**Meet the editor**

Dr. Silpi Basak has a vast experience in Infection Control practices in Health Care setup. Dr.S.Basak is working as Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha (M.S.) – 442004, India. She has been teaching Microbiology to M.B.B.S., B.D.S. and M.D. Microbiology students for 24 years. She has attended many State and National

conferences and presented papers. She has conducted National Hands on Training on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in 2008 and 2009. She has 30 publications in National and International journals. She has also published 5 chapters in books. She is a reviewer in the Journal of Clinical Diagnostics and Research. Her field of research is Resistance to Antimicrobial drugs and Infection Control Practices.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Attal

Mallick

Chapter 5 **Acinetobacter 83**

Hiroshi Eguchi

**Section 2 Emerging Trends of HAI 31**

**and Treatment Options 33** Georgios Meletis and Maria Bagkeri

**Infection Control 57**

Chapter 3 **Biofilms: A Challenge to Medical Fraternity in**

**Section 1 Facets of Infection Control Practices in Health Care Set Up 1**

Chapter 2 **Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Multi-Drug-Resistance Development**

Chapter 4 **Ocular Infections Caused by Corynebacterium Species 75**

Lila, Rrezarta Bajrami and Arbëresha Jaka-Loxha

Silpi Basak, Monali N. Rajurkar, Sanjay K. Mallick and Ruchita O.

Silpi Basak, Monali N. Rajurkar, Ruchita O. Attal and Sanjay Kumar

Lul Raka, Gjyle Mulliqi-Osmani, Lumturije Begolli, Arsim Kurti, Greta

Chapter 1 **Infection Control Practices in Health Care Set-Up 3**
