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Background: Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). Swine flu cases resurfaced in month of January 2015 in Southern region of India which are continuation of pandemic 2009. Aim of this study is to summaries the clinical and epidemiological factors associated with swine flu as well as to estimate the burden of Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) cases.Methods: A complete data of all the patients visiting swine flu OPDs, swine flu wards and ICU were maintained for year 2015. Each patient visiting either the swine flu OPD or the swine flu ward, who was suspected clinically to be H1N1 positive were tested for real time PCR.Results: Out of 1247 samples tested for rt-PCR 491 (39.37%) cases were identified as positive for H1N1. Maximum swine positivity was seen in the age group of 16-30 year i.e. 147 (29.94%). Overall swine positivity was significantly (<0.001) higher in females than male and extremely statistically significant (p<0.0001) higher in rural areas than urban. Cough was the most common clinical symptoms affecting 469(95.52%) patients followed by fever (92.26%) and breathlessness 402(81.87%).Conclusions: Our study will help epidemiologist and clinician to identify epidemiological factors and clinical picture of swine flu.
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En la producción de medicamentos estériles el personal se considera la principal fuente de contaminación, teniendo en cuenta los microorganismos y las partículas no vivientes que esparcen. El objetivo de nuestro trabajo es la detección de portadores de Staphylococcus aureus entre el personal que labora en la producción de parenterales, a quienes se les realizaron exudados nasofaríngeos. Se aislaron 50 cepas, de las cuales 6 fueron identificadas como este microorganismo, lo que representa el 12 porcinto. Se aislaron además otros microorganismos a los que se les considera gérmenes patógenos por alojarse en esa zona. Los resultados obtenidos corroboran que es de suma importancia realizar este tipo de muestreo como parte del monitoreo del personal que labora en las áreas clasificadas de producción de formulaciones inyectables
Staff is the main cause of contamination in aseptic drug production process, due to microorganism and non viable particles. The goal of this paper is to isolate staphylococcus aureus strain from the staff working in clean rooms. Nasopharyngeal swabs were performed on this staff. 50 strains were isolated. Six were sthaphylococcus aureus, (12 percent). Other microorganisms were isolated which are considered pathogen germens since they are located in the area. Results express how important personnel monitoring is as parts of the Environmental Monitoring Program in the Pharmaceutical Industry, mainly in aseptic process