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Alphina Karoung
Researcher at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Publications - 2
Citations - 8
Alphina Karoung is an academic researcher from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outbreak & Cluster (spacecraft). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 5 citations.
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Microbial epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of wound infections in out-patients at a level 1 trauma centre
Amit Gupta,Priyam Batra,Purva Mathur,Alphina Karoung,B.T. Thanbuana,Shiny Thomas,M. Balamurugan,Jacinta Gunjiyal,Mahesh C. Misra +8 more
TL;DR: The microbial epidemiology and the antimicrobial resistance profile of the wounds of the patients presenting to the OPD would help in the formulation of antibiotic policy for OPDs and also help in checking inadvertent antibiotic usage.
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An outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia bloodstream infections in a tertiary-care facility in northern India detected by a healthcare-associated infection surveillance network
Bashir Fomda Fomda,Anoop Velayudhan,Valan Adimai Siromany,Gulnaz Bashir,Shaista Nazir,Aamir Ali,Omika Katoch,Alphina Karoung,Jacinta Gunjiyal,Nayeem-u-din Wani,Indranil Roy,Daniel S VanderEnde,Neil Gupta,Aditya Sharma,Paul J. Malpiedi,Kamini Walia,Purva Mathur +16 more
TL;DR: Implementing standardized HAI surveillance in a low-resource setting detected an ongoing Burkholderia cepacia outbreak and reduced incident cases and informed changes in IPC practices.