from intensive care unit (ICU) in Mansoura University Hospital (MUH), its antibiotic resistance pattern, and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) and extended-spect...

Present study was carried out among the patients of age 2-60 years from November 2009 to November 2011 to assess the production of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) by salmonella enterica serotype (Typhi and paratyphi A) at Kanti Children's Hospital (KCH), Nepal Medical College (NMC), Kathmandu Medical College (KMC), National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) and Sankata Laboratory (SKL) of...

OBJECTIVE To detect genes encoding carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit. METHODS A. baumannii isolates were recovered from various clinical specimens of hospitalized patients admitted to the Medical and Surgical intensive care units of a tertiary care centre in Pune. Bacterial identification was performed by routine conventional microbial culture and bioc...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are rapidly evolving group of β-lactamase enzymes produced by the Gram negative bacteria. In this study, we determined the antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of Escherichia coli isolates and prevalence of TEM, SHV and CTX-M genes in ESBL positive E. coli isolated from the patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in North-East India. A total of 85 multi...

Multiple antenna systems have been shown to increase system capacity and provide resiliency to random fading. However, these attractive features require accurate channel estimation. This can be achieved by time-division multiplexing (TDM) an adequately large training sequence. An alternative to TDM training is the superimposed training (ST) scheme which trades-off power for bandwidth (or rate)....

Background: Globally, contamination of banknotes with various microbial species is increasingly being reported. This usually results from improper handling during exchange goods and services. In the present study, we aimed to determine load, prevalence presence Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) among bacteria isolated Nigerian Naira notes circulating in Bauchi metropolis.Methodology: A to...