Volume 10, Issue 2 (2014) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

POST KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS WITH ULCERATION ON FOOT: AN ATYPICAL CASE PRESENTATION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH MILTEFOSINE

Vidyanand Rabi Das — 2014-04-02

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 2 April 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.50.55

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) or Kala-Azar (KA) is highly endemic in the Indian subcontinent particularly in Bihar. Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a known reservoir for leishmania parasit...

EMERGING METRONIDAZOLE RESISTANCE IN ANAEROBES AND MAPPING THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY BEHAVIOUR

Manu Chaudhary — 2014-04-12

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 12 April 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.56.63

In the present study, anaerobic clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia enterocolitica were obtained from different clinical specimens and were ...

DETECTABLE ANTI-DENGUE VIRUS IGM ANTIBODIES AMONG HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS IN OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

E. K. Oladipo — 2014-05-03

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 3 May 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.64.67

Dengue fever is a zoonosis maintained in nature by mosquitoes transmitting virus between non-human primate species, most of which develop clinically in apparent infection. It has been found to be ende...

NEWER DRUGS FOR VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS: A REVIEW

Krishna Pandey — 2014-05-05

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 5 May 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.68.70

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most neglected tropical diseases worldwide. The diagnosis and treatment of this disease is quite complex. Sodium Antimony Gluconate (SAG) which used to be a v...

THE EFFECT OF DIABETES MELLITUS ON THE CLINICAL AND MICRO-BIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS

Kathleen Lynch — 2014-05-06

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 6 May 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.71.76

There is some published evidence which suggests that the clinical outcomes and pathogens associated with Acute Pyelonephritis (AP) differ between diabetics and non-diabetics. However, current guidelin...

DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS IN PATIENTS WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

Osama M.S. Abdul-Wahab — 2014-05-14

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 14 May 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.77.83

Mycoplasma hominis is one of the well known genital mycoplasma agent that has been recognized as potentially pathogenic species and associated with various infectious diseases in adult men and woman. ...

BEST PRACTICES FOR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE INPATIENT SETTING

Cynthia C. Akpaka — 2014-05-14

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 14 May 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.84.87

This study discusses the strategies that have proven successful in improving adherence to hand hygiene policies among health care providers working in acute care, inpatient settings. Review of literat...

UTILITY OF A COMBINATION ANTIBIOGRAM FOR TREATING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

Lindsay Thurman — 2014-06-16

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 16 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.88.94

Empiric combination antibiotic therapy is often used to treat severe P. aeruginosa infections. Combination antibiograms have been employed to assist clinicians in selecting the most effective two-drug...

OBSERVED HAND WASHING PRACTICES AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN TWO CRITICAL PAEDIATRICS WARDS OF A SPECIALIST HOSPITAL

Balafama Abinye Alex-Hart — 2014-07-11

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 11 July 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.95.99

Hand washing in between patient care by health workers is the single most important measure against occurrence and spread of nosocomial infections within health facilities. This study was done to obse...