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April-June 2013 | Vol 5 | Issue  2     Table ofContents  RSS Feed 
 
Editorial
State of the Globe: Antimicrobial stewardship guides rationale use of antimicrobials to enable faster cure and prevent drug resistance
Dhanashree Kelkar, Sagar Galwankar
The Infectious Disease Society of America states that "antimicrobial stewardship refers to coordinated interventions designed to improve and measure the appropriate use of antimicrobials by promoting ...
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Original Article
The pattern and impact of infectious diseases consultation on antimicrobial prescription
Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq
Objectives: Inclusion of infectious disease (ID) physicians in the care of patients with possible infection can favorably affect antibiotic usage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role...
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Original Article
Multiplex PCR for rapid diagnosis of gastrointestinal tuberculosis
Kusum Sharma, Saroj Kant Sinha, Aman Sharma, Ritambra Nada, Kaushal K Prasad, Kapil Goyal, Surinder Singh Rana, Deepak Kumar Bhasin, Meera Sharma
Background: Rapid and specific diagnosis of gastrointestinal tuberculosis (GITB) is of utmost importance. Aim: To evaluate Multiplex PCR (MPCR) using MPB64 and IS6110 primers specific fo...
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Mapping the pattern and trends of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
S Rama Prakasha, G Suresh, Ivor Peter D'sa, Shobha S Shetty, S Ganesh Kumar
Background and Objectives: There has been a rapid expansion of the directly observed treatment short-term (DOTS) under the revised national tuberculosis control program throughout India in the ...
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