Microbiology

Highlights of year gone by

Year 2000 highlights

Section	No: of specimens	Common Isolates / Findings	Specific findings
Bacteriology	30,000	E.coli Klebsiella Pseudomonas Other GNB Staph.aureus	GNB - Max.sens to Amikacin GPC- Max.sensitive to augmentin
HIV / Immunology	20,000	Reactivity- 13% in clinically suspected cases
Mycobacteriology	15,000	Smear positivity Culture positivity A typical	20% 40% 2%
Mycology	6,000	Common isolates	Candida and yeasts Trichophyton
Parasitology	10,000	Common parasites	Ascaris, Giardia , Entamoeba
Serology	10,000

Paper presented : Recent Outbreak of Leptospirosis at the Chapter Conference of IAMM (awarded the second prize)

Projects under study :

1. Feasibility study of prevention of Mother to Child transmission of HIV - sponsored by MDACS
2. Immunogenicity of 2 types of Hepatitis B vaccines.
3. Immunogenicity of MMR vaccine.
4. Clinical efficacy of Ceftibutum.
5. Post operative wound infection rates in clean surgeries.
6. Streptococcal infections

Conference :

Mycology 2000 , jointly hosted by the Departments of Dermatology and Microbiology of GSMC and LTMMC .