Beta-lactamase producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are important etiological agents of hospital infections. Carbapenems are among the most effective antibiotics used against Pseudomonas infections, but they can be rendered infective by group B β -lactamase, commonly called metallo-beta lactamase. In this study, the antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of P. aeruginosa strains isolated fro...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates have been increasingly identified worldwide. Though molecular data regarding New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) producers are available, data regarding their rate of infection in a hospital setting and percentage among different clinical isolates are scarce. Hence, this study was undertaken to determine the occu...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the effect febrile convulsion (FC) on neuromotor development. METHODS Data 325 patients, who were followed up at our outpatient clinic and diagnosed with FC between January 2012 December 2018, retrospectively evaluated. Of these 203 underwent Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II) included in as patient group 100 healthy children...

Background: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESβL) or metallo-β-lactamase (MβL) production by gram-negative bacteria in immunocompromised patients poses a serious therapeutic challenge for infection control and is associated with infections higher morbidity/mortality, especially developing countries. This study aimed to phenotypically evaluate the of ESβL as well MβL 75 bacterial isolates from cl...

Metallo beta lactamases (MBL) are enzymes that have wide spread of activity and they confer a high level of resistance to all b-lactams including carbapenem, except aztreonam [1]. MBLs require divalent zinc ion for their enzymatic activity which is not diminished by serine b lactamase inhibitors like salbactam, tazobactam, clavulinic acid etc but is inhibited by metal chelators like EDTA and th...

We followed 55 high risk newborns from birth till one year using Trivandrum Development Screening Chart (TDSC) and Denver Development Screening Test (DDST). We also assessed their muscle tone, vision and hearing. Babies were classified into mild, moderate, and severe risk groups using a scoring system. Babies with developmental delay were categorized as having mild, moderate, or severe delay. T...

Aim: The present study was conducted to record the association of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) producing enteric bacteria with diarrhea of poultry birds in Mizoram, India. Materials and Methods: Fecal samples were collected from poultry birds with the history of diarrhea from different parts of Mizoram. Samples were processed for isolation and identification of Escherichia coli, Salmo...

A large proportion of preschool children in India, as in other developing countries, live in the urban slums. Among them, early identification of developmental delay will be beneficial. In the developed countries, rapid prescreening Denver Questionnaire (R-PDQ) is currently being used for community screening of developmental delay. This is followed by administering the Denver Development Screen...