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Bijayata Shrestha
HAMS Hospital, Nepal
Keynote: Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella Isolated from Enteric Fever Suspected Patients
Biography:
Bijayata Shrestha completed her Masters Degree in Microbiology (Medical) at the age of 28 years from Tribhuwan University, Nepal. She started working in HAMS hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2009 A.D. right after completing her Undergraduate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology (BMLT) from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. She is currently designated as in-charge of Pathology department in the Hospital and her duties and responsibilities include QC analysis, laboratory report authorization and staff duty roster maintenance. Besides, She is also working as a lecturer to PCL Nursing students in HAMS Nursing College since 2010 A.D.
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Enteric fever is one of the most common diseases encountered worldwide and is endemic in Nepal. This study was conducted to access antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Salmonella isolates from culture positive cases of enteric fever.Altogether 505 blood samples were collected from patients clinically suspected of enteric fever attending HAMS Hospital. All blood samples were cultured by BACTEC method and sub cultured in blood agar and MacConkey agar plates. All isolates were identified by colony characteristics, biochemical tests and serotyping methods. Antibiotic susceptibility test was performed by modified Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method interpreted with CLSI guideline.
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N. Balasubramanian
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Keynote: Virulence factors analysis in streptococcus agalactiae from the clinical isolates
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Dr. N.Balasubramanian, Scientist, at School of Biological Sciences at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India. He received his Ph.D from University of Madras and earned Post-doctoral experience in Taiwan and Portugal. He presented his work in Argentina, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Netherland, USA. He has 15 years of Postdoc experience and currently working in Clinical Microbiology. He published many articles in National and International Journals. He has served as an Editor, board members and reviewers in more than 25 Journals. He received several awards, including UGC, DBT, DOD, and DST-SERB prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship in India and NSC-Taiwan, DRCT and FCT Portugal.
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Streptococcus agalactiae is commonly known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and it is a most common cause of life-threatening bacterial infection. GBS first considered as veterinary pathogen causing mastitis in cattle, later become a human pathogen for severe neonatal infections. In this study, a total of 20 new clinical isolates of S. agalactiae were collected from male (6), and female patient (14) with different age group. The isolates were from Urinary tract infection (UTI), blood, pus and eye ulcer. All the 20 S. agalactiae isolates were identified by serogrouping and MALTI-TOF-MS analysis. Antibiotic susceptibility/resistance test was performed for 20 S. agalactiae isolates, off these phenotypic resistance pattern showed for tetracycline, vancomycin, ampicillin and penicillin.
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Shivangi Garg
India
Keynote: In vitro study of Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in Salmonella Typhi with special emphasis on Azithromycin
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Florence Saddler
Queen Alexandara Hospital in Portsmouth
Keynote: Education of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Teaching Methods and their Effectiveness
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Snežana Jovanović
Clinical Center of Serbia
Keynote: T2 magnetic resonance technology in microbiological diagnosis – our experience
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Snežana Jovanović
Clinical Center of Serbia
Keynote: T2 magnetic resonance technology in microbiological diagnosis – our experience
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Mosisa Daba
Hawassa University
Keynote: ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF LANTANA CAMARA FRUIT AND STEM BARK EXTRACTION BY ETHANOL
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Sarah Gallichan
University of Witwatersrand
Keynote: Development of a real-time PCR assay to investigate South African Salmonella Enteritidis clades