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2013| January-March  | Volume 31 | Issue 1  

EDITORIAL
	Challenges to pneumococcal vaccine in India	p. 1
	R Kanungo
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
	Evaluation and characterisation of A and B fragments of Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin towards recombinant diphtheria vaccine	p. 3
	S Abulmagd, M Emara, S Aziz, R El-Domany
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	Comparison of two recombinant systems for expression of cholera toxin B subunit from Vibrio cholerae	p. 10
	M Boustanshenas, B Bakhshi, M Ghorbani, D Norouzian
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	Alteration in sample preparation to increase the yield of multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction assay for diagnosis of genital ulcer disease	p. 15
	G Rao, A Das, P Prabhakar, V Nema, AR Risbud
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	Prevalence of biofilm-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis in the healthy skin of individuals in Tamil Nadu, India	p. 19
	CA EL Farran, A Sekar, A Balakrishnan, S Shanmugam, P Arumugam, J Gopalswamy
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	Multiplex polymerase chain reaction using insertion sequence 6110 (IS6110) and mycobacterial protein fraction from BCG of Rm 0.64 in electrophoresis target genes for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis	p. 24
	K Sharma, N Gupta, A Sharma, G Singh, PK Gupta, A Rajwanshi, SC Varma, M Sharma
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	Multiple virulence factors regulated by quorum sensing may help in establishment and colonisation of urinary tract by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during experimental urinary tract infection	p. 29
	P Gupta, RK Gupta, K Harjai
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	Variables affecting the performance of galactomannan assay in high-risk patients at a Tertiary Care Centre in India	p. 34
	S Khanna, JK Oberoi, S Datta, S Aggarwal, C Wattal
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	Changing patterns and trends of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at referral centre in Northern India: A 4-year experience	p. 40
	AK Maurya, AK Singh, M Kumar, J Umrao, S Kant, VL Nag, RAS Kushwaha, TN Dhole
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	A new approach of real time polymerase chain reaction in detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and its comparison with other methods	p. 47
	A Tripathi, SK Shukla, A Singh, KN Prasad
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	Detection of plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae	p. 53
	NO Yilmaz, N Agus, E Bozcal, O Oner, A Uzel
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BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
	Analysis of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter from a tertiary care setting in North India	p. 60
	N Sinha, J Agarwal, S Srivastava, M Singh
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	Evaluation of antigenicity and cell mediated immunity of Hepatitis E virus patients: Using non radioactive MTT assay	p. 64
	M Majumdar, R Ratho, Y Chawla, MP Singh
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	Detection and characterisation of rotaviruses from children less than 5 years hospitalised with acute gastroenteritis in Nagercoil	p. 69
	S Babji, R Arumugam, A Peters, S Ramani, G Kang
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	Outbreak of scrub typhus in the North East Himalayan region-Sikkim: An emerging threat	p. 72
	S Gurung, J Pradhan, PY Bhutia
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CASE REPORTS
	Cryptococcus laurentii Fungemia	p. 75
	P Banerjee, M Haider, V Trehan, B Mishra, A Thakur, V Dogra, P Loomba
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	Cefotaximase and AmpC-producing Shigella flexneri in case of dysentery from southern India	p. 77
	S Oommen, PM Sivan Pillai, S Sushamabai, P Jose Paul
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	First case report of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis following Plasmodium vivax infection	p. 79
	V Venugopal, M Haider
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	Dipylidium caninum infection in a child: A rare case report	p. 82
	MV Narasimham, P Panda, I Mohanty, S Sahu, S Padhi, M Dash
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	Pulmonary hydatid disease with coexistent aspergillosis: An incidental finding	p. 85
	S Agarwal, S Bohara, A Thakran, P Arora, R Singh, PN Agarwal
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	Primary meningococcal arthritis of sacroiliac joint: A rare case report	p. 87
	S Sahu, I Mohanty, MV Narasimham, S Pasupalak, B Parida
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CORRESPONDENCE
	Candidemia caused by amphotericin B and Fluconazole resistant Candida auris	p. 90
	S Sarma, N Kumar, S Sharma, D Govil, T Ali, Y Mehta, A Rattan
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	Isolation and characterization of the first vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus from India	p. 91
	T Banerjee, S Anupurba
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	Corrections in molecular characterization of S. aureus	p. 92
	VA Kumar
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	Iodine-glycerol as an alternative to lactophenol cotton blue for identification of fungal elements in clinical laboratory	p. 93
	R Vignesh, CR Swathirajan, S Solomon, EM Shankar, KG Murugavel, I Paul, G Waldrop, SS Solomon, P Balakrishnan
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	Breast abscess: Sole manifestation of Salmonella typhi infection	p. 94
	A Banu, MMN Hassan, M Anand
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	Detection of N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis infection using urine sample from symptomatic high-risk women by APTIMA Combo2 assay	p. 96
	AR Risbud, G Rao, A Das, P Narayanan, P Prabhakar
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	Evaluation of a commercially available polyvinylidene fluoride membrane filtration system for water decontamination	p. 97
	MR Francis, S Roy, R Sarkar, V Balraj, G Kang
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	Occupational exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection: A case missed is a life lost	p. 98
	SA Ganju, S Bhagra, RC Guleria, V Sharma, AK Kanga
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	Microfilaruria with intermittent chyluria in pregnancy: An unusual association	p. 100
	M Pujani, S Agarwal, A Jain
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RESEARCH SNIPPETS
	Research snippets	p. 102
	P Desikan
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ERRATUM
	Erratum	p. 104
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