background and objectives: coagulase negative staphylococcus (cons) is frequently isolated from blood cultures but their significance is difficult to interpret. cons bacteria which are often previously dismissed as culture contaminants are attracting greater importance as true pathogens in the past decades. clinical evaluation of these isolates suggests that although there is a relative increas...

Background Infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. Infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. The mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospit...

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....

1 Department of Microbiology, BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon Hospital, Pune 411001, India 2Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Crosshouse, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 3Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India 4 Johns Hopkins University India Center, BJ Medical College, Pun...