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.
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.
She has over 22 years of experience in academics, teaching, research and hospital infection control activities
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.
She has published more than 34 papers in various National and International journals
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.
Labs and Rooms |
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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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BD Phoenix
BD BACTEC
[CMIA - Chemiluminescence Micro particle Immunoassay; ELFA - Enzyme linked Fluorescent assay; ICT-Immunochromatography]
ARCHITECT i1000SR
Mini Vidas
Dimension EXL 200
MISPA i2 SPECIFIC PROTEIN ANALYZER
Real Time PCR Thermocycler
Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor
Biosafety cabinet type 2A
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2022 |
Thosani P, Agarwal A, Karade S, Sen S, Katoch CDS, Jindamwar P, Shergill SPS. Assessment of resistance to second line anti-tubercular drugs by line probe assay at a tertiary care hospital. Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth 2022. |
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2021 |
Sharma A, Karade S, Anand KB, Lall M, Sen S, Patrikar S, Naithani N. Speed versus sensitivity: Performance of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test in the hospital. Journal of Marine Medical Society 2021; 23 (2), 201 |
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2021 |
Sharma A, Karade S, Anand KB, Lall M, Sen S, Patrikar S, Naithani N. Speed versus sensitivity: Performance of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test in the hospital setting. J Mar Med Soc 2021 [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Sep 22]. |
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2021 |
Sen S, Lall M, Faujdar DS, et al. Estimating the proportion and IgG antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in individuals joining a central educational institute from different parts of India by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based serology. Med J Armed Forces India. 2021;77 (Suppl 2): S366-S372. |
5 |
2021 |
Anand KB, Karade S, Jindamwar P, Sen S, Babu B, Bobdey S, Gupta R M. Self-collected saliva: Diagnostic potential for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 testing in a resource-limited setting. J Mar Med Soc 2021[Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Sep 22]. |
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2021 |
Bobdey S, Kaushik SK, Sahu R, Naithani N, Vaidya R, Sharma M, Vashishtha K, Yadav AK, Sen S, Karade S. Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCOV-19 Vaccine: Experience of a tertiary care institute. Med J Armed Forces India. 2021 Jul;77(Suppl 2):S271-S277. |
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2021 |
Karade S, Vishal AK, Sen S, Bewal N, Gupta RM. Probable vertical transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection from mother to neonate. Med J Armed Forces India. 2021;77(Suppl 2):S490-S493. |
8 |
2021 |
Lall M, Sen S, Patrikar S, Karade S, Gupta RM. Post vaccination antibody titres of hepatitis surface antigen (anti-HBs) in a mixed cohort of health care workers. Med J Armed Forces India Feb 2021. |
9 |
2021 |
Giri S, Karade S, Sen S. Genotypic characterization of carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales in clinical isolates from western Maharashtra, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology |
10 |
2021 |
Karade S, Thosani P, Patil P, Anand KB, Sen S, Gupta RM. Utility of Nucleic Acid Extraction Free COVID-19 Real Time PCR Protocol in Resource Limited Setting: A Pilot Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. May 2021. |
11 |
2021 |
Patil P, Thosani P, Karade S, Anand KB, Shergill SPS, Sen S, Gupta RM. Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS Coronavirus-2 Infection: Single Centre Experience of First 12,000 Samples. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2021 Apr 1;15(4). |
12 |
2021 |
Giri S, Sen S, Lall M. Descriptive study for detection of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae by the modified carbapenem inactivation method in a tertiary care hospital of Western Maharashtra. J Evid Based Med Healthc 2021;8(05):261-266. |
13 |
2021 |
Das P, Shrutiraaj KA, Ranjan M, Sen S. Prevalence of Carbapenem Resistance and their Genotypic Profile among Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western India. Annals Pathol Lab Med. 2021 May, 8 (5). |
14 |
2020 |
Karade S, Sen S, Shergill SPS, Jani K, Shouche Y, Gupta RM. Whole Genome Sequence of Colistin Resistant Escherichia coli from Western India. Med J Armed Forces India |
15 |
2020 |
Anand KB, Karade S, Sen S, Ray S, Patil P, Thosani P, Shergill S P, Gupta RM. Can subgenomic mRNA predict course of COVID-19? – An observational study from a tertiary care center. J Mar Med Soc 2020; 22:216-9. |
16 |
2020 |
Paul D, Jani K, Kumar J, Chauhan R, Seshadri V, Lal G, Karyakarte R, Joshi S, Tambe M, Sen S, Karade S, Anand KB, Shergill SPS, Gupta RM, Bhat MK, Sahu A, Shouche YS. Phylogenomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from western India reveals unique linked mutations. bioRxiv 2020.07.30.228460 |
17 |
2020 |
Anand KB, Karade S, Sen S, Gupta RM. SARS-CoV-2: Camazotz's Curse. Med J Armed Forces India 2020; 76(2):136–41. |
18 |
2020 |
Keswani K, Sen S, Karade S, Soe KZ, Gupta RM. Characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates from a tertiary care center. EJPMR 2020; 7(7), 698-703. |
19 |
2020 |
Gill JS, Sen S. Blueprinting of summative theory assessment of undergraduate medical students in microbiology. Med J Armed Forces India April 2020; 76 (2): 207-212. |
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2020 |
Rajmohan K, Khan ID, Kapoor U, Hashmi SA, Gupta RM, Sen S, Nair GL, Singh KK, Tandel K, Malik, M. Primary laryngeal aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient: (case report). International Journal of Medicine and Medical Research 2020. 5, 2: 15-19. |
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2019 |
Lall M, Sen S, Gupta RM. Human immunodeficiency virus and human papillomavirus in immunopathology of cervical cancer. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research 2019;6(11): K15-K17. |
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2019 |
Purva M, Randeep G, Rajesh M, et al. Assessment of core capacities for antimicrobial stewardship practices in Indian hospitals: Report from a multicentric initiative of global health security agenda. Indian J Med Microbiol Jul-Sep 2019; 37:309-17. |
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2019 |
Sangwan J, Sen S, Gupta RM, Shanmuganandan K, Grewal RS. Immune Activation Markers in Individuals with HIV-1 Disease and Their Correlation with HIV-1 RNA Levels in Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy. Med J Armed Forces India Available online 15 October 2019. |
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2019 |
Karade S, Sen S, Sashindran VK. Absence of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor Associated Resistance in Antiretroviral Therapy Naïve and Experienced Individuals from Western India. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses Feb 2019 |
25 |
2019 |
Karade S, Sen S, Sashindran VK, Sharma P, Kanitkar M. Measles, mumps, and rubella: A cross-sectional study of susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases among young people in India. Med J Armed Forces India 2019; 75(1): 70–73. |
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2018 |
Sen S. Tuberculosis diagnosis in resource limited settings. Med J Armed Forces India 2018 July; 74(3): 211 – 212. |
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2018 |
Gill JS, Sen S. Evaluation of purity, viability, stability and biochemical characteristics of clinical fungal isolates preserved by three different methods. Int J Med Microbiol Trop Dis 2018; 4(4):202-5. |
28 |
2018 |
Gill JS, Sen S, Agarwal A. Effects of different sample processing protocols on dermatophyte culture yield: A comparative study.Indian J Microbiol Res 2018; 5(4):543-547. |
29 |
2018 |
Kumar S, Shergill SPS, Sen S, Gupta RM, Chandola P, Kumar M. Susceptibility Profile of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria to a neoadjuvant antibiotic, Elores. International Journal of Scientific Res 2018 Dec; 7(12): 1-3. |
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2018 |
Ranjan M, Karade S, Sen S, Srinivas V. Pseudohemoptysis in an elderly due to Serratia marcescens pneumonitis. Med J Armed Forces India 2018 Oct;74(4):383-385. |
31 |
2018 |
Karade S, Jaipurkar R, Sen S, Gangakhedkar RR. Novel smart phone application for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Indian setting. Indian J Appl Res 2018; 8(4): 22-24. |
32 |
2018 |
Karade S, Chaturbhuj DN, Sen S, Joshi R, Kulkarni SS, Shankar S, Gangakhedkar RR. HIV drug resistance following a decade of free antiretroviral therapy program in India: A review. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Jan; 66:33-41. |
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2018 |
Chandola P, Gupta RM, Lall M, Sen S, Shergill SPS, Dutta V. Molecular detection of blaNDM1 in nosocomial Enterobacteriaceae isolates by nested, multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Med J Armed Forces India 2018 Apr;74(2):108-115. |
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2018 |
Khan ID, Sahni AK, Sen S, Basu A. Outbreak of Prototheca wickerhamii algaemia and sepsis in a tertiary care chemotherapy oncology unit. Med J Armed Forces India 2018; 74(4):358-364 |
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2018 |
Khan ID, Chattoraj A, Nimonkar R, Rajmohan K, Mohan Gupta R, Sen S, et al. Outbreaks of Varicella Zoster in a Military Nursing Institute: Infection Control in Hospital and Institutional Environments. J Arch Mil Med 2018 ;6(2):e62800. |
36 |
2017 |
Khan ID, Rajmohan KS, Gupta RM, Sen S, Hashmi SA, Ninawe SM, et al. Invasive Cerebral and Pulmonary Mucormycosis. J Basic Clin Med 2017; 6(2):9-11. |
37 |
2017 |
Khan ID, Gupta RM, Sen S, Rajmohan K, Jindal AK, et al. Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance and Evolving Healthcare: Dangerous Crossroads for the Community and the Military, J Arch Mil Med. 2017 ;5(3): e12097. doi: 10.5812/jamm.12097. |
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2017 |
Sen S, Tripathy SP, Paranjape RS. Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Associated Mutations in Protease Cleavage and Non-Cleavage Sites and PTAP Motif Duplications in Indian HIV-1 Subtype C gag Regions. Int J Curr Microbiol App Sci. May 2017; 6(5): 1322-1330. |
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2017 |
Mahesh Reddy R., Gupta P, Bhatia K, Sen S, Khera A. Correlation between HBV DNA levels, HBeAg and Liver function tests in untreated Chronic Hepatitis B patients. International Journal of Current Research 2017; 9 (12), 62458-62461 |
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2017 |
Ranjan M, Karade S, Rahi P, Singh SP, Sen S. Urosepsis due to Multi Drug Resistant Myroides odoratimimus: A Case Report. Int J Curr Microbiol App Sci. Aug 2017; 6(8): 1930-1935. |
Original Articles |
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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. |
Original Articles |
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2021 |
Suresh A, Shaik S, Baddam R, Ranjan A, Qumar S, Jadhav S, Semmler T, Ghazi IA, Wieler LH, Ahmed N. 2021. Evolutionary dynamics based on comparative genomics of pathogenic Escherichia coli lineages harboring polyketide synthase (pks) island. mBio 12: e03634-20. |
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2021 |
Savita V. Jadhav , Deepali S. Desai , Shahzad Beg Mirza , Anjali D. Apte-Deshpande Sumedh Deshpande. Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mecA and Concomitant Panton-valentine Leukocidine in Clinical Isolates of Communityacquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. JKIMSU, Vol. 10, No. 2, April-June 2021;85-99. |
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2019 |
Mirza S, Jadhav S, Misra RN, Das NK. Coexistence of β-Lactamases in Community-Acquired Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Int J Microbiol. 2019;2019:7019578. Published 2019 Dec 11. |
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2018 |
Hatolkar SM, Misra RN, Mahato R, Jadhav S. 2018. Whole-genome sequencing and annotation of a drug-resistant extrapulmonary clinical isolate of Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Pune, India. Genome Announc 6:e00504-18. |
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2018 |
NageswariGandham, Savita Jadhav, Rabindra NaathMisra et.al. Clinical significance of NON-candida Yeast like genera with special importance to trichosporon and Malassezia. JCDR 2018; 12(6) 28-31. |
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2017 |
Ranjan A, Shaik S, Nandanwar N, Hussain A, Tiwari SK, Semmler T, Jadhav S, Wieler LH, Alam M, Colwell RR, Ahmed N. 2017. Comparative genomics of Escherichia coli isolated from skin and soft tissue and other extraintestinal infections. mBio 8:e01070-17. |
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2017 |
Shaik S, Ranjan A, Tiwari SK, Hussain A, Nandanwar N, Kumar N, Jadhav S, Semmler T, Baddam R, Islam MA, Alam M, Wieler LH, Watanabe H, Ahmed N. 2017. Comparative genomic analysis of globally dominant ST131 clones with other epidemiologically successful extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) lineages. mBio 8:e01596-17. |
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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. |
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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 . |
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2020 |
Nitin Kumar, Aradhey S, Yadav S, Singh V. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of clinically isolated New Delhi metallo-β lactamase producing Klebsiella spp. Int Dent Med J Adv Res 2020;6:1-3 |
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2019 |
Nitin Kumar, Singh V: Modified Combined disc test (mCDT): A novel, labor saving and four times cheaper method for the detection of Class A, B and D carbapenemase producing Klebsiella spp. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 ;93(2):96-100 |
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2018 |
Nitin Kumar, Singh V, Beniwal V. Modified carba NP test: simple and rapid method to differentiate KPC and MBL producing Klebsiella species. J Clin Lab Anal. 2018;30: e22448. |
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2018 |
Nitin Kumar, Singh V, Pottathil S. Metallo beta lactamase and serine carbapenemase producing Klebsiella spp.: a global challenge. J Glob Antimicrob Resist.2018;12:185-6. |
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2017 |
Rahul Prabhas, Ritu Garg, Varsha Singh, Arun Kumar, Nitin Kumar. Differential diagnosis of malaria by peripheral blood smear, antigen detection and centrifuged buffy coat smear examination. International Journal of Advanced Research. 2017; 5(4):1154- 1163. |
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2017 |
Shalini Pathania, Nitin Kumar. Advance techniques for diagnosis of Malaria: A Review. International Journal of Applied Research. 2017; 3(11): 210-212 |
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2017 |
Shalini Pathania, Nitin Kumar. A study to assess the knowledge of nursing students regarding psychiatric emergencies. International Journal of Applied Research. 2017; 3(11): 73-75 |
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2017 |
Maninder Kaur, Mercy Madan, Nitin Kumar. Study to evaluate the academic outcome of the change in placement of the course of Microbiology from B.Sc Nursing 1st year to B.Sc Nursing 2nd year. European Journal of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2017; 4(6):244-245 |
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2017 |
Shalini Pathania, Nitin Kumar. Students’ opinion regarding clinical supervision: A quality tool to improve nursing practices. WJPPS. 2017; 6(3): 808-813 |
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2017 |
Harit Kumar, Nitin Kumar. Uropathogenes: Isolation and antibacterial susceptibility pattern. Asian J Pharm Clin Res. 2017;10(6):222-224 |
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2017 |
Ramandeep Kaur, Harit Kumar, Shalini Pathania, and Nitin Kumar. Neurocysticercosis: Trends in Diagnosis and Management. Int .J. Curr. Res. Aca. Rev. 2017; 5(10): 8-14 |