| usefulness of rt-pcr for the diagnosis of japanese encephalitis in clinical samples. | the present study was carried out between july 2003 and december 2005 in pgimer, chandigarh, india and aimed to compare igm capture elisa and nested rt-pcr for the diagnosis of japanese encephalitis (je). the samples collected were cerebrospinal fluid and blood from 40 febrile patients with encephalitis (n=40, group i) and blood samples from febrile patients without encephalitis residing in je endemic areas (n=45, group ii). overall, in csf samples je specific rna was detected in 9/40 (22.5%), w ... | 2008 | 18618334 |
| epidemiology and molecular characterization of vancomycin resistant enterococci isolates in india. | little attention has been paid to the problem of the spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci (vre) in india. between august 2002 to march 2003, faecal and urine samples of patients from various wards of the postgraduate institute of medical education and research, chandigarh, india, were screened for vancomycin resistance. 36 vre were isolated (18 enterococcus gallinarum, 9 e. casseliflavus, 7 e. faecium and 2 e. faecalis). these isolates were characterized as low-, moderate- and high-level r ... | 2007 | 17654341 |