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I have performed a study looking at the knowledge of physicians on VAP (ventilator assc. pneumonia ). In this, a total of 16 questions were asked. Attached are some of the variables (viz. the...
01 August 2019 3,016 4 View
Most of the time one may use an email or the likes to disseminate a so called coupon or link into KAP based study so that it can be done at one's own free time However how do we remove a response...
19 September 2017 1,642 3 View
May I have your opinion on the use of IGRA , especially T-spot on LTBI? I have personally experience the lack of reproducibility of T-spot, a first test being borderline positive and the repeated...
08 June 2017 4,368 2 View
Hi all Can someone direct me to human data on ELF (epithelial lining fluid) studies of polymyxin I found few on animals but yet on humans
26 September 2016 7,739 2 View
May I know whether MIC values "move" when the E-test is performed on a fresh sample vs stocked isolates. This has been described and may account for vancomycin MIC creep in the case of MRSA....
05 August 2016 3,462 3 View
While the PKPD index/target for MRSA with vancomycin is > 400 (some says 350-400 depending on the MIC tests used), what is the PKPD index/s for other isolates like MRCONS/ enterococcus? And...
15 June 2016 4,331 4 View
Hi all May I ask rather a simple question, Why are we using pip taz/ ceftazidime and cefipime for infections (even serious infection) in Pseudomonas which is an AmpC producer provided that the MIC...
03 January 2016 2,174 7 View
Hi all May I ask whether there is any data that pits these two against each others in term of collateral damage Reason for asking: say you are faced with a lactose fermentor bacteremia and the...
17 November 2015 4,511 3 View
Hi everyone Can I ask whether MALDI can detect organism straight from the positive bottle without first growing the colony/colonies?
15 October 2015 728 4 View
If infective endocarditis is an endovasular infection with sustained and persistent bacteremia, why then we repeat the BC so often compared to other infection which perhaps has transient bacteremia
07 June 2015 3,925 4 View
If one of the way to test for presence of amp C in vitro is by using the ability of the cloxacilin to inhibit amp C, can cloxacillin be used against it in vivo?
09 May 2015 8,162 2 View
Hi all May I know when one is at a resource limited setting but at the same time is having clusters of outbreaks by CREs, would it be wise to introduce a selective media for CRE detection amongst...
18 April 2015 5,489 6 View
Hi May I ask when a patient is infected by MRSA invasive infection, is there a role of doing nasal swab in the patients as the new NHS guideline released in 2015 (Dumfries and Galloway) did not...
07 April 2015 5,584 5 View
If ceftazidime can induce Amp C beta lactamase via derepresion, why then ceftazidime is one of the agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
01 April 2015 7,301 3 View
Hi all, May I know the best method to sample from the hospital environment for contamination or colonisation by CRE
12 March 2015 3,441 4 View
Positive IGRA might suggest infection be it latent or active. But is the relationship true in another direction? Is there any data out there to help me answering the question?
06 February 2015 7,620 7 View
Can HIV be transmitted in eclipse phase?
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