2021
1. Sharma M, Gangakhedkar RR, Bhattacharya S, Walia K. Understanding complexities in the uptake of indigenously developed rapid point-of-care diagnostics for containment of antimicrobial resistance in India. BMJ Global Health. 2021; 6: e006628
2. Vijay S, Sharma M, Misri J, Shome BR, Veeraraghavan B, Ray P, Ohri VC, Walia K. An integrated surveillance network for antimicrobial resistance, India. Bull World Health Organ. 2021; 99: 562-71.
3. Kaur J, Dhama AS, Buttolia H, Kaur J, Walia K, Ohri V, Kumar V, Lynn AM, Srivastava A, Singh H. ICMR's Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance system (i-AMRSS): a promising tool for global antimicrobial resistance surveillance.b JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2021; 3: dlab023.
4. Madhumathi J, Sinha R, Veeraraghavan B, Walia K. Use of "Social Media"-an Option for Spreading Awareness in Infection Prevention. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis. 2021:1-18.
5. Vijay S, Bansal N, Rao BK, Veeraraghavan B, Rodrigues C, Wattal C, Goyal JP, Tadepalli K, Mathur P, Venkateswaran R, Venkatasubramanian R, Khadanga S, Bhattacharya S, Mukherjee S, Baveja S, Sistla S, Panda S, Walia K. Secondary Infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Indian Experience. Infect Drug Resist. 2021; 14: 1893-1903.
6. Vijay S, Gangakhedkar RR, Shekhar C, Walia K. Introducing a national essential diagnostics list in India. Bull World Health Organ. 2021; 99: 236-8.
2020
1. Salami O, Horgan P, Moore CE, Giri A, Sserwanga A, Pathak A, Basnyat B, Kiemde F, Smithuis F, Kitutu F, Phutke G, Tinto H, Hopkins H, Kapisi J, Swe MMM, Taneja N, Baiden R, Dutta S, Compaore A, Kaawa-Mafigiri D, Hussein R, Shakya SU, Kukula V, Ongarello S, Tomar A, Chadha SS, Walia K, Kelly-Cirino C, Olliaro P. Impact of a package of diagnostic tools, clinical algorithm, and training and communication on outpatient acute fever case management in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020; 21: 974.
2. Sethuvel DPM, Mutreja A, Pragasam AK, Vasudevan K, Murugan D, Anandan S, Michael JS, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Phylogenetic and Evolutionary Analysis Reveals the Recent Dominance of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei and Local Persistence of S. flexneri Clones in India. mSphere. 2020; 5: e00569-20.
3. Sethuvel DPM, Anandan S, Murugan D, Asokan K, Vasudevan K, Jacob JJ, Walia K, Michael JS, Veeraraghavan B. Hybrid genome assembly of Shigella sonnei reveals the novel finding of chromosomal integration of an IncFII plasmid carrying a mphA gene. Access Microbiol. 2020; 3: 000189.
4. Vijayakumar S, Wattal C, J K O, Bhattacharya S, Vasudevan K, Anandan S, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Insights into the complete genomes of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii harbouring blaOXA-23, blaOXA-420 and blaNDM-1 genes using a hybrid-assembly approach. Access Microbiol. 2020; 2: acmi000140.
5. Roy S, Das P, Das S, Roy S, Pal S, Joy VM, Mukherjee S, Bhattacharyya A, Goel G, Bhattacharya S, Mathur P, Walia K, Chandy M. Detection of the emergence of mcr-1-mediated colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae through a hospital-based surveillance in an oncology center in eastern India. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020; 41: 378-80.
6. Das S, Roy S, Roy S, Goelv G, Sinha S, Mathur P, Walia K, Bhattacharya S. Colistin susceptibility testing of gram-negative bacilli: Better performance of vitek2 system than E-test compared to broth microdilution method as the gold standard test. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020; 38: 58-65.
7. Mishra DK, Goel G, Arora N, Krishnan S, Bhattacharya S, Mathur P, Walia K, Chandy M. The importance of intra- and inter-institutional networks for capacity building in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction services: experience from an oncology centre in eastern India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020; 38: 9-17.
8. Vijayakumar S, Anandan S, Ms DP, Kanthan K, Vijayabaskar S, Kapil A, Ray P, Sistla S, Bhattacharya S, Wattal C, Thirunarayan, Deotale V, Mathur P, Walia K, Ohri VC, Veeraraghavan B. Insertion sequences and sequence types profile of clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii collected across India over four-year period. J Infect Public Health. 2020; 13: 1022-28.
9. Bhattacharya S, Das P, Goel G, Mukherjee S, Ghosh P, Singh R, Sinha S, Chandy M, Walia K, Chakrabarti A. Candida auris Infection Among Patients With Cancer in an Oncology Center in Eastern India. Infect Control & Hosp Epidemiol. 2020; 41: S146-7.
10. Mathur P, Malpiedi P, Walia K, Malhotra R, Srikantiah P, Katoch O, Katyal S, Khurana S, Misra MC, Gupta S, Kumar S. Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream and Urinary Tract Infections in a National Level Network of Indian Hospitals. Infect Control & Hosp Epidemiol. 2020; 41: S398-9.
2019
1. Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Veeraraghavan B, Vasudevan K, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Murugan D, Walia K, Anandan S. Complete genome analysis of clinical Shigella strains reveals plasmid pSS1653 with resistance determinants: a triumph of hybrid approach. Gut Pathog. 2019; 11: 55.
2. Pai M, Walia K, Boehme CC. Essential medicines and essential diagnostics: a package deal. Lancet Public Health. 2019; 40: e492.
3. Mathur P, Mittal S, Trikha V, Lohiya A, Khurana S, Katyal S, Bhardwaj N, Sagar S, Kumar S, Malhotra R, Walia K. Protocol for developing a surveillance system for surgical site infections. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019; 37: 318-25.
4. Purva M, Randeep G, Rajesh M, Mahesh CM, Sunil G, Subodh K, Sushma S, Naveet W, Pramod G, Arti K, Surbhi K, Omika K, Sonal K, Manoj S, Arunaloke C, Pallab R, Manisha B, Neelam T, Priscilla R, Subaramani K, Ebor J, Veeraraghavan B, Camilla R, Vijayalakshmi N, Vibhor T, Kuldeep S, Pradeep KB, Neeraj G, Daisy K, Vimala V, Chiranjay M, Vandana KE, Muralidhar V, Vijayshri D, Ruchita A, Kanne P, Sukanya S, Chand W, Neeraj G, Sanjay B, Sourav S, Karuna T, Saurabh S, Behera B, Sanjeev S, Thirunarayan MA, Reema N, Lahri S, Raja R, Hirak JR, Sujata B, Desma D, Mammen C, Sudipta M, Manas KR, Gaurav G, Swagata T, Satyajeet M, Anupam D, Tushar SM, Bashir AF, Gulnaz B, Shaista N, Sulochana D, Khuraijam RD, Langpoklakpam CS, Padma D, Anudita B, Ujjwala G, Neeta K, Geeta V, Tanvi S, Shristi J, Prachi V, Mamta L, Prithwis B, Anil CP, Clarissa L, Rajni G, Rushika S, Lata K, Vinod O, Kamini W. Assessment of core capacities for antimicrobial stewardship practices in Indian hospitals: Report from a multicentric initiative of global health security agenda. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019; 37: 309-17.
5. Sethuvel DPM, Anandan S, Michael JS, Murugan D, Neeravi A, Verghese VP, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Virulence gene profiles of Shigella species isolated from stool specimens in India: its association with clinical manifestation and antimicrobial resistance. Pathog Glob Health. 2019; 21:1-7.
6. Das S, Roy S, Roy S, Goel G, Walia K, Mukherjee S, Bhattacharya S, Chandy M. Rapid and economical detection of eight carbapenem-resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp, and Acinetobacter spp directly from positive blood cultures using an internally controlled multiplex-PCR assay. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May 6:1-2.
7. Veeraraghavan B, Walia K. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile & resistance mechanisms of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) priority pathogens from India. Indian J Med Res 2019; 149: 87-96
8. Walia K, Sharma M, Vijay S, Shome BR. Understanding policy dilemmas around antibiotic use in food animals & offering potential solutions. Indian J Med Res 2019; 149: 107-18
9. Walia K, Madhumathi J, Veeraraghavan B, Chakrabarti A, Kapil A, Ray P, Singh H, Sistla S, Ohri V C. Establishing Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance & Research Network in India: Journey so far. Indian J Med Res 2019; 149: 164-79
10. Walia K, Ohri V C, Madhumathi J, Ramasubramanian V. Policy document on antimicrobial stewardship practices in India. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:180-4
11. Shankar C, Venkatesan M, Rajan R, Mani D, Lal B, Prakash JA, Anandan S, Pragasam AK, Walia K, Ohri V C, Veeraraghavan B. Molecular characterization of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae & its clonal relationship among Indian isolates. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:199-207
12. Gautam V, Thakur A, Sharma M, Singh A, Bansal S, Sharma A, Kapil A, Das BK, Sistla S, Parija SC, Veeraraghavan B, Prakash JA, Walia K, Ohri V C, Ray P. Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamases among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli & Klebsiella pneumoniae: A multi-centric study from tertiary care hospitals in India. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:208-15
13. Ragupathi NK, Bakthavatchalam YD, Mathur P, Pragasam AK, Walia K, Ohri V C, Veeraraghavan B. Plasmid profiles among some ESKAPE pathogens in a tertiary care centre in south India. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:222-31
14. Vijayakumar S, Mathur P, Kapil A, Das BK, Ray P, Gautam V, Sistla S, Parija SC, Walia K, Ohri V C, Anandan S, Subramani K, Ramya I, Veeraraghavan B. Molecular characterization & epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii collected across India. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:240-6
15. Sethuvel DP, Perumalla S, Anandan S, Michael JS, Ragupathi NK, Gajendran R, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Antimicrobial resistance, virulence & plasmid profiles among clinical isolates of Shigella serogroups. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:247-56
16. Dahiya S, Malik R, Sharma P, Sashi A, Lodha R, Kabra SK, Sood S, Das BK, Walia K, Ohri V C, Kapil A. Current antibiotic use in the treatment of enteric fever in children. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:263-9
17. Kaur J, Sharma A, Dhama AS, Buttolia H, Ohri V C, Walia K, Sharma AK, Yahara K, Ahmad R, Singh H. Developing a hybrid antimicrobial resistance surveillance system in India: Needs & challenges. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:299-302
18. Das S, Roy S, Roy S, Goel G, Walia K, Mukherjee S, Bhattacharya S, Chandy M. Rapid and economical detection of eight carbapenem-resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp, and Acinetobacter spp directly from positive blood cultures using an internally controlled multiplex-PCR assay. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May 6:1-2.
Source: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
19. Vanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gajendran R, Anandan S, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Horizontal Transfer of Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants Among Enteric Pathogens Through Bacterial Conjugation. Curr Microbiol. 2019 Apr 2.
Source: Springer
20. Parry CM, Ribeiro I, Walia K, Rupali P, Baker S, Basnyat B. Multidrug resistant enteric fever in South Asia: unmet medical needs and opportunities.
Source: BMJ
2018
1. Mutation in the Squalene epoxidase gene of Trichophyton interdigitale and Trichophyton rubrum associated with allylamine resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Mar 12. pii: AAC.02522-17.
Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Shamanth A. Shankarnarayan, Sunil Dogra, Dipika Shaw, KhurramMushtaq, Raees A. Paul, TarunNarang and ArunalokeChakrabarti.
Source: American Society for Microbiology
2. Polymyxin susceptibility testing and interpretative breakpoints: an update. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. March 2018, Volume12:124-136.
Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, AgilaKumariPragasam, IndranilBiswas, BalajiVeeraraghavan.
Source: Elsevier
3. Rapid detection of fluconazole resistance in Candida tropicalis by MALDI-TOF MS. Medical Mycology 2018 Feb 1; 56(2):234-241.
Saikat Paul, Pankaj Singh, Shamanth A S, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, ArunalokeChakrabarti and Anup K Ghosh.
Source: Medical Mycology
4. Kohli M, Walia K, Mazumdar S, Boehme CC, Katz Z, Pai M. Availability of essential diagnostics in primary care in India.
Source: Lancet Infect Dis.
5. Pragasam AK, Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Narasiman V, Sistla S, Kapil A, Mathur P, Ray P, Wattal C, Bhattacharya S, Deotale V, Subramani K, Peter JV, Hariharan TD, Ramya I, Iniyan S, Walia K, Ohri VC. Dominance of international high-risk clones in carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Multicentric molecular epidemiology report from India.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
6. Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Bakthavatchalam YD, Anandan S, Ramasubramanian V, Swaminathan S, Gopalakrishnan R, Soman R, Abraham OC, Ohri VC, Walia K. Newer ß-Lactam/ß-Lactamase inhibitor for multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections: Challenges, implications and surveillance strategy for India.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
7. Mathur P, Hasan F, Singh PK, Malhotra R, Walia K, Chowdhary A. Five-year profile of candidaemia at an Indian trauma centre: High rates of Candida auris blood stream infections.
Source: Mycoses.
8. Amberpet R, Sistla S, Parija SC, Rameshkumar R. Risk factors for intestinal colonization with vancomycin resistant enterococci' A prospective study in a level III pediatric intensive care unit.
Source: J Lab Physicians.
9. Murthy PSR, Sujatha S, Kadhiravan T, Sriram K, Adhisivam B. Antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Mechanisms and association with serotype patterns.
Source: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
10. Sharma P, Dahiya S, Manral N, Kumari B, Kumar S, Pandey S, Sood S, Das BK, Kapil A. Changing Trends of Culture-positive Typhoid Fever and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in a Tertiary Care North Indian Hospital over the Last Decade.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
11. Rudramurthy SM, Shankarnarayan SA, Dogra S, Shaw D, Mushtaq K, Paul RA, Narang T, Chakrabarti A. Mutation in the Squalene epoxidase gene of Trichophyton interdigitale and Trichophyton rubrum associated with allylamine resistance.
Source: Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
12. Pragasam AK, Veeraraghavan B, Nalini E, Anandan S, Kaye KS. An update on antimicrobial resistance and the role of newer antimicrobial agents for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
13. Bakthavatchalam YD, Pragasam AK, Biswas I, Veeraraghavan B. Polymyxin susceptibility testing and interpretative breakpoints: an update.
Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
14. Sethuvel DP, Anandan S, Ragupathi NK, Gajendiran R, Kuroda M, Shibayama K, Veeraraghavan B. IncFII plasmid carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in Shigella flexneri: Vehicle for dissemination.
Source: J Glob Antimicrob Resist.
15. Rastogi N, Khurana S, Veeraraghavan B, Inbanathan FY, Sekar SK, Gupta D, Goel K, Bindra A, Sokhal N, Panda A, Malhotra R. Epidemiological Investigation and Successful Management of Burkholderia cepacia Outbreak in Neuro-Trauma Intensive Care Unit.
Source: Int J Infect Dis.
16. Ragupathi NK, Veeraraghavan B. Data on whole genome shotgun sequencing report of clinical S. maltophilia strains from India.
Source: Data Brief.
17. Ghafur A, Shankar C, GnanaSoundari P, Venkatesan M, Thirunarayanan MA, Mani D, Veeraraghavan B. Detection of chromosomal and plasmid mediated mechanisms conferring colistin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from Indian food samples.
Source: J Glob Antimicrob Resist.
18. Balaji V, Kapil A, Shastri J, Pragasam AK, Gole G, Choudhari S, Kang G, John J. Longitudinal typhoid fever trends in India from 2000 to 2015.
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg.
19. Bakthavatchalam Y, Shankar A, Thukaram B, Krishnan D, Veeraraghavan B. Comparative evaluation of susceptibility testing methods for colistin and polymyxin B among clinical isolates of carbapenem- resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii.
Source: J Infect Dev Ctries.
20. Sahni RD, Mathai D, Sudarsanam TD, Balaji V, Brahamadathan KN, Jesudasan MV, Lalitha MK. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers: Detection for the diagnostic laboratory.
Source: Journal of global infectious diseases.
21. Balaji V, Perumalla S, Perumal R, Inbanathan FY, Sekar SK, Paul MM, Sahni RD, Prakash JA, Iyadurai R. Multi locus sequence typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from India unveils molecular diversity and confers regional association in Southeast Asia.
Source: PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
22. Ravi NS, Anandan S, Vijayakumar S, Gopi R, Lopes BS, Veeraraghavan B. The potential of different molecular biology methods in tracking clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in an ICU setting.
Source: Journal of medical microbiology.
23. Balaji V, Agila Kumari P, Yamuna DB, Ravikar R. Typhoid fever: issues in laboratory detection, treatment options & concerns in management in developing countries.
Source: Future Science OA.
24. Shankar C, Shankar BA, Manesh A, Veeraraghavan B. KPC-2 producing ST101 Klebsiella pneumoniae from bloodstream infection in India.
Source: Journal of medical microbiology.
25. Bakthavatchalam YD, Ramaswamy B, Janakiraman R, Steve RJ, Veeraraghavan B. Genomic insights of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA with reduced teicoplanin susceptibility: A case of fatal necrotizing fasciitis.
Source: Journal of global antimicrobial resistance.
26. Bandyopadhyay R, Balaji V, Yadav B, Jasmine S, Sathyendra S, Rupali P. Effectiveness of treatment regimens for Typhoid fever in the nalidixic acid-resistant S. typhi (NARST) era in South India.
Source: Tropical doctor.
27. John J, Bavdekar A, Rongsen-Chandola T, Dutta S, Kang G. Estimating the incidence of enteric fever in children in India: a multi-site, active fever surveillance of pediatric cohorts.
Source: BMC public health.
28. Shankar C, Veeraraghavan B, Nabarro LE, Ravi R, Ragupathi NK, Rupali P. Whole genome analysis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from community and hospital acquired bloodstream infection.
Source: BMC microbiology.
29. Vijayakumar S, Kanthan K, Veeraraghavan B. Whole-genome shotgun sequences of seven colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from bacteraemia
Source: Journal of global antimicrobial resistance.
30. Pragsam AK, Kumar DT, Doss CG, Iyadurai R, Satyendra S, Rodrigues C, Joshi S, Roy I, Chaudhuri BN, Chitnis DS, Tapan D, Balaji V. In silico and In vitro activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected across Indian hospitals.
Source: Indian journal of medical microbiology.
31. Shankar C, Kumar M, Baskaran A, Paul MM, Ponmudi N, Santhanam S, Michael JS, Veeraraghavan B. Molecular characterisation for clonality and transmission dynamics of an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae amongst neonates in a tertiary care centre in South India.
Source: Indian journal of medical microbiology.
32. Abi M, Chaitra S, Nabarro L, George MV, Balaji V. Hypervirulent, Regulator of Mucoid Phenotype A Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess.
Source: J Glob Infect Dis.
33. Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Inbanathan FY, Veeraraghavan B. Accurate differentiation of Escherichia coli and Shigella serogroups: challenges and strategies.
Source: New Microbes New Infection.
2017
1. Prevailing clone (ST69) of Vibrio cholerae O139 in India over 10 years. Gut Pathogens. 2017; 9:60.
ShaliniAnandan, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Dhiviya PrabaaMuthuirulandiSethuvel, SujiThangamani and BalajiVeeraraghavan
Source: Gut Pathogens
2. Identification of non-serotypeable Shigella using genome sequencing: A step forward. Future Sci OA. 2017 Nov; 3(4): FSO229.
MuthuirulandiSethuvel Dhiviya Prabaa, Devanga Ragupathi Naveen Kumar, Inbanathan Francis Yesurajan, ShaliniAnandan, WaliaKamini&VeeraraghavanBalaji.
Source: Future Science
3. Polymyxin susceptibility testing and interpretative breakpoints: an update. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 2017; pii: S2213-7165(17)30177-7. September 26, 2017
MuthuirulandiSethuvel Dhiviya Prabaa, Devanga Ragupathi Naveen Kumar, Inbanathan Francis Yesurajan, ShaliniAnandan, WaliaKamini&VeeraraghavanBalaji.
Source: Elsevier
4. Prevalence and genetic mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species: A multicentre report of the indian council of medical research antimicrobial resistance surveillance network. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017; 35(1):53-60. 16-Mar-2017
SunandaRajkumar, SujathaSistla, MeerabaiManoharan, MadhanSugumar, NivedithaNagasundaram, Subhash Chandra Parija, Pallab Ray , Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, BalajiVeeraraghavan , ArtiKapil , KaminiWalia, V. C. Ohri.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
5. Characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonellae during 2014-2015 from four centres across India: An ICMR antimicrobial resistance surveillance network report. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017; 35(1):61-68. 16-Mar-2017
SushilaDahiya, Priyanka Sharma, BhavanaKumari, SangeetaPandey, Rooma Malik, NeelamManral, BalajiVeeraraghavan , AgilaKumariPragasam , Pallab Ray , VikasGautam , SujataSistla , Subhash Chandra Parija , KaminiWalia , VinodOhri , Bimal Kumar Das, SeemaSood, ArtiKapil
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
6. Wholegenome shotgun sequencing of cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. 2017 March. Genome Announc 5:e01639-16.
Camilla Rodrigues, ArtiKapil, Anita Sharma,Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Francis YesurajanInbanathan,BalajiVeeraraghavan, Gagandeep Kang.
Source: American Society for Microbiology
7. First Indian report of IncX3 plasmid carrying NDM-7 in Escherichia coli from blood stream infection: Potential for rapid dissemination. New Microbes New Infect. 2017; 17:65–68.
N. K. Devanga Ragupathi , D. P. MuthuirulandiSethuvel , R. Gajendiran , J. L. K. Daniel, K. Walia and B. Veeraraghavan.
Source: New Microbes New Infections
8. Combating antimicrobial resistance in India: Technical challenges & opportunities.
Bhatia R, Walia K.
Source: Indian J Med Res.
9. Strengthening infection prevention and control and systematic surveillance of healthcare associated infections in India.
Swaminathan S, Prasad J, Dhariwal AC, Guleria R, Misra MC, Malhotra R, Mathur P, Walia K, Gupta S, Sharma A, Ohri V, Jain S, Gupta N, Laserson K, Malpiedi P, Velayudhan A, Park B, Srikantiah P.
Source: BMJ.
10. Using information technology to improve surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South East Asia.
Vong S, Anciaux A, Hulth A, Stelling J, Thamlikitkul V, Gupta S, Fuks JM, Walia K, Rattanumpawan P, Eremin S, Tisocki K, Sedai TR, Sharma A.
Source: BMJ.
11. Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Shigella isolates during 2014 and 2015: trends in South India
Anandan S, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gajendiren R, Verghese VP, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Germs.
12. First report of bla(OXA-181)-mediated carbapenem resistance in Aeromonas caviae in association with pKP3-A: Threat for rapid dissemination.
Aandan S, Gopi R, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gunasekaran P, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: J Glob Antimicrob Resist.
13. Identification of nonserotypeable Shigella spp. using genome sequencing: a step forward.
Dhiviya Prabaa MS, Naveen Kumar DR, Yesurajan IF, Anandan S, Kamini W, Balaji V.
Source: Future Sci OA.
14. Multidrug-resistant Candida auris: Need for alert among microbiologists.
Walia K, Chowdhary A, Ohri VC, Chakrabarti A.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
15. Molecular diagnosis of non-serotypeable Shigella spp.: problems and prospects.
Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Anandan S, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: J Med Microbiol.
16. Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonellae during 2014-2015 from four centres across India: An ICMR antimicrobial resistance surveillance network report.
Dahiya S, Sharma P, Kumari B, Pandey S, Malik R, Manral N, Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Ray P, Gautam V, Sistla S, Parija SC, Walia K, Ohri V, Das BK, Sood S, Kapil A.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
17. Prevalence and genetic mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species: A multicentre report of the Indian Council of Medical Research antimicrobial resistance surveillance network.
Rajkumar S, Sistla S, Manoharan M, Sugumar M, Nagasundaram N, Parija SC, Ray P, Bakthavatchalam YD, Veeraraghavan B, Kapil A, Walia K, Ohri VC.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
18. Is There a Need to Revise the Antibiotic Concentration in Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute-Recommended Oxacillin Screen Agar?
Niveditha N and Sujatha S.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol.
19. Antibiotic resistance and its containment in India.
Kakkar M, Walia K, Vong S, Chatterjee P, Sharma A.
Source: BMJ.
20. Prevailing clone (ST69) of Vibrio cholerae O139 in India over 10 years.
Anandan S, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Thangamani S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Gut Pathogens.
21. Whole genome shotgun sequencing of cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.
Rodrigues C, Kapil A, Sharma A, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Inbanathan FY, Veeraraghavan B, Kang G.
Source: Genome Announc.
22. First Indian report of IncX3 plasmid carrying NDM-7 in Escherichia coli from blood stream infection: Potential for rapid dissemination.
Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gajendiran R, Daniel JL, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: New Microbes New Infect.
23. Epidemiology and trends in the antibiotic susceptibilities of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdominal infections in the Asia-Pacific region, 2010 -2013.
Chang YT, Coombs G, Ling T, Balaji V, Rodrigues C, Mikamo H, Kim MJ, Rajasekaram DG, Mendoza M, Tan TY, Kiratisin P, Ni Y, Barry W, Xu Y, Chen YH, Hsueh PR.
Source: International journal of antimicrobial agents.
24. A molecular docking and dynamics approach to screen potent inhibitors against fosfomycin resistant enzyme in clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Thirumal Kumar D, Lavanya P, George Priya Doss C, Tayubi IA, Naveen Kumar DR, Francis Yesurajan I, Siva R, Balaji V.
Source: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry.
25. Draft genome of a hypervirulent Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. Similipneumoniae with novel sequence type ST2320 isolated from a chronic liver disease patient.
Shankar C, Nabarro LEB, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Raj A, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Doss GP, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.
26. Strengths and limitations of various screening methods for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae including new method recommended by clinical and laboratory standards institute, 2017: A tertiary care experience.
Pragasam AK, Veeraraghavan B, Bakthavatchalam YD, Gopi R, Aslam RF.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
27. First Report on a Cluster of Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from a Tertiary Care Center in India: Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing.
Mathur P, Veeraraghavan B, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Inbanathan FY, Khurana S, Bhardwaj N, Kumar S, Sagar S, Gupta A.
Source: Genome Announcements.
28. Challenges, issues and warnings from CLSI and EUCAST working group on polymyxin susceptibility testing.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research.
29. Molecular characterisation of Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL) encoding phages from South India.
Balaji V, Yamuna DB, Francis YI, Priya Doss G.
Source: New Microbes New Infection.
2016
1. Pharmacodynamics of voriconazole against wild-type and azole-resistant Aspergillusflavus isolates in a nonneutropenic murine model of disseminated aspergillosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.2016 Dec 27; 61(1).
Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, SeyedmojtabaSeyedmousavi, ManpreetDhaliwal, ArunalokeChakrabarti, Jacques F. Meis, Johan W. Moutonb.
Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2. Draft genome sequence of blaTEM-1-mediated cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovarTyphi from bloodstream infection. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Volume 7, December 2016, Pages 11-12.
Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Dhiviya PrabaaMuthuirulandiSethuvel, Baby AbiramiShankar, ElakkiyaMunusamy, ShaliniAnandan, BalajiVeeraraghavan
Source: Science Direct
3. Debate: Are we prepared for `Resistance'? Down to Earth. December 2016.
Sunil Gupta, Satya Sivaraman, Kamini Walia, Manjunath Marappan, RamananLaxminarayan
Source: Down To Earth
4. Strengthening surveillance key to addressing antimicrobial resistance. Indian J Med Microbiol 2016; 34:413-5.
Kamini Walia, Vinod Ohri
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
5. Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii during 2014 and 2015 collected across India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2016; 34:433-41.
AK Pragasam, S Vijayakumar, YD Bakthavatchalam, A Kapil, BK Das, P Ray, V Gautam, S Sistla, SC Parija, K Walia, VC Ohri, S Anandan, B Veeraraghavan.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
6. Multilocus sequence analysis reveals high genetic diversity in clinical isolates of Burkholderiacepacia complex from India. Sci Rep. 2016; 6:35769. 2016 Oct 21.
VikasGautam, Prashant P. Patil, Sunil Kumar, SamritiMidha, MandeepKaur, SatinderKaur, Meenu Singh, Swapna Mali, JayanthiShastri, AnitaArora, Pallab Ray & Prabhu B. Patil
Source: Scientific Reports
7. Draft Genome Sequence of Extremely Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ST357) Strain CMC_VB_PA_B22862 Isolated from a Community-Acquired Bloodstream Infection. Genome Announc 4(5).
AgilaKumariPragasam, Francis Yesurajan, George Priya Doss C, Biju George, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, KaminiWalia, BalajiVeeraraghavana
Source: American Society for Microbiology
8. Molecular Characterization of Invasive CarbapenemResistantAcinetobacterbaumannii from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Infect Dis Ther (2016) 5:379–387.
SaranyaVijayakumar, RadhaGopi, PriyaGunasekaran, ManjurekarBharathy, KaminiWalia, ShaliniAnandan, BalajiVeeraraghavan
Source: Springer Link
9. Draft genome sequence of a colistin resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strain VB22595 isolated from central-line associated blood stream infection. Genome Announc. 2016; 4(4): 11 August 2016.
Balaji Veeraraghavan, Shalini Anandan, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Saranya Vijayakumar, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Indranil Biswas.
Source: American Society for Microbiology
10. Strengthening Research And Innovation To Address The Challenge of Antimicrobial resistance. July 12, 2016 | R&D innovation.
Soumya Swaminathan and Kamini Walia
Source: AMR Control
11.Molecular characterization of intermediate susceptible Typhoidal Salmonella to ciprofloxacin and its impact. Mol Diagn Ther. 2016 Jun; 20(3):213-9.
Balaji Veeraraghavan, Shalini Anandan, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Nivetha Puratchiveeran, Kamini Walia, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi
Source: Springer Link
12. Molecular characterisation and antifungal susceptibility of clinical Trichosporon isolates in India. Mycoses, 2016; 59(8), 528–534 April 2016.
Vijaylatha Rastogi ,Prasanna Honnavar,Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Umabala Pamidi, Anup Ghosh, Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Source: Wiley Online Library
13. Stress response in medically important Mucorales. Mycoses, 2016; 59: 628-635.April 2016.
PankajSingh, SaikatPaul, M. RudramurthyShivaprakash, ArunalokeChakrabarti, Anup K. Ghosh
Source: Wiley Online Library
14. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with discrepant carbapenem susceptibility profile. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials.2016; 15: 12 24th February.
Agila K. Pragasam, M. Raghanivedha, ShaliniAnandan and BalajiVeeraraghavan
Source: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
15. Molecular Characterization of imipenem resistant meropenem susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa with blaVIM-2 phenotype – potential fordissemination. Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease.69, 159–160, 2016.
AgilaKumariPragasam, Raghanivedha M, Shalini Anandan, and Balaji Veeraraghavan
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
16. Draft Genome Sequence of Extremely Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ST357) Strain CMC_VB_PA_B22862 Isolated from a Community-Acquired Bloodstream Infection.
Pragasam AK, Yesurajan F, Doss C GP, George B, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Walia KVeeraraghavan B.
Source: Genome Announc.
17. Molecular Characterization of Invasive Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.
Vijayakumar S, Gopi R, Gunasekaran P, Bharathy M, Walia K, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Infect Dis Ther.
18. Molecular Characterization of Intermediate Susceptible Typhoidal Salmonella to Ciprofloxacin, and its Impact.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Puratchiveeran N, Walia K, Devanga Ragupathi NK.
Source: Mol Diagn Ther.
19. Debate: Are we prepared for `Resistance'?
Sunil Gupta, Satya Sivaraman, Kamini Walia, Manjunath Marappan, RamananLaxminarayan.
Source: Down to Earth. December 2016.
20. Strengthening surveillance key to addressing antimicrobial resistance.
Kamini Walia, Vinod Ohri.
Source: Indian J Med Microbiol 2016.
21. Strengthening Research And Innovation To Address The Challenge of Antimicrobial resistance.
Soumya Swaminathan and Kamini Walia.
Source: July 12, 2016 | R&D innovation.
22. Molecular characterisation and antifungal susceptibility of clinical Trichosporon isolates in India.
Rastogi V, Honnavar P, Rudramurthy SM, Pamidi U, Ghosh A, Chakrabarti A.
Source: Mycoses, 2016; 59(8), 528–534.
23. Stress response in medically important Mucorales.
Singh P, Paul S, Shivaprakash MR, Chakrabarti A, Ghosh AK.
Source: Mycoses, 2016 Oct;59(10):628-35.
24. Pharmacodynamics of voriconazole against wild-type and azole-resistant Aspergillus flavus isolates in a nonneutropenic murine model of disseminated aspergillosis.
Rudramurthy SM, Seyedmousavi S, Dhaliwal M, Chakrabarti A, Meis JF, Mouton JW.
Source: Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
25. Multilocus sequence analysis reveals high genetic diversity in clinical isolates of Burkholderia cepacia complex from India.
Gautam V, Patil PP, Kumar S, Midha S, Kaur M, Kaur S, Singh M, Mali S, Shastri J, Arora A, Ray P, Patil PB.
Source: Sci Rep.
26. Screening for intestinal colonization with vancomycin resistant enterococci and the associated risk factors among patients admitted to an adult intensive care unit in a large teaching hospital.
Amberpet R, Sistla S, Parija SC, Thabah MM.
Source: J Clin Diagn Res, 2016; 10(9): DC06-DC09.
27. Evaluation of colorimetric nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of methicillin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
Niveditha N and Sujatha S.
Source: Indian J Med Research.
28. Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms Are Common in Fecal Surveillance Cultures and Do Not Predict Bacteremia but Correlate with Poorer Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants.
Mathews, V., Srivastava, A., George, B., Korula, A., Perumalla, S., Abubacker, F. N., N, N. P., Devasia, A., Abraham, A., Balaji, V., & Lakshmi, K. M.
Source: Blood.
29. Synergy Testing between Sulbactam and Meropenem/ Colistin in MDR Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex Isolated from Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.
Anandan, S., Jennifer, L.G., Pragasam, A.K., Shankar, B.A., Veeraraghavan, B., & Peter, J.V.
Source: Journal of Infectious Disease and Therapy.
30. Mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in K.pneumoniae and E. coli from bloodstream infections in India.
Sharma A, Bakthavatchalam YD, Gopi R, Anandan S, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy.
31. Co-existence of fosfomycin and colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: whole genome shotgun sequencing.
Veeraraghavan, B., Perumalla, S. K., Devanga Ragupathi, N. K., Pragasam, A. K., Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, D. P., Inian, S., & Inbanathan, F. Y. (2016).
Source: Genome Announcement.
32. Molecular characterization of intermediate susceptible Typhoidal Salmonella to ciprofloxacin and its impact.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Puratchiveeran N, Walia K, Devanga Ragupathi NK.
Source: Molecular diagnosis and therapy.
33. Biofilm Formation and Motility Depend on the Nature of the Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates.
Vijayakumar S, Rajenderan S, Laishram S, Anandan S, Balaji V, Biswas I.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health.
34. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with discrepant carbapenem susceptibility profile.
Pragasam AK, Raghanivedha M, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials.
35. Pefloxacin as a surrogate marker for fluoroquinolone susceptibility for Salmonella Typhi: Problems and Prospects.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Sethuvel DP, Ragupathi NK.
Source: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research.
36. Draft Genome sequence of blaTEM-1 mediated cephalosporin resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi from blood stream infection.
Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Shankar BA, Munusamy E, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.
37. Draft genome sequence of a colistin resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strain VB22595 isolated from central-line associated blood stream infection.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Ragupathi NK, Vijayakumar S, Sethuvel DP, Biswas I.
Source: Genome announcement.
38. Whole Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST357 isolated from community acquired blood stream infection: PA_CMC_VB_B22862.
Pragasam AK, Yesurajan F, Doss C GP, George B, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Genome announcement.
39. Enteric Fever In India: current scenario and future directions.
Divyashree S, Nabarro LEB, Veeraraghavan B, Rupali P.
Source: Lancet infectious disease.
40. Minocycline and Tigecyline; what is their role in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative organisms?
Shankar C, Nabarro LEB, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Microbial Drug Resistance.
41. Extended Spectrum ß Lactamase (ESBL) producing Shigella flexneri – serotype 2 causing bacteremia in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus– a case report.
Ninan MM, George TK, Balaji V, Ramya I
Source: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology.
42. A Pilot Study on Carbapenemase Detection: Do We See the Same Level of Agreement as with the CLSI Observations.
Pragasam AK, Sahni RD, Anandan S, Sharma A, Gopi R, Hadibasha N, Gunasekaran P, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research.
43. Typhoidal Salmonellae: Use of Multi-Locus Sequence Typing to Determine Population Structure.
Sharma P, Dahiya S, Balaji V, Kanga A, Panda P, Das R, Dhanraju A, Mendiratta DK, Sood S, Das BK, Kapil A.
Source: PLoS One.
44. Evaluation of cnpt-direct assay and development of a modified cnpt-edta assay to differentiate ndm from oxa-48 like carbapenemases.
Krishnaraju M, Agila Kumari P, Balaji Veeraraghavan and Rama Vaidyanathan.
Source: International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences.
45. Draft Genome Sequences of Three Hypervirulent Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from bacteraemia.
Shankar C, Nabarro LEB, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Daniel JLK, Doss C GP, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Genome announcement.
46. Can minocycline be a carbapenem sparing antibiotic? Current evidence.
Veeraraghavan B, Shankar C, Vijayakumar S.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
47. Molecular characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii during 2014 and 2015 collected across India.
Pragasam AK, Vijayakumar S, Bakthavatchalam YD, Kapil A, Das BK, Ray P, Gautam V, Sistla S, Parija SC, Walia K, Ohri VC, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
48. Polymyxin Nordmann/Poirel test for rapid detection of polymyxin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: Indian experience.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Veeraraghavan B, Mathur P, Purighalla S, Richard VS.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
49. Novel Observations in 11 Heteroresistant Vancomycin-Intermediate Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains from South India.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Veeraraghavan B, Peter JV, Rajinikanth J, Inbanathan FY, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Rajamani Sekar SK.
Source: Genome Announcement.
50. Draft genome of ESBL positive hypervirulent K.pneumoniae with novel sequence type ST2318 isolated from neonate.
Shankar C, Santhanam S, Kumar M, Gupta V, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Genome Announcement.
51. Molecular Characterization of Imipenem-Resistant, Meropenem-Susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa with blaVIM-2 Phenotype: Potential for Dissemination.
Pragasam AK, Raghanivedha M, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease.
2015
1. Antimicrobial stewardship programme (AMSP) practices in India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Aug; 142(2): 130–138.
Kamini Walia, V.C. Ohri, Dilip Mathai, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme of ICMR
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research
2. Antimicrobial stewardship programme (AMSP) practices in India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Aug; 142(2): 130–138.
Kamini Walia, V.C. Ohri, Dilip Mathai, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme of ICMR
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research
3. Association of blaCTX-M-15 and qnr genes in multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium and Shigella spp from India.
Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Anandan S, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Veeraraghavan B, Vinod O, Walia K.
Source: J Infect Dev Ctries.
4. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme of ICMR. Antimicrobial stewardship programme (AMSP) practices in India.
Walia K, Ohri VC, Mathai D
Source: Indian J Med Res.
5. Worrisome trends in creeping MICs of anti-MRSA antibiotics - Insights from a tertiary medical care centre, South India.
Niveditha N and Sujatha S.
Source: Braz J Infect Dis.
6. Challenges in the laboratory diagnosis and clinical management of heteroresistant Vancomycin Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA).
Devi Y, Punithavathy PM, Thomas S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Clinical Microbiology 2015, 4:214. Doi: 10.4172/2327-5073.1000214
7. Laboratory detection and implication of OXA-48 like carbapenemase: The Hidden threat.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases.
8. Carbapenem Resistant Organisms: An Unusual Aetiology for Puerperal Sepsis.
Londhe V, Vijayaselvi R, Balaji V, Benjamin SJ, Sahni RD.
Source: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research.
9. Role of seasonality and rainfall in Vibrio cholerae infections: A time series model for 11 years surveillance data.
Sebastian T, Anandan S, Jeyaseelan V, Jeyaseelan L, Ramanathan K, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health.
10. Prevalence of Toxin Genes among the Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and its Clinical Impact.
Deodhar D, Varghese G, Balaji V, John J, Rebekah G, Janardhanan J, Jeyaraman R, Jasmine S, Mathews P.
Source: Journal of global infectious diseases.
11. Combination therapy for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: increasing evidence, unanswered questions, and potential solutions.
Nabarro LE, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
12. Complete genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii strain B8300, which displays high twitching motility.
Vijaykumar S, Balaji V, Biswas I.
Source: Genome Announcement.
13. Complete Genome Sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii Strain B8342, a motility positive clinical isolate.
Vijaykumar S, Balaji V, Biswas I.
Source: Genome Announcement.
14. Genome Sequences of two multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains isolated from Southern India.
Balaji V, Rajenderan S, Anandan S, Biswas I.
Source: Genome Announcement.
15. Identification of typical class 1 integron gene cassette in clinical isolates of MDR Shigella flexneri in south Indian population.
Prabaa MSD, Anandan S, Kumar DRN, Balaji V.
Source: British Microbiology Research Journal.
16. Rapid Screening for Carbapenem resistant organisms: Current results and Future approaches.
Anandan S, Damodaran S, Gopi R, Bakthavatchalam YD, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research.
17. Technical and interpretative issues of fosfomycin susceptibility testing.
Chitra C, Kumar DR, Shakti L, Diana SR, Balaji V.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
18. Advantage and limitations of nitrofurantoin in MDR Indian scenario.
Shakti L, Veeraraghavan B.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
19. Determination of synergy between sulbactam, meropenem and colistin in carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii isolates and correlation with the molecular mechanism of resistance.
Laishram S, Anandan S, Devi BY, Elakkiya M, Priyanka B, Bhuvaneshwari T, Peter JV, Subramani K, Balaji V.
Source: Journal of Chemotherapy.
20. Comparative in-vitro activity of ceftaroline against methicillin susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from India.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Pragasam AK, Anandan S, Joshi S, Chaudhuri BN, Chitnis DS, Roy
Source: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries.
21. Effect of an education intervention on use of antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis across hospitals in India – ASPIC ICMR Study.
Michael JB, Kodagalil R, Nagdeo NV, Thakuria N, Veeraraghavan B, Kshirsagar N.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety & Infection Control.
22. Blood Stream Infections in children with febrile neutropenia: Isolates and their Antimicrobial Susceptibility profile.
Rose W, Veeraraghavan B, George B.
Source: Indian journal of cancer.
2014
1. Revised Ciprofloxacin breakpoints for S. Typhi: its implications in India.
Balaji V, Archa S, Pragya R, Kapil A.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
2. Predicting the impact of vaccination on the transmission dynamics of typhoid in South Asia: a mathematical modeling study.
Pitzer VE, Bowles CC, Baker S, Kang G, Balaji V, Farrar JJ, Grenfell BT.
Source: PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
3. A possible alternative to the error prone modified Hodge test to correctly identify the carbapenemase producing Gram negative bacteria.
Jeremiah SS, Balaji V, Anandan S, Sahni RD
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
4. High cost burden and health consequences of antibiotic resistance: the price to pay.
Chandy SJ, Naik GS, Balaji V, Jeyaseelan V, Thomas K, Lundborg CS.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries.
5. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of daptomycin and linezolid against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. isolates in south India.
Laishram S, Sahni RD, Anandan S, Balaji V.
Source: Journal of Global antimicrobial resistance.
6. Determination of MIC distribution of Arbekacin, Cefminox, Fosfomycin, Biapenem and Other Antibiotics against Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates in South India: A Prospective Study.
Rajenderan S, Balaji V, Anandan S, Sahni RD, Tansarli GS, Falagas ME.
Source: PLoS One.
7. ICMR programme on Antibiotic Stewardship, Prevention of Infection & Control (ASPIC).
Chandy SJ, Michael JS, V Balaji, Abraham OC, Bachhav SS, Kshirsagar NA.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research.
8. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of isolates from pediatric blood stream infections.
Rose W, Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Verghese VP.
Source: Indian Pediatrics.
9. High burden of antimicrobial drug resistance in Asia.
Lai CC, Lee K, Xiao Y, Ahmad N, Veeraraghavan B, Thamlikitkul V, Tambyah PA, Nelwan RH, Shibl AM, Wu JJ, Seto WH, Hsueh PR.
Source: Journal of global antimicrobial resistance.
10. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dhaya Rani Varkey, V. Balaji, Jayanthi Abraham.
Source: International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
