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BACKGROUND: Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen serves as an attractive biomarker to diagnose Tuberculosis (TB). Given the limitations of current diagnostic modalities for Pleural TB, current study evaluated LAM's potential to serve as a point-of-care test to diagnose pleural TB. METHODS: A cross sectional, diagnostic accuracy study was conducted during February to November 2021 in a tertiary care hospital in India. LAM antigen detection was performed on pleural fluid as well as early morning urine specimen of suspected pleural TB patients by "Alere/ Abott Determine TB LAM" lateral flow assay (LAM-LFA). The results were compared to microbiological reference standards/MRS (Mycobacterial culture or NAAT) and Composite reference standards/CRS (MRS plus Clinico-radiological diagnosis). RESULTS: A total of 170 subjects were included in the analysis, including 26 with Definite TB, 22 with Probable TB, and 122 with No TB. Compared to MRS and CRS, the sensitivity (61.54% & 45.83%) and positive predictive value (PPV) (57.14 & 78.57%) of Pleural LAM-LFA testing were found to be suboptimal, whereas the specificity (91.67% & 95.08%) and negative predictive value (NPV) (92.96% & 81.69%) of the assay were found to be good. Urinary LAM-LFA performed even worse than pleural LAM-LFA, except for its higher specificity against MRS and CRS (97.2% and 98.3%, respectively). Specificity and PPV of pleural LAM detection increased to 100% when analysed in a subgroup of patients with elevated ADA levels (receiver operating curve analysis-derived cut off value > 40 IU/ml). CONCLUSION: Detection of LAM antigen by LFA directly from pleural fluid was found to be a useful test to predict absence of the disease if the test is negative rather than using as a POCT for diagnosis.
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Infecções por HIV , Tuberculose Pleural , Humanos , Tuberculose Pleural/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Pleural/microbiologia , Estudos Transversais , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Lipopolissacarídeos/urinaRESUMO
Background & objectives: Legionella pneumophila, a ubiquitous aquatic organism is found to be associated with the development of the community as well as hospital-acquired pneumonia. Diagnosing Legionella infection is difficult unless supplemented with, diagnostic laboratory testing and established evidence for its presence in the hospital environment. Hence, the present study was undertaken to screen the hospital water supplies for the presence of L. pneumophila to show its presence in the hospital environment further facilitating early diagnosis and prevention of hospital-acquired legionellosis. Methods: Water samples and swabs from the inner side of the same water taps were collected from 30 distal water outlets present in patient care areas of a tertiary care hospital. The filtrate obtained from water samples as well as swabs were inoculated directly and after acid buffer treatment on plain and selective (with polymyxin B, cycloheximide and vancomycin) buffered charcoal yeast extract medium. The colonies grown were identified using standard methods and confirmed for L. pneumophila by latex agglutination test. Results: About 6.66 per cent (2/30) distal water outlets sampled were found to be contaminated with L. pneumophila serotype 2-15. Isolation was better with swabs compared to water samples. Interpretation & conclusions: The study showed the presence of L. pneumophila colonization of hospital water outlets at low levels. Periodic water sampling and active clinical surveillance in positive areas may be done to substantiate the evidence, to confirm or reject its role as a potential nosocomial pathogen in hospital environment.
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Legionella pneumophila/isolamento & purificação , Legionelose/prevenção & controle , Microbiologia da Água , Monitoramento Ambiental , Humanos , Índia , Abastecimento de ÁguaRESUMO
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: With increasing use of soft contact lenses the incidence of contact lens induced infections is also increasing. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge of new and existing contact lens users about the risk of microbial contamination associated with improper use and maintenance of contact lenses, type of microbial flora involved and their potential to cause ophthalmic infections. METHODS: Four samples each from 50 participants (n=200) were collected from the lenses, lens care solutions, lens care solution bottles and lens cases along with a questionnaire regarding their lens use. The samples were inoculated onto sheep blood agar, Mac Conkey's agar and Sabouraud's dextrose agar. Organisms were identified using standard laboratory protocols. RESULTS: Overall rate of microbial contamination among the total samples was 52 per cent. The most and the least contaminated samples were found to be lens cases (62%) and lens care solution (42%), respectively. The most frequently isolated contaminant was Staphylococcus aureus (21%) followed by Pseudomonas species (19.5%). Majority (64%) of the participants showed medium grade of compliance to lens cleaning practices. Rate of contamination was 100 and 93.75 per cent respectively in those participants who showed low and medium compliance to lens care practices as compared to those who had high level of compliance (43.75%) (P<0.05). INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS: Lens care practices amongst the participants were not optimum which resulted into high level contamination. Hence, creating awareness among the users about the lens care practices and regular cleaning and replacements of lens cases are required.
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Infecções Assintomáticas/epidemiologia , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Soluções para Lentes de Contato/análise , Lentes de Contato Hidrofílicas/microbiologia , Contaminação de Equipamentos/estatística & dados numéricos , Cooperação do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the value of faecal calprotectin (f-CP) in distinguishing between bacterial and viral aetiologies of infective diarrhoea in children attending a tertiary care hospital in Central India. METHODS: Stool samples from children aged 3 months to 10 years who had acute or persistent diarrhoea were processed for microscopy, bacterial culture, and viral antigen detection (Rotavirus and Norovirus). The remaining samples, as well as stool samples from 20 healthy controls, were tested for f-CP using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Among 48 patients, 21 (43.7%) had bacterial diarrhoea, 14 (29.2%) had viral diarrhoea, and 13 (27.1%) had an unidentified aetiology. The median f-CP values were significantly (p â= â0.004) higher in children with bacterial diarrhoea (75.2 âµg/g; IQR-18.75-239.15) than in children with viral diarrhoea (75.2 âµg/g; IQR-123.5-1987.5). Bacterial aetiology could be reliably predicted at the optimum f-CP concentrations of >541 âµg/g and >238.4 âµg/g in children aged 1 and 1-4 years, with an area under the curve of 0.767 and 0.867, respectively, using receiver-operator characteristic analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Faecal calprotectin could reliably distinguish between bacterial and viral aetiologies of diarrhoea in children aged up to four years, but at relatively higher age-specified cut off values.
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Infecções Bacterianas , Infecções por Enterovirus , Rotavirus , Criança , Humanos , Complexo Antígeno L1 Leucocitário/análise , Diarreia/diagnóstico , Diarreia/microbiologia , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Fezes/microbiologia , BiomarcadoresRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Catheter Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria persisting beyond 48 hours after catheter removal predisposes to the development of catheter associated urinary tract infections, necessitating treatment. Current surveillance strategies do not screen for infection detection after catheter removal, missing most of the clinically significant catheter associated urinary tract infection cases. METHODOLOGY: The study reports findings of a pilot, short-term, cross-sectional study conducted on patients who underwent indwelling urinary catheterization for any of the recognized indications. Surveillance for catheter associated urinary tract infections was done as per Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, National health and safety network protocols starting from two days onwards until the entire period of catheterization. Patients who remained asymptomatic during the period of catheterization were further screened for catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria at 48 hours after catheter removal and followed up for development of signs and symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infections. Catheter associated urinary tract infection rates were calculated with and without inclusion of catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria and compared. RESULTS: Screening for catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria at 48 hours of catheter removal significantly (p = 0.00021) improved the catheter associated urinary tract infection rates from 2.67 to 8.01 per 1,000 catheter days. Approximately 75% of patients with catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria after catheter removal became symptomatic for UTIs on follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosing catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria at 48 hours after catheter removal can improve the surveillance process and identify impending urinary tract infections early in the course of the disease.
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Bacteriúria , Infecções Urinárias , Bacteriúria/diagnóstico , Bacteriúria/epidemiologia , Bacteriúria/etiologia , Cateteres de Demora/efeitos adversos , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Cateterismo Urinário/efeitos adversos , Cateterismo Urinário/métodos , Infecções Urinárias/epidemiologia , Infecções Urinárias/etiologia , Infecções Urinárias/prevenção & controleRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) stand the risk of acquiring infection directly, while attending to patients or indirectly while handling and testing patient specimens. Considering this, the present study was planned to assess Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) breaches and exposures among HCWs working in COVID-19 wards/ screening areas and to evaluate their COVID-19 positivity rates post-exposure concerning the level of exposure, type of PPE breach, and the cadre of HCWs exposed in COVID-19 wards. METHODS: This retrospective cross-sectional study involved the analysis of all instances of PPE breaches which occurred during a period of nine months from June 2020 to February 2021 at a tertiary care level hospital in Central India. The analysis included all exposures involving any cadre of HCWs that occurred while handling the patients or while doffing the contaminated PPE in COVID -19 wards. RESULTS: A total of 347 PPE breaches were analyzed from the available records of the Hospital Infection Control team repository. Amongst the 347 breaches, 268 (77.2%) were classified as low-risk exposures and 79 (22.8%) as high-risk exposures. Cadre wise distribution of high and low-risk exposures revealed that, PPE breaches occurred most commonly in the category of nursing officers (n = 174, 50.1%). Among all of the breaches, 15.2% of high-risk exposures and 2.6% of low-risk exposures resulted in COVID-19 positivity with a cumulative positivity of 5.4%. Collectively, non-mask related breaches accounted for the majority (63.2%) of the positive COVID-19 cases. CONCLUSION: Appropriate use of PPE by HCWs is vital for their protection. However, breaches in the use of PPE may occur while managing COVID-19 patients due to physical and mental exhaustion among HCWs resulting from work overload. Early identification and appropriate management of HCWs with high-risk exposures can help prevent transmission to other hospital staff and patients, thus preserving resources and workforce.
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COVID-19 , Equipamento de Proteção Individual , COVID-19/epidemiologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Estudos Transversais , Pessoal de Saúde , Humanos , Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional/prevenção & controle , Recursos Humanos em Hospital , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
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BACKGROUND: An appropriate specimen is of paramount importance in Real Time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) based diagnosis of novel coronavirus (nCoV) disease (COVID-19). Thus, it's pertinent to evaluate various diversified clinical specimens' diagnostic utility in both diagnosis and follow-up of COVID-19. METHODS: A total of 924 initial specimens from 130 COVID-19 symptomatic cases before initiation of treatment and 665 follow up specimens from 15 randomly selected cases comprising of equal number of nasopharyngeal swab (NPS), oropharyngeal swab (OPS), combined NPS and OPS (Combined swab), sputum, plasma, serum and urine were evaluated by rRT-PCR. RESULTS: Demographic analysis showed males (86) twice more affected by COVID-19 than females (44) (p = 0.00001). Combined swabs showed a positivity rate of 100% followed by NPS (91.5%), OPS (72.3%), sputum (63%), while nCoV was found undetected in urine, plasma and serum specimens. The lowest cycle threshold (Ct) values of targeted genes E, ORF1b and RdRP are 10.56, 10.14 and 12.26 respectively and their lowest average Ct values were found in combined swab which indicates high viral load in combined swab among all other specimen types. Analysis of 665 follow-up multi-varied specimens also showed combined swab as the last specimen among all specimen types to become negative, after an average 6.6 (range 4-10) days post-treatment, having lowest (15.48) and average (29.96) Ct values of ORF1b respectively indicating posterior nasopharyngeal tract as primary nCoV afflicted site with high viral load. CONCLUSION: The combined swab may be recommended as a more appropriate specimen for both diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 treatment by rRT-PCR for assessing virus clearance to help physicians in taking evidence-based decision before discharging patients. Implementing combined swabs globally will definitely help in management and control of the pandemic, as it is the need of the hour.
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Teste de Ácido Nucleico para COVID-19/métodos , COVID-19 , RNA Viral , SARS-CoV-2/isolamento & purificação , Manejo de Espécimes , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , COVID-19/diagnóstico , COVID-19/virologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Testes Diagnósticos de Rotina , Feminino , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nasofaringe/virologia , Orofaringe/virologia , RNA Viral/sangue , RNA Viral/isolamento & purificação , RNA Viral/urina , Escarro/virologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Mycetoma is disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin, and bones, mainly the feet. Etiologically divided in Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, since the treatment of both is different, the diagnosis is mandatory. This is the case of 35-year-old lady with swelling in left foot with multiple discharging sinuses for 5 years that was none responding to antifungal treatment. Change of treatment after the culture confirmation of Actinomadura species improves patient condition drastically.
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BACKGROUND: Enteric fever is the most common cause of community acquired blood stream infections in under developed and developing countries. The enteric fever is exclusive to humans and transmitted through the faeco-oral route. Though India is an endemic zone for enteric fever, the data is very scarce from Central India. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of enteric fever in this region and to know the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the isolated typhoidal Salmonellae. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We conducted a retrospective analysis of blood culture positive cases of enteric fever over a period of two years (December 2015 to December 2017). All blood cultures submitted for suspected enteric fever and associated symptoms were included in the study. Relevant demographic, clinical and laboratory data were analyzed. RESULT: A total of 51 cases (3.56%) were of typhoidal Salmonella from a total of 1430 blood culture submission. Salmonella Typhi were 70.5% while Salmonella Paratyphi A were 29.5% of the total isolated Salmonellae. The most vulnerable age group was 10-19years (41.2%). The mean minimum inhibitory concentration of ciprofloxacin for Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A are 1.20 and 1.97 µg/ml respectively. All the isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone. Highest isolation was in the July - September quarter (35.3%). CONCLUSION: There is a high prevalence of the disease which needs urgent focus on safe water, sanitation services and also to establish guidelines for empiric therapy for enteric fever.
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Considering the global epidemic of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, early and accurate diagnosis as well as prompt initiation of antitubercular therapy (ATT) forms the mainstay of tuberculosis control programs. Patients on ATT may develop treatment failure due to diverse reasons including emergence of drug resistance in the host during the course of therapy. Monitoring the timely response to treatment in such cases has a significant role in rapid identification of drug resistant strains and institution of change of regimen to further decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. Furthermore, availability of faster surrogate end points to assess treatment efficacy, disease activity, cure, and relapse is one of the crucial requirements for undertaking innovative clinical trials related to TB. The article presents here the compilation of currently available methods for monitoring the treatment response in pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary TB.
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Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidade , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Background: Effective management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) requires cost-effective and rapid screening of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) resistance. Accordingly, a highly promising high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis was evaluated in the detection of mutation in rpoB, katG gene and inhA promoter region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Methods: A total of 143 M. tuberculosis isolates comprising phenotypically confirmed 94 MDR and 49 sensitive isolates were analyzed by HRM following real-time-polymerase chain reaction in comparison to gold standard of targeted DNA sequencing of rpoB, katG gene and inhA promoter region. Results: HRM correctly identified MDR-TB by rapid and accurate detection of predominantly and infrequently occurring specific single nucleotide polymorphism in rpoB, katG gene and inhA promoter region. rpoB HRM showed sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of 98% each respectively. Predominantly, S531 L/W (TCG â TTG/TGG) mutation accounted for 68.47% of RIF resistance followed by H526Y/R (13.04%, CAC â TAC/CGC), D516Y/V/G (10.86%, GAC â TAC/GTC/GGC), Q513P (4.34%, CAA â CCA), and one rare mutation at codon position L533A (CTG â CGG). Combined KatG and inhA HRM sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV were 90%, 100%, 100%, and 84.48% respectively and detected frequent mutation at codon position S315T/I/N (70%, AGC â ACC, AGC â ACT, AGC â AAC) and rare mutation at codon position T314P (3.3%, ACC â CCC) and 329 (2.2%, GAC â GCC) of katG gene. In inhA, mutations were recorded at mostly promoter position - 15 (10%, C â T) and infrequently at - 8 (3.3%, T â G, T â C). HRM assay limitation noticed in recognizing silent mutation in rpoB as a mutant, nondetection of infrequent mutation S310A in katG, and the inability of detecting mutation outside the targeted region of investigated genes. Conclusion: HRM may prove to be a vital molecular assay in rapid screening of TB cases for early detection of MDR TB, leading to early evidenced-based initiation of antitubercular treatment that will significantly reduce MDR transmission.
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Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos/diagnóstico , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Catalase/genética , RNA Polimerases Dirigidas por DNA/genética , Humanos , Isoniazida/farmacologia , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular , Mutação , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Rifampina/farmacologia , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Temperatura de TransiçãoRESUMO
Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Acinetobacter baumannii (A.baumannii), the highly intrinsically resistant nonfermenters are known to cause frequent infections in immunocomproimsed or hospitalized patients with significant mortality rate. In this rare clinical presentation, both were simultaneously isolated from a case of neonatal sepsis with respiratory failure. The prompt early diagnosis and antibiogram of these nonfermenters were proved to be of tremendous help in the present case with successful treatment outcome of dual infection of B.cepacia and A.baumannii. The present case report strongly emphasises the clinical importance of early accurate diagnosis of these emerging potential fatal non-fermenters which could otherwise prove fatal in case of any slight delay or misidentification. Implementation of strict surveillance policy to monitor the growth of these non-fermenters and draconian infection control measure holds a key to success in significant reduction of the associated mortality and morbidity.