| antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid profile of neisseria gonorrhoeae in india (new delhi). | to determine the antibiotic susceptibility and plasmid profile of all neisseria gonorrhoeae strains (ppng and non-ppng) isolated from may 1995 to march 1996 in lok nayak hospital, new delhi, india. | 1998 | 9849558 |
| emergence of fluoroquinolone resistant neisseria gonorrhoeae in new delhi, india. | | 1998 | 9849566 |
| syndromic management of vaginal discharge among women in a reproductive health clinic in india. | to examine the performance of the syndromic approach in the management of vaginal discharge among women attending a reproductive health clinic in new delhi, india. | 2000 | 11026889 |
| rising quinolone resistance in neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from new delhi. | treatment for gonorrhoea with fluoroquinolones is recommended. however, reduced susceptibility and treatment failure with fluoroquinolones has recently been reported. we undertook to study the antibiotic susceptibility pattern and the incidence of quinolone resistance in 36 consecutive isolates of neisseria gonorrhoeae from april to november 2000. | 2002 | 12201175 |
| antimicrobial resistance of neisseria gonorrhoeae in selected world health organization southeast asia region countries: an overview. | a gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility program (gasp) under the world health organization south east asia region (who sear) is continuing in india and neighboring countries and is being coordinated by the who regional reference laboratory (rrl), vardhman mahavir medical college, and safdarjung hospital, new delhi. | 2005 | 15729156 |
| epidemilogical analysis of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping and serotyping. | this study was carried out to analyze the epidemiology of gonorrhea based on antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping and serotyping in new delhi, india. | 2007 | 17901639 |
| community-based study on seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in new delhi. | to determine the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) in two urban communities in delhi and to correlate the presence of hsv-2 seroprevalence with sociodemographic profile, risk factors and presence of other reproductive tract infections (rtis). | 2008 | 18227595 |
| incidence and outcome of arthritis in meningococcal disease. | meningococcal outbreaks are a major health concern in delhi and adjoining regions. besides acute pyogenic meningitis, meningococcal disease can also manifest as vasculitis, dermatitis and arthritis. to study the frequency, characteristics and long-term outcome of joint involvement in may 2005 meningococcal outbreak in new delhi, 24 patients with proven meningococcal disease admitted to the hospital from may, 2005 through august, 2005 were studied for occurrence and outcome of joint involvement, ... | 2009 | 19810382 |
| clinical profile of group a meningococcal outbreak in delhi. | we present a retrospective analysis of clinical profile of 100 children admitted to a government hospital at delhi between april 2005 and december 2006 with group a meningococcal infection. maximum children presented in late winter and spring. younger children were less affected (5% children < 1 year). fever (86%), vomiting (64%) and rash (63%) were the most common presenting symptoms. all children presented within 5 days of onset of symptoms and 52% within 24 hours. 67 % children had meningococ ... | 2009 | 19179744 |
| outbreak of meningococcal disease in and around new delhi, india, 2005-2006: a report from a tertiary care hospital. | the first of several cases of meningococcal meningitis was reported in april 2005, in new delhi, india. subsequent to this the government declared an outbreak, which persisted for two periods, from april-july 2005 and january-march 2006. the national institute of communicable diseases (nicd) recommended using who criteria for diagnosis of disease. during the outbreak 380 clinically suspected cases were investigated. of 55 cases diagnosed as confirmed/probable the mortality rate was 14.6%. mening ... | 2009 | 18840317 |
| the rise and fall of epidemic neisseria meningitidis from a tertiary care hospital in delhi, january 2005-june 2007. | meningococcal meningitis is endemic in india. there has been a sudden surge of cases of meningococcal meningitis in 2005 in delhi. present study was undertaken to find out changing trends in incidence of this disease from a tertiary care hospital in new delhi over a period of two and half years. all samples from suspected cases of meningococcal meningitis were subjected to gram staining, culture and latex agglutination test for detection of neisseria meningitidis (n.meningitidis). antimicrobial ... | 2008 | 18820189 |
| antimicrobial resistance pattern of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from peripheral health centres and std clinic attendees of a tertiary care centre in india. | the aim of the study was to compare the antimicrobial resistance pattern of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from urban and rural peripheral health centres and from sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic attendees. antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 191 n. gonorrhoeae isolates (165 isolates from std clinic attendees and 26 from peripheral health centres) was carried out in delhi, india, using the calibrated dichotomous sensitivity technique for penicillin, tetracycline, ceftriaxone, ciprof ... | 2008 | 18595874 |
| ciprofloxacin-resistant neisseria meningitidis, delhi, india. | decreased susceptibility of neisseria meningitidis isolates to ciprofloxacin emerged from an outbreak in delhi, india. results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the meningococcal isolates to ciprofloxacin and further sequencing of dna gyrase a quinolone-resistance-determining region confirmed the emergence of ciprofloxacin resistance in the outbreak. | 2007 | 18258023 |
| changing trends of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of neisseria gonorrhoeae in india and the emergence of ceftriaxone less susceptible n. gonorrhoeae strains. | to monitor the trend of antimicrobial susceptibility of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 2002 to 2006 in new delhi, india under the gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility programme and to document the emergence of any new antimicrobial resistance. | 2007 | 17604320 |
| prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among women in delhi, india. | bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal discharge among women in reproductive age. surveillance studies on bacterial vaginosis are mostly based on specialist clinic settings. as few population-based prevalence surveys of bacterial vaginosis have been conducted, we studied the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in the urban and rural communities in delhi, and to associate the presence of bacterial vaginosis with demographic profile, risk factors and presence of other reproductive t ... | 2007 | 17431287 |
| meningococcaemia: experience at a tertiary care hospital in east delhi. | | 2006 | 17185854 |
| meningococcal disease: history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and prevention. | meningoccocal disease has repeatedly caused outbreaks worldwide. there has been sudden surge of cases of meningococcemia and meningococcal meningitis in early 2005 in delhi, india and neighboring states of uttar pradesh and haryana. as of june 17, 2005, 429 probable cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in delhi out of which 128 cases have revealed microbiological evidence of neisseria meningitidis. it is possible that the number of cases was in excess of the numbers notified. during ... | 2006 | 16505549 |
| meningococcal disease--outbreak in delhi. | meningococcal disease occurs both endemically and epidemically across the world. in india also meningococcal disease occurs sporadically with epidemics occurring at regular intervals. epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred in delhi in the year 1935, then in the year 1966 which lasted for a year and again in 1985-86. the last epidemic took a great toll with case fatality rate nearly 13%. this year also there has been an outbreak of meningococcal disease with nearly 400 cases and case fa ... | 2005 | 15995271 |
| first case of spectinomycin resistant neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate in new delhi, india. | | 2005 | 15800110 |
| alarming increase in ciprofloxacin- and penicillin-resistant neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in new delhi, india. | resistance of ciprofloxacin has been reported in several regions of the world, including india. in india, ciprofloxacin is still being used as single-dose treatment for gonorrhea. | 2003 | 12782955 |
| nasopharyngeal carriers among contact of patients of neisseria meningitidis infection in delhi. | | 1987 | 3443479 |
| sulphadiazine resistant group 'a' meningococci isolated during the meningitis outbreak in delhi (1985). | | 1987 | 3119473 |
| nasopharyngeal carriage of neisseria meningitidis in general population and meningococcal disease. | nasopharyngeal carriage of neisseria meningitidis was determined in the normal healthy population in delhi at monthly intervals for a period of 2 years from january, 1986 to december, 1987. of a total of 6513 individuals screened only 107 (1.64 per cent) were found to carry neisseria meningitidis serogroup a. there was no age and sex difference in carriage. during the same period, data of laboratory confirmed cases of meningitis due to n. meningitidis serogroup a was obtained from 6 hospitals of ... | 1990 | 2129123 |
| dna fingerprinting in the epidemiology of african serogroup a neisseria meningitidis. | the restriction endonuclease (re) technique was used to compare 172 meningococcal group a strains collected between 1969 and 1990, mainly from countries of the so-called african meningitis belt, the gambia and ethiopia. the 64 strains from various african countries (niger, chad, burkina faso, cameroon, morocco, djibouti) were distributed within 3 main restriction enzyme patterns (reps); the 77 gambian strains fell into 5 reps and the 24 ethiopian strains into 2 such patterns. several of the main ... | 1992 | 1324522 |