ICMR projects – Department of Microbiology
Dr.B.Appalaraju
1. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in Type -II diabetic women 2010
2. In vitro synergistic activity of Tigecycline, Meropenem, Rifampicin against colistin in multidrug resistant acinetobacter baumannii - 2012
3. Detection of Efflux pump mediated drug resistance in members of Entero bacteriaceae. 2015
Dr.Marina Thomas
1. Incidence of fungal colonization among patients admitted in critical care units in PSG hospitals-2007
2. Comparison of resistance pattern of commonly occurring bacteria to Ciprofloxacin among infections in ICU and out patients. 2010
3. Analysis of weil felix test as compared to gold standard Elisa test for the diagnosis of scrub typhus in PSG Hospitals 2011
4. Role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of urinary infectious in catheterized patients 2012
5. Community Acquired Pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter species 2013
Dr.S.Parvathi
1. “Comparison of Acidometric and Clover leaf methods for detection of Betalactamases in Enterococci” - 1998
2. “Nasal carriage of MRSA among Health Care Workers of P.S.G.Hospitals” - 2000
3. “Comparison of Slime production in Coagulase Negative Staphylococci by two methods” - 2003
4. “Starch Paper Technique-A simple quick and reliable method for detection of Beta Lactamase in Gram positive cocci” - 2004
5. Co-investigator for the ICMR PhD project titled “Hybridization studies on Amino Glycoside modifying enzyme and beta lactamase gene sequences as diagnostic marker in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections”-2003.
6. “Antimicrobial Activity of Tridax procumbens” – 2005
7. Comparative evaluation of Acridine orange and Grams stain for blood cultures – 2009
8. Evaluation of MODS assay and MGIT for detection of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis – 2012
Dr.J.Jayalakshmi
1. Comparative analysis of conventional method with dye diffusion method for speciation of Candida- 2002
2. Monitoring the efficacy of in use disinfectant solutions in our hospital - 2003
3. Evaluation of the New Cefoxitin Agar Medium (CAM) based assay against the modified three dimensional (M3D) assay for the detection of Amp-C -Lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae - 2005
4. Cellphones – as reservoirs of Nosocomial pathogens- 2006
5. A simple method for the rapid diagnosis of catheter associated infections among the critically ill patients - 2007
6. A study of antibiotics prescribing patterns and sensitivity patterns of common micro organisms in the intensive care units of a teaching hospitals - 2009
7. To evaluate the usefulness of a novel bilayered medium for a rapid and better isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical specimens. 2010
8. Evaluation Of a leukocyte esterase dipstick test for the detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis - 2011
9. Evaluation of a rapid test to detect carbapenamase production among gram negative bacilli - 2013
10. Evaluation of X Plate technology for the rapid detection of fluconazole resistance among clinical isolates of Candida sp – 2014
11. Surveillance of cooling tower water of air – conditioning systems of a tertiary care hospital for Legionella pneumophila - 2015
12. Isolation of bacteria intrinsically resistant to Colistin from clinical specimens and its association with Colistin usage in a tertiary care hospital -2016.
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Dr.K.P.Dinoop
1. Clinico – Mycological and Anti-fungal susceptibility profile of candiduria in a tertiary care hospital. 2014
Dr.Lavanya.S
1. Profile of uro pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among pregnant women with bacteriuria in a tertiary care hospital -2015
2. Activity of fosfomycin against Extended spectrum β‑lactamases (ESBL) producing uropathogens and comparision of different susceptibility methods in a tertiary care hospital -2017
Mr.A.C.Baskaran
1. In-Vitro Activity Of Metallo Beta Lactamase Antibodies Against Metallo Beta Lactamase Producers 2012