Bacteriological Profile of Acute Meningitis: A One Year Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in Assam

Gitali, Bhagawati; Barkataki, Dipa; Naba, Hazarika K; Jasmin, Halim; Sharon, Rangpharpi R

doi:10.5958/0976-5506.2014.00305.2

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“…This result is comparable with 100% susceptibility in previous study [10]. An earlier study in India has observed that the infection rate due to Cryptococcus neoformans was 2.93% to 3.13%, and it is lower than our finding (4%) [8].…”

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“…This result is much higher than several studies noted that the incidence of intracranial postneurosurgical infection have been ranged between 0.4% to 7.7% [4,5,6,7]. The profile of CSF isolates in this study showed that certain bacteria species were the predominant cause of CNS infection and was similar to other studies [1,2,8,10] . Coagulase negative Staphylococci was responsible for 39.4 of CSF positive culture, which was similar to a recent Iranian study [16].…”

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“…The development of many drug-resistant organisms, such as carbapenemresistant and methicillin/oxacillin-resistant strains, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria may reflect the changing trend of pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern [9,10]. Therefore, microbiological surveillance is important to identify the common pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in order to select the rational empirical antimicrobial therapy based on regional and national data to reduce the emergence of resistant organisms [8,11,12].…”

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The changing microbiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of cerebrospinal fluid organism isolates in a teaching hospital, Tangerang, Indonesia

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Background: Central nervous system (CNS) infections have become serious problems that contribute to morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In the recent years, antimicrobial resistance has arisen parallel with the changing trend of infectious pathogens, which resulted in the unavailability of an ideal antimicrobial agent. This study was designed to evaluate the central nervous system pathogens and their susceptibility profile using routine microbiological data.

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The changing microbiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of cerebrospinal fluid organism isolates in a teaching hospital, Tangerang, Indonesia

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A Comprehensive Review of Meningococcal Disease Burden in India

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Introduction: Meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis has a high case fatality rate. Of 12 distinct serogroups, A, B, C, W-135 (W) and Y cause the majority of infections. The meningococcal disease burden and epidemiology in India are not reliably known. Hence, we performed a narrative review with a systematically conducted search to summarize information on meningococcal disease burden and epidemiology and vaccination recommendations for meningococcal disease in India.

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Infectious Meningitis

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2015

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

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Infectious meningitis is a large public health concern, especially in children and immunocompromised patients. Although the epidemiology of meningitis has shown significant decline in past decades, partly due to the introduction of vaccines, outbreaks are still reported worldwide. Diagnosis of meningitis is of critical importance, and it is considered to be one of the most urgent of the microbiological medical emergencies. In order to improve the treatment strategy, various diagnostic methods have been developed to detect the presence of infectious agents that cause meningitis, as well as their antibiotic resistance patterns. This article aims to enhance the understanding of meningitis and to highlight the most current updates that describe outbreaks of meningitis and the subsequent investigations. We also describe the current diagnosis and treatment options. CMN

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Bacteriological Profile of Acute Meningitis: A One Year Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in Assam

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The changing microbiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of cerebrospinal fluid organism isolates in a teaching hospital, Tangerang, Indonesia

The changing microbiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of cerebrospinal fluid organism isolates in a teaching hospital, Tangerang, Indonesia

A Comprehensive Review of Meningococcal Disease Burden in India

Infectious Meningitis

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