The Department of Microbiology is well equipped to diagnose most of the infectious diseases prevalent in society. It offers diagnostic services to the hospital and also carries out bacteriological analysis of water, operation theatre sterility checks, in house disinfectant testing and hospital environmental surveillance. The diagnostic laboratory is well equipped with automated Bact-Alert system for blood culture, turbidometry, walk-in incubator and walk-in cooler and biosafety cabinets. The department is also well equipped with molecular laboratory in which RTPCR testing of SARS – COV-2, Influenza, viral load testing of HBV and HCV is done.
Infectious diseases continue to be the most common ailment for which an individual visits a hospital.The department of Microbiology identifies the microbial organisms responsible for the ailment and also puts up antibiotic susceptibility test to facilitate rational choice of antibiotic by the physicians. Some of the major infectious diseases for which routine laboratory testing is done are Tuberculosis, Cholera, diphtheria , Typhoid, AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Dengue, Urinary Tract Infections, Endocarditis, Rheumatic fever, scrub typhus, etc to name a few. For these infections the best diagnostic method is available in our laboratory, namely- culture/ serology/ molecular methods.
Professor
Reg. No. : MCI 25890
Professor
Reg. No. : MCI 36774
Professor
Reg. No. : MCI 27610
Assistant Professor
Reg. No. : DMC 92800
