DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY





 

 

Other Academic Activities/CME’S / Undertaken by the Department

Completed PhD Thesis

  1. Title of thesis work: Epidemiological study of Neisseria gonorrhoea by conventional and molecular methods (March 2007)
    Name of PhD student: Pejvak Khaki
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. P.Bhalla

  2. Title of thesis work: Rapid diagnosis and serotypic characterization of Dengue virus by RT- PCR . (April 2007)
    Name of PhD student: Rajini Kumaria
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. A. Chakravarti

Ongoing PhD Thesis

  1. Title of thesis work: A Study of antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-I infected patients by genotypic assay
    Name of PhD student: Sanjeev Saini
    Name of Supervisor: Dr.  P. Bhalla

  2. Title of thesis work: Molecular epidemiological study of Vibrio cholerae isolated from diarrhea cases and environmental samples
    Name of PhD student:  Deepti Tandon
    Name of Supervisor : Dr. B.Uppal

  3. Title of thesis work: Genotypic Characterization of  Hepatitis C Virus and its significance in patients with chronic liver disease
    Name of PhD student: Vikas Verma
    Name of Supervisor: Dr.  A.Chakaravarti

  4. Title of thesis work: Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit- Variable Number of Tandem Repeat ( MIRU-VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from HIV positive and HIV negative individuals
    Name of PhD student: Vidya Nidhi Gumma
    Name of Supervisor : Dr. C. P. Baveja

  5. Title of thesis work:  Detection of Mycobacterial species causing tuberculous lymphadenitis from Fine needle aspirates, biopsy and blood samples using Polymerase chain reaction ( PCR)
    Name of PhD student: Himanshu Jha
    Name of Supervisor : Dr. C. P. Baveja

  6. Title of thesis work: Diagnosis and genotyping of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pediatric community acquired lower respiratory tract infections
    Name of PhD student: Sanjeev Saigal
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. Surinder Kumar

  7. Title of thesis work: Culture independent diagnosis of  Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pediatric lower respiratory tract infections by using nucleic acid amplification techniques
    Name of PhD student: Indu Bala
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. Surinder Kumar

Ongoing MD (Microbiology) Thesis

  1. Title of thesis work:  Role of immune activation markers in monitoring HIV disease
    Name of MD student: Dr. Sanjim
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. P. Bhalla

  2. Title of thesis work: Study of bacteriological profile of deep neck space infections
    Name of MD student: Dr. Binod
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. S. Krishna Prakash

  3. Title of thesis work:  Study of diarrhea in HIV positive adult patients and response of specific anti-diarrheal agents on them
    Name of MD student: Dr. Arun
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. B.Uppal

  4. Title of thesis work: Evaluation of various techniques for diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus infection among patients with AIDS
    Name of MD student: Dr. Sayani
    Name of Supervisor: Dr. A.Chakravarti


Training courses/ conferences/ workshops organized
  • The Dept of Microbiology actively participated in the” Fellowship in HIV Medicine” course conducted by MAMC.
    Dr. P.Bhalla and other faculty members delivered lectures and practical sessions were also arranged.
  • The Dept of Microbiology conducted a two days training programme for 30 laboratory technicians of Integrated HIV counseling and Testing Centres (DSACS) in November 2007
  • The Dept of Microbiology conducted a training programme for labortory technicians on “ Laboratory diagnosis and management of HIV infection” from 20-24th August, 2007 under the “ Fellowship in HIV Medcine” Programme
  • Department of Microbiology organized a CME Microbiology Update 2007 on “Molecular approaches in Clinical Microbiology” in February 2007.
  • Department of Microbiology organized a workshop for ART technicians on “CD4 good Laboratory Practices and Blood Collection” in September 2007.

Recent Publication of Research papers
  • P. Khaki, P. Bhalla, P. Sharma, R. Chawla , K. Bhalla. Epidemiological analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Auxoryping and serotyping. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol.25 :325-329; 2007
  • Chaudhary M, Kashyap B and Bhalla P. Congenital syphilis, still a reality in 21st century: a case report. Journal of medical case reports 2007;1:90
  • P. Khaki, P. Bhalla, A. Sharma, V. Kumar. Correlation between in vitro susceptibility and treatment outcome with azithromycin in gonorrhoea: A prospective study. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol.25(4) :354-57; 2007
  • Bhalla P, Baveja UK, Chawla R, Saini S, Khaki P, Bhalla K, Mahajan S and Reddy BSN. Simultaneous detection of Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomat is by PCR in genitourinary specimens from men and women attending an STD clinic. J Commun. Dis 2007;39(1):1-6
  • Bhalla P, Chawla R, Garg S, Singh M.M., Raina U, Bhalla K and Sodhani P. Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among women in Delhi , India. Indian J Med Res 2007; 125: 167-172S
  • Ravinder Kaur, Bineeta Kashyap and Preena Bhalla. A five year survey of onychomycosis in New Delhi , India : Epidemiological and Laboratory aspects. Indian journal of Dermatology 2007:52(1); 39-42
  • Anupriya Wadhwa, Ravinder Kaur, Satish Kumar Agarwal, Shyama Jain and Preena Bhalla. AIDS related apport unistic mycoses seen in a tertiary care hospital in North India. Journal of Medical Microbiology 2007; 56: 1101-1106
  • S Rai, V. Wadhwa, P. Kharbanda , B. Uppal. A Case of Poly-parasitism involving a trematode and four different nematodes in a migrant from Bihar.Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2007 ;25 (1):62-63
  • Chakravarti A, Matlani M, Jain M. Immunodiagnosis of Dengue virus infection using saliva. Current Microbiology 2007; 55(6) : 461-464
  • Chakravarti A, Kashyap B. Respirat ory syncytial virus in lower respiratory tractinfections. Iran J paed 2007; 17(2): 123-128
  • Chaudhary M, Baveja C.P. Paediatric tuberculosis: staining techniques revisited. Indian Journal of Path and Microbiology. Jan, 2007
  • C.P. Baveja , Gumma Vidyanidhi, Manisha Jain, Trishla Kumari and V.K.Sharma. Drug resistant genital tuberculosis of the penis in a human immunodeficiency virus non- reactive individual . Journal of Med. Microbiology 2007;56:694-695
  • K Surinder, K Bineeta, M. Megha. Latex particle agglutination test as an adjunct to the diagnosis of Bacterial Meningit is. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol.25 (4), p. 395-97, 2007
  • Ravinder Kaur, Anupriya Wadhwa and Satish Kumar Agarwal. Rhodotorula mucilaginosa : An unusual cause of Oral ulcers in AIDS patients. AIDS 2007; 21(8): 1068-1069
Books

Dr. CP. Baveja has written books entitled- “Medical Parasitology” Ist edition, 2007, Arya Publications, New Delhi. “Textbook of Microbiology for Nurses”. IInd Edition, 2007, Arya publications, New Delhi.


Conferences / Workshops / Symposia attended / Paper presentation (National / International)
  • Dr. B.Uppal , A. Chakravarti and Dr. R. Kaur attended “ 2nd National Bioethics conference”, 6-8th December 2007, Bangalore
  • Dr. Anita Chakravarti was invited for the guest lecture on “Rota Virus:Clinical perspectives on gastrointestinal infection society of India at PGI Chandigarh, 13 January , 2007.
  • Dr. Anita Chakravarti at tended and presented a Paper in 48th Annual Meeting of European Society for Pediatric Research Prague, Czech Republic ,6-8th October , 2007.
  • Dr. A. Chakravarti attended and presented a Paper at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital , 24th November, 2007, Delhi Chapter of IAMM, New Delhi.
  • Dr. A. Chakravarti attended and presented a Paper in the International Conference on Emerging and Reemerging Viral Diseases of the Tropics and Subtropics, at Indian Agriculture Research Institute, December 13-15, 2007, New Delhi.
  • Dr. C.P Baveja and Dr. S.Kumar presented a poster in XXXI National Conference of IAMM held at Mangalore, November 15-18, 2007
  • Dr. S. Kumar presented two papers in the International conference on Chlamydia and Mycoplasma human infections in Ferrara , Italy, 19-20th April 2007
  • Dr. S. Kumar presented a paper on VII Annual conference cum workshop, Mycoplasma Infections of Indian association of Mycoplasmologists held at Agra , October 5-6th, 2007
  • Dr. S. Kumar attended a CME on Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Microbiological and clinical perspective held at CNBC, April, 25-26 ,2007
Distinguished Visitors – Nil


Significant Events (Honours to Faculty)
  • Dr. P. Bhalla was presented with the State Award for 2007-08 for meritorious services in the field of healthcare in Delhi by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi
  • Dr. Anita Chakravarti was recipient of ICMR award J.B. Srivastava for the year 2005 from ICMR for “Re-emerging RNA virus infections and health” in July 2007.
Fellowship - Nil


Representation on Expert Committee


Dr. P. Bhalla
  • Nominated as member of State Core Committee of Surveillance committee by Delhi State AIDS Control Society for HIV Sentinel Suveillance round, 2007.
  • Member of State level committee for investigation of adverse reactions following vaccination, NCT, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • Member Committee for Selection of Essential Drugs for hospitals under Govt. NCT, Delhi, August, 2007
  • Member expert committee for select ion of Senior Residents for Super speciality Hospital, Govt of NCT, Delhi, October 2007.
  • Member of Editorial of Journal of Communicable Diseases and reviewer of articles published in IJMR.
  • Vice Chairperson of Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) of Lok Nayak Hospital.
  • Examiner for PhD course for AIIMS , MBBS examinat ion in VMMC,New Delhi

Dr. S. Krishna Prakash
  • Additional charge of Head of Deptt. of Medical Education and Student Counsellor
  • Infection Control Officer for Hospital Infection Control Committee(HICC) of Lok Nayak Hospital
  • Organising Secretary for CME Microbiology Update–2007 on “Molecular approaches in Clinical Microbiology” in February 2007.
Dr. B. Uppal
  • Chairman- TAC for Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
  • Member Secretary- Protocol Committee
  • TAC committee member for Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
  • Consultant with UNDPS
  • Member for preparation of SOP for disaster management.

Dr. A. Chakravarti
  • Appointed as expert for ICMR Project Review Committee.
  • Member of the Institutional Biotechnology group.
  • Member of the Advisory group of DST.
  • Examiner for PhD course for AIIMS & Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Referee to the International Journal like Archives to Medical Research, International Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Medical Science and National Journals like Indian Journal of Medical Research, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
  • Nodal officer from the Deptt of Microbiology for “Diagnosis and Surveillance of Dengue and Avian Influenza”.
Dr. C.P. Baveja
  • Member core committee for RNTCP under govt. of NCT, Delhi
  • Expert for selection of Microbiologist for RNTCP under govt. of NCT,Delhi
  • Referee to the Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
Dr. S. Kumar
  • Expert of the selection committee for Selection of specialist Grade II (Microbiology) , Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Sri Aurobindo Marg , New Delhi
Dr. R. Kaur
  • Member TAC for equipments in IDSP Project, DGHS
  • External examiner for MBBS at AIIMS and MDU , Rohtak
  • MCI Inspector for M.D. Microbiology and MBBS

Health Services to the community

  • HIV sentinel surveillance round 2007
  • The faculty members and technical staff have taken active part in the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme of Govt. of Delhi for the elimination of Poliomyelitis
  • The Department in addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and carrying out research also performs the total microbiological investigations for indoor and outdoor patients of the associated hospitals.
  • The faculty members and technical staff have assisted the health administration in the field of hospital and community infection control, HIV and STI awareness programmes of the State government and containment of Dengue, Tuberculosis
Laboratory data

Laboratory
No. of tests/Year(2007)
HIV and Immunology laboratory
7522
Staphyloccocal Phage typing centre
900
Serology and STD laboratory
18056
Antibiotic susceptibility testing laboratory
10813
Routine laboratory
     Purulent fluid
4602
     Blood and CSF
6498
     Urine
23218
Diarrhoeal Disease laboratory
2160
Parasitology laboratory
5781
Anaerobic laboratory
18
Virology laboratory
8662
Molecular Tests for Viruses
590
T.B. laboratory
4002
Mycology laboratory
2032
Emergency Microbiology Lab
14721
Total
1,09,575


Imp Note: HIV laboratory and Serology and STD laboratory participated in National External Quality Assessment Programmes in HIV Serology and CD4 testing, Syphilis serology and Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme.


New Facility added (if any)
  • Real Time PCR was procured for quantitative detection of HIV and HCV
  • Setting up of Advanced Virology laboratory was initiated with additional grant of Rs 90 lakhs for procurement of equipments and reagents. Dr. A. Chakravarti was made Nodal Officer for this Laboratory

Any other relevant academic information: nil