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View article: A Whispering Heart: Viral Myocarditis Hiding in Plain Sight
A Whispering Heart: Viral Myocarditis Hiding in Plain Sight Open
We present the case of a 14-year-old girl with a background of celiac disease and no other significant medical history who developed acute complete heart block and cardiogenic shock secondary to fulminant myocarditis. She presented with pe…
View article: Skull Base Osteomyelitis due to Granulomatous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host
Skull Base Osteomyelitis due to Granulomatous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host Open
This 75-year-old previously healthy nondiabetic male presented with a severe right-sided headache. Physical and neurologic examination was normal. The magnetic resonance imaging showed sphenoid sinusitis and skull base osteomyelitis (SBO).…
View article: Clinical Problem Solving: Relapsing Cerebral Melioidosis
Clinical Problem Solving: Relapsing Cerebral Melioidosis Open
Melioidosis is a disease that is difficult to diagnose and challenging to treat. When it involves the brain, the complexities increase even further. Diagnostic challenges include those related to identification and susceptibility testing. …
View article: Expert Consensus on the Management of Acute Otitis Media in India: A Delphi Study
Expert Consensus on the Management of Acute Otitis Media in India: A Delphi Study Open
Aim and background: Acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME) are common childhood ear infections. The changing epidemiological landscape in India and growing concerns about antimicrobial resistance underscore the need …
View article: Computed tomography findings of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis: Data from a multicenter retrospective study (Mucovi2), India
Computed tomography findings of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis: Data from a multicenter retrospective study (Mucovi2), India Open
Dear Editor, A large number of mucormycosis cases were reported in India following the second wave of COVID-19.[1] However, data on the imaging appearance of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM) are limited.[2] A few published…
View article: Infections in Pregnancy
Infections in Pregnancy Open
Infections in pregnant women tend to be more severe and pose unique treatment challenges. After all, the well-being of two individuals is at stake. Screening all pregnant women in early pregnancy for bacteriuria is recommended. Pyelonephri…
View article: Burkholderia cepacia complex as a cause of community acquired bacteremia in a young immuncompetent male
Burkholderia cepacia complex as a cause of community acquired bacteremia in a young immuncompetent male Open
Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is a well-recognized cause of nosocomial infections. We describe here a young healthy male who presented with fever and chest pain with ECG changes of acute pericarditis. Two sets of blood cultures at sep…
View article: Beta-D-glucan assay as a tool for antifungal stewardship
Beta-D-glucan assay as a tool for antifungal stewardship Open
Beta-D-glucan assay as a tool for antifungal stewardship - IJMMTD- Print ISSN No: - 2581-4753 Online ISSN No:- 2581-4761 Article DOI No:- 10.18231/j.ijmmtd.2023.026, IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases-IP…
View article: Target product profiles for diagnosis of sepsis: Proposing a new approach for diagnostic innovation
Target product profiles for diagnosis of sepsis: Proposing a new approach for diagnostic innovation Open
Background & objectives: Sepsis, including neonatal sepsis, remains a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries such as India, representing 85 per cent of all sepsis-related deaths globally. Early diagn…
View article: Bacillus cereus causing brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient with craniotomy
Bacillus cereus causing brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient with craniotomy Open
A 44 years old, immunocompetent, male patient was admitted to the hospital with fever and left hemiparesis. Patient had undergone decompressive craniotomy with partial clot evacuation at another institute for right Prieto-occipital intracr…
View article: Multicenter Case–Control Study of COVID-19–Associated Mucormycosis Outbreak, India
Multicenter Case–Control Study of COVID-19–Associated Mucormycosis Outbreak, India Open
We performed a case–control study across 25 hospitals in India for the period of January–June 2021 to evaluate the reasons for an COVID-19–associated mucormycosis (CAM) outbreak. We investigated whether COVID-19 treatment practices (glucoc…
View article: Nonpharmaceutical interventions reduce the incidence and mortality of COVID‐19: A study based on the survey from the International COVID‐19 Research Network (ICRN)
Nonpharmaceutical interventions reduce the incidence and mortality of COVID‐19: A study based on the survey from the International COVID‐19 Research Network (ICRN) Open
The recently emerged novel coronavirus, “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2),” caused a highly contagious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). It has severely damaged the world's most developed count…