Vision & Mission
The Department of Microbiology is situated on the 3rd floor of Symbiosis Medical College for Women on the picturesque Lavale hill base campus. The department is well equipped to educate the national and international medical students in all branches of microbiology.
Vision
- To decrease the burden of infectious diseases in our country by using the latest diagnostic methods and continuous research.
Mission
- Our department gives an opportunity for hands on training in various applied aspects of the disciplines like analysis of clinical samples, isolation, identification of microorganisms, their cultivation, preservation etc.
- Equipping students with excellence in education and skills to enable them pursue a career of their choice
- To release good and dedicated doctors in community by providing them updated subject knowledge and excelling them in microbiological laboratory skills.
- To provide quality reports to clinicians for diagnostic and treatment purpose of patients.
- The mission is to become best in the field of microbiology aiming to be recognized as among the best for microbiology education and scientific research, diagnostic for better health and well being
HOD Profile
Name:- Dr. Kalpana M Angadi
MBBS, MD (Microbiology)
Name:- Dr. Kalpana M Angadi
MBBS, MD (Microbiology)
Dr. Kalpana M Angadi has obtained her MBBS degree from Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka. She has obtained her MD Microbiology degree from the premier medical Institute of India acknowledged as a center of excellence for education and research, the Armed Forces Medical college, Pune. Presently she is serving as the officiating Head of the Department of Microbiology at Symbiosis Medical college for Women at Pune.
Experience:
She has over 22 years of experience in academics, teaching, research and hospital infection control activities
Achievements:
She has served as an examiner in several universities for both Undergraduate and Post Graduate Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and other allied branches. She has guided several post graduate students in their research work.
Her field of interests are Bacteriology, Mycology and Hospital Infection control.
She is the RT PCR Laboratory Director at SMCW.
Paper Publications::
She has published more than 34 papers in various National and International journals
Infrastructure facilities
The department has a well-equipped experimental microbiology laboratory with facilities for audio visual assisted learning, well equipped with the required number of microscopes, slides required for staining purposes etc. for teaching and learning various subjective skills. The department has a research laboratory with various advanced instruments research purposes.
The department also hosts a departmental library with numerous books and journals of the subject and domain. Seminar room with audio visual aids where seminars Journal Clubs and micro teaching are carried out. Museum of the department displays charts and models depicting information on various parasitological specimens, fungal specimens etc.
The demonstration room of the department is well equipped with audio visual aids for the purpose of demonstration of practical and tutorials in the subjects.
The departmental hallway has charts of microbiologists and Nobel Prize winning scientists. The department has a well-equipped NABL accredited RT-PCR lab, research lab, immunology lab, bacteriology labs, mycology labs etc.
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Practical hall |
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Demo room |
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Seminar room |
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Departmental library |
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Research laboratory |
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RTPCR labs |
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Service lab |
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Faculty rooms |
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UG Practical Hall
Department Museum
Demonstration Room
Seminar Hall
Department Library
NABL Accredited RT-PCR Laboratory for COVID-19 testing
Service Laboratory
Services
Microscopy
- Gram Stain for Bacteria
- Ziehl-Neelsen stain for Mycobacterium
- KOH mount for Fungus
- Saline and Iodine mount for Parasites
Culture and Sensitivity
- Aerobic and Anaerobic bacterial culture and sensitivity
Mycobacteriology
- CBNAAT (GeneXpert) for detection of M. tuberculosis and Rifampicin sensitivity
Mycology
- Identification and speciation of fungus using Phenotypic tests
Parasitology
- Malaria antigen detection test- ICT
- Stool examination for Ova/cyst
Automation for Rapid diagnosis of infections
- BD Phoenix- for identification of microorganism and MIC of antibiotics
- BACTEC- For Blood Culture
BD Phoenix
BD BACTEC
Virology
- HIV - CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (mini VIDAS), ICT
- HBsAg- CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (Mini VIDAS), ICT
- Anti-HCV antibody- CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (Mini VIDAS), ICT
- COVID 19 Rapid Antigen test- ICT
- Anti-Chikungunya antibody - ICT
BD Phoenix
BD BACTEC
[CMIA - Chemiluminescence Micro particle Immunoassay; ELFA - Enzyme linked Fluorescent assay; ICT-Immunochromatography]
ARCHITECT i1000SR
Mini Vidas
Serology
- C Reactive Protein - SIEMENS
- Procalcitonin - SIEMENS
- ASO, RA Factor- MISPA
- Widal Test
- RPR test
Dimension EXL 200
MISPA i2 SPECIFIC PROTEIN ANALYZER
RT-PCR Laboratory
- NABL Accredited and ICMR Approved RTPCR Laboratory for Covid-19 testing
Real Time PCR Thermocycler
Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor
Biosafety cabinet type 2A
Surveillance
- Aerobic & Anaerobic organism surveillance for Operation Theatres
- MRSA surveillance of Medical & Paramedical staff.
- CAUTI, VAP, CLABSI, SSI HAI rates
Research Publications
Dr. Kalpana Angadi (HOD & Professor)
| 1 | 2023 | Saloni Bhagia, Neetu Gupta, Ketaki Pathak, Shital Ghogale, Parveezakhtar Bidikar, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Health Care Assistants of a Tertiary Care Hospital. Teikyo Medical Journal, Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023 |
| 2 | 2023 | Angadi Kalpana M, Neetu Gupta, Savita Jadhav. Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Surgical Site Infections with special reference to Multidrug Resistance strains. Teikyo Medical Journal, Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023, 7979-7987 |
| 3 | 2023 | Gupta N and Angadi K. Impact of COVID‐19 on Medical Teaching and Students. J Datta Meghe Inst Med Sci Univ. 2023; 18:178-9 |
| 4 | 2022 | Neetu Gupta, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii with Special Reference to Carbapenemases: A Systematic Review. Infection and Drug Resistance Volume 15:7631-7650 |
| 5 | 2022 | Awake P, Angadi K, Sen S, Bhadange P. Prozone phenomenon in secondary syphilis with HIV co-infection: Two cases. Indian J Sex Transmitted Dis. 2022; 43:183-5 |
| 6 | 2022 | Gandham N, Gupta N, Vyawahare C, Mirza SB, Misra RN. Molecular Characterisation Identifies Upstream presence of ISAba1 to OXA Carbapenemase Genes in Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Maharashtra. Journal of Laboratory Physicians DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732809 |
| 7 | 2022 | Praneet P. Awake, Ketaki Pathak, Sourav Sen. Dermoscopy click of tricky tick infestation from an urban area. Journal Of Pakistan Association Of Dermatologists Vol. 32 No. 2 (2022): April - June |
| 8 | 2022 | Kalpana M Angadi, Vivekanand B Jadhav, Savita V Jadhav. Quality Assurance with Reference Quality Control Strains in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Need for Quality Antimicrobial-Resistant Research |
| 9 | 2022 | Savita Jadhav, Vivekanand Jadhav, Kalpana Angadi. Berberine: Best Alternative Medicine Insight Abating Global Challenges for Treatment of MRSA Infections |
| 10 | 2020 | Gupta N., Gandham N R., Misra R N, Mirza S.B., Angadi K.M and Vyawahare C.R. Antibiotic resistance pattern of E. coli isolates from Urine: 3-year retrospective study. Int. J. Microbiol. Res.:2020, 12(3) 1781-1784 |
Dr. Neetu Gupta (Professor)
| 1 | 2023 | Gupta N and Angadi K. Impact of COVID‐19 on Medical Teaching and Students Datta Meghe Inst Med Sci Univ 2023;18:178-9 |
| 2 | 2022 | Neetu Gupta, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with Special Reference to Carbapenemases: A Systematic Review Infection and Drug Resistance 2022:15 7631–765 |
| 3 | 2023 | Saloni Bhagia, Neetu Gupta, Ketaki Pathak, Shital Ghogale, Parveezakhtar Bidikar, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Health Care Assistants of a Tertiary Care Hospital. TMJ Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023 |
| 4 | 2023 | Angadi Kalpana M, Neetu Gupta, Savita Jadhav. Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Surgical Site Infections with special reference to Multidrug Resistance strains. TMJ Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023, pp7979-7987. |
| 5 | 2022 | Gandham N, Gupta N, Vyawahare C, Mirza SB, Misra SB, Misra RN. Molecular Characterization identifies Upstream presence of ISAbal to OXA Carbapenemase genes in Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumanii. J Lab Physicians 2022;14:6-10 |
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2021 |
Gupta N , Gandham N, Vyawahare C, Mirza SB, Misra RN. A Study of Trends in Bacteremia with their Antibiotic Susceptibility in Different Age Groups from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Pune. J Krishna Inst Med Sci Univ 2021; 10(1):52-63. |
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2021 |
Gandham N, Gupta N , Vyawahare C, Mirza SB, Misra RN. Molecular Characterisation Identifies Upstream presence of ISAba1 to OXA Carbapenemase Genes in Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Maharashtra. Journal of Laboratory Physicians |
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2020 |
Gupta N , Gandham NR, Misra RN., Mirza SB, Angadi KM. and Vyawahare CR. Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of E.coli isolates from urine: 3 year retrospective study. International Journal of Microbiology Research. 2020;12(3):1781-4. |
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2019 |
Bhirange S, Misra RN, Hatolkar S, Gupta N , Jadhav S. Comparative study between Benzalkodium Chloride Tri-sodium Phosphate and Nalc-NAOH Decontamination Methods for recovery of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis From Pulmanary sample. International Journal of Microbiology Research 2019;11(3)1518-20. |
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2018 |
Gupta N , Jadhav S, Gandham NR, Misra RN, Varma A. Phenotypic dectection of AmpC β-Lactamase Production in gram negative clinical isolates. International Journal of Microbiology Research 2018;10(1): 997-1000. |
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2018 |
Hatolkar SM., Misra RN, Gandham N R., Angadi KM, Jadhav SV, Gupta N. Frequency of Mutation in Isoniazid Resistant Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex from Western. Maharashtra India. International Journal of Microbiology Research 2018;10(3):1043-5. |
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2018 |
Gupta N , Gandham N, Jadhav S, Misra RN, Angadi K, Vyawahare C. Epidemiology of Acinetobacter species in a tertiary care hospital with special reference to seasonal variation. International Journal of Microbiology Research 2018;10(6): 1283-6. |
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2018 |
Gandham N R, Jadhav SV, Misra R , Vyawahare CR , Gupta N . Clinical Significance of Non-candidal Yeast like Genera with Special Refrence to Trichosporon and Malassezia.Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2018:12(8)28-31. |
Dr. Ketaki Pathak (Professor)
| 1 | 2023 | Gupta N and Angadi K, Impact of COVID‐19 on Medical Teaching and Students. J Datta Meghe Inst Med Sci Univ. 2023; 18:178-9 |
| 2 | 2023 | Saloni Bhagia, Neetu Gupta, Ketaki Pathak, Shital Ghogale, Parveezakhtar Bidikar, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Health Care Assistants of a Tertiary Care Hospital. J Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023 |
| 3 | 2023 | Dr.Shital Ghogale, Dr.Ketaki Pathak, An Innovative Laboratory Technique Showcasing the Synergy among Ceftazidime- Avibactam and Aztreonam in Combating Infections caused by Enterobacterales producing Metallo-betalactamases: A Prospective Study- Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2023 |
| 4 | 2022 | Dr.Shital Ghogale, Dr.Ketaki Pathak, Prevalence and Correlates of Bacterial Vaginosis among women attending ANC and STI clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital, International Journal of Scientific Research,Vol- 11,Issue-11,November 2022 |
| 5 | 2022 | Dr. Shital Ghogale, Dr. Ketaki Pathak, Sero Survey of HIV, HBV & HCV among patients visiting Teritiary Care Hospital, Global Journal of Research Analysis, Volume - 11, Issue - 12, December - 2022 |
| 6 | 2022 | Praneet P. Awake, Ketaki Pathak ,Sourav Sen.Dermoscopy click of tricky tick infestation from an urban area' Journal Of Pakistan Association Of Dermatologists Vol. 32 No. 2 (2022): April - June |
| 7 | 2022 | Pathak K N, Sen S. Implementing the Updated Guidelines in Routine Clinical Microbiology Reporting [Letter]. Infect Drug Resist. 2022 Apr 20; 15:1945-1946. doi:10.2147/IDR.S367337. PMID: 35480053; PMCID: PMC9035451 |
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2021 |
Kulkarni KV, Pathak NP.Surveillance of Biomedical Waste Practices in a Multi Speciality Hospital, its Evaluation and Audit.Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International.2021 Nov, 33(49A): 133-140. |
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2021 |
Kulkarni KV, Pathak N, Kulkarni SS . Reduced Daptomycin Susceptibility in Clinical MRSA Isolates Showing Vancomycin MIC Creep Phenomenon.Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2021:15(7);19-21. |
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2020 |
Kulkarni KV ,Kulkarni SS, Pathak NP. Evaluation of vancomycin mic creep phenomenon in mrsa isolates from clinical samples. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research ; 2020 (11) : 37797-37800 |
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2018 |
Kulkarni KV , Kulkarni SS, Pathak N. In vitro activity of colistin against multidrug resistant Gram negative bacilli (MDRGNB) isolated from various clinical specimens. IJAR ; 2018 (8) : 11 - 12 |
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2018 |
Kulkarni KV ,Kulkarni SS. Study of dual in vitro activity of Colistin & Meropenem against multidrug resistant GNB. PIJR ; 2018 (7) : 40 - 41 |
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2017 |
Kulkarni KV ,Pathak N,Talele J.Study of Asymptomatic bacteriuria in Type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients.NJIRM;Vol.8 Issue:12-16 May – June2017 |
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2017 |
Kulkarni KV ,Pathak N. Asymptomatic bacteriuria due to MDR Organisms in Type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients.IJHSR;2017;Vol 7 Issue 1:68-74 . |
Dr. Shital Ghogale (Assistant Professor)
| 1 | 2023 | Dr. Shital Ghogale, Dr. Ketaki Pathak, An Innovative Laboratory Technique Showcasing the Synergy among Ceftazidime- Avibactam and Aztreonam in Combating Infections caused by Enterobacterales producing Metallo-betalactamases: A Prospective Study- Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2023. |
| 2 | 2023 | A Case of Tuberculoma Brain in Association with Cupriavidus Pauculus Infection-Opportunistic Environmental Pathogen, Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol-13, Issue-05, May-2023. |
| 3 | 2023 | Saloni Bhagia, Neetu Gupta, Ketaki Pathak, Shital Ghogale, Parveezakhtar Bidikar, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Health Care Assistants of a Tertiary Care Hospital. TMJ Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023. |
| 4 | 2022 | Dr.Shital Ghogale, Dr.Ketaki Pathak, Prevalence and Correlates of Bacterial Vaginosis among women attending ANC and STI clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital, International Journal of Scientific Research,Vol-11,Issue-11,November 2022. |
| 5 | 2022 | Dr. Shital Ghogale, Dr. Ketaki Pathak, Sero Survey of HIV, HBV & HCV among patients visiting Tertiary Care Hospital, Global Journal of Research Analysis, Volume - 11, Issue - 12, December - 2022. |
| 6 | 2022 | Kumar N. Ghogale S. Intrinsic resistance: A non-negligible bacterial trait. Annals of medicine and surgery. 2022;78(6):103949. |
Dr. Sumit Chavan (Assistant Professor)
| 1 | 2022 | arekar M, Chavan S, Dave R et al. Screening of Phytochemicals against Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria from Clinical Isolates; International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 11 Number 08 (2022). |
| 2 | 2022 | Chavan SS, Kagal AS, Bharadwaj RR. Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida isolates from PLHIV patients. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, July2023, 15(01), 023–029 |
| 3 | 2022 | Chavan SS, Kagal AS, Bharadwaj RR. The spectrum of opportunistic fungal infections in relation with ART in HIV patients. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, July2022, 11(01), 062–068. |
Dr. Angadi K.M
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2020 |
Gupta N., Gandham N R., Misra R N, Mirza S.B., Angadi K.M and Vyawahare C.R. Antibiotic resistance pattern of E. coli isolates from Urine: 3-year retrospective study. Int. J. Microbiol. Res.:2020, 12,(3) 1781-1784 |
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2019 |
Angadi K.M, Misra R.N, Das N, Kapoor S and Mirza. S. Study of the etiological agents of Dermatophytosis in patients attending Dermatology clinics of a suburban tertiary care Centre in Western Maharashtra, India. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 2019. 8 (6): 493-501 |
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2018 |
Angadi K, Jadhav S, Misra R, Mirza S and Desai D. Incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcal isolates in a tertiary care hospital. Int J Microbiol Res. 2018;10(40): 1135-1138. |
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2018 |
Mirza S B, Misra R N, Gandham N R, Angadi K, Das N K and Jadhav S. ß lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae; a growing concern in community acquired infections. Int. J Microbiol Res. 2018:10(11); 1418-1421. |
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2018 |
Neetu G, Gandham N, Jadhav S, Misra R, Kalpana A, Chanda V. Epidemiology of Acinetobacter species in a tertiary care Hospital with special reference to seasonal variation. Int. J Microbiol Res 2018;10(6):1283-1286 |
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2018 |
Gupta N, Jadhav S, Gandham N R, Misra R N, Angadi K.M. Phenotypic detection of Amp C ß- lactamase production in Gram negative clinical isolate. Int J Microbiol. Res. 2018:10(1); 997-1000 |
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2017 |
Kalpana Mohan Angadi, Rabindrnath Misra, Nabamita Chaudary, Tushar A Dighe.: A cluster of cases of Nocardiosis. National journal of DR. D.Y. Patil University, January 2017; 10(1):89-91. |
Key Focus Areas
- NABL Accreditation of Laboratory
- To start the Post-Graduation Degree in Microbiology Department
- To start the research projects in collaboration with other departments and institutes.
- To apply and get funding for National and International research projects
- To become Referral Centre of RNTCP
- Hospital Infection Control
- Development of modern museum
- Training of the trainers
- Professional microbiology slide making
- Regular assessment to improve learning
