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Ram Gopalakrishnan

Apollo Hospitals, India

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Research ArticleOpen accessVancomycin Mic Creep Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A ReportDorairajan Sureshkumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Abdulghafur, Venkatsubramanian RamasubramainainThe objective of the study was to analyze the vancomycin MIC distribution against bloodstream MRSA isolates for a period of 1 year in India. This retrospective study analyzed 71 blood stream MRSA strains isolated at a tertiary care hospital in India between January 2008 and December 2008. The vancomycin MIC was determined by broth microdilution method. Only one isolate per … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 20 Dec 2013 · 7,175 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn Vitro Activity of Tigecycline in the Era of NDM-1Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan, M.A. ThirunarayanIn the current era of New Delhi Metallo-betalactamase-1 (NDM-1) infections and a dry antibiotic pipeline, managing infections caused by Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial infections (MDR-GNBs) presents a great challenge to physicians in the developing world. Tigecycline, a broad spectrum glycylcycline is a one among the few treatment options against MDR-GNBs. However it has been studied mostly in the western world, … …Current Research in Microbiology, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 12 Sep 2012 · 7,493 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessDrug Susceptibility Pattern of M.Tuberculosis Isolated from Patients Attending a Private HospitalD. Sureshkumar, Ram GopalakrishnanProblem statement: Drug resistance in Tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging problem that adversely affects patient outcome and public health in the developing world. Although much of tuberculosis care is provided by the private sector in India, the magnitude of drug resistance in TB in the private sector is not well described. The present study was carried out to determine the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 22 Dec 2011 · 7,281 accessesView PDF Cite