First report on the detection of OXA-48 β-lactamase gene in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa co-infection isolated from a patient in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam

hospital-based studies and reported mortality is around 2-25% depending on patient's age and strain.[2] Dear Editor, Clostridium difficile is ubiquitous and is prevalent among 5-15% of healthy adults.[1] It was first identified as the cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in 1978.C. difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is under-recognised in India and Asia.Prevalence of CDAD is 2-30% in different Evaluation of a new molecular method illumigene for detection of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea