Background and Objectives: Resistance among bacterial isolates is the leading cause of increased mortality and morbidity worldwide. Carbapenems once thought to be effective are becoming ineffective mostly due to the emergence ...

Objective To describe the demographic pattern, modes of transmission, clinical presentations and management of adult HIV positive patients presenting at two HIV care centers in Pakistan over the course of 20 ...

Objective: To determine the in vitro susceptibility of chloramphenicol against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, ...

Background: Enterococci are the most common cause of healthcare associated urinary tract infections. The frequency of isolation of enterococci from urinary tract of hospitalized patients has risen. Vancomycin resistant ...

Fungi are an important cause of superficial and deep infections in our population. Lack of expertise in proper identification and inadequate diagnostic facilities often lead to underreporting of these infections and ...

Objective: To find out the frequency of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis in clinical isolates of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis (TB) by determining the susceptibilities against Levofloxacin ...

Objective: To evaluate the frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Acinetobacter species isolated from pus and pus swab specimens at a tertiary care setting. Study Design: Cross-sectional observational ...

Objective: To determine the current trend of antimicrobial susceptibility of typhoidal Salmonellae. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Department ...

Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare human pathogen. It is an emerging species, least frequently reported from pediatric age group and known to cause pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. The inherent resistant of one ...

Objective: To determine the correlation of positive blood cultures in septicemic COVID-19 patients with significantly raised serum inflammatory markers C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase and lactate levels. Study ...