MISSION:

The Department of Microbiology was established in March 2021 in Government Medical College Krishnagiri. The Department of Microbiology aims to excel and continuously strive for the highest possible standard in diagnostic services, teaching as well as the research activities. Passionate and disciplined Undergraduate education, high quality laboratory diagnostic services and innovative research activities are the primary missions of the Department.

The department extends its hands for a coordinated and a congruent teamwork with all health care professionals to assure that the patients are benefitted with services that are clinically relevant, delivered in a timely fashion and aiding clinicians in decision making.

FACULTY DETAILS:

S.NoDesignationName of the faculty
1Professor & HODVacant
2Associate ProfessorDr.C.Senthilvadivu,M.D.Microbiology
3Assistant ProfessorDr.K.Shanmugam, M.D.Microbiology
4Assistant ProfessorDr.P.Suganthi,M.D.Microbiology
5TutorDr.M.Meena,M.D.Microbiology
6TutorDr.M.Akilamani,M.D.Microbiology
7TutorDr.N.Vandarkuzhali,M.D.Microbiology
8TutorDr.M.S.Priyadharshini,M.D.Microbiology

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

               The Department of Microbiology is well equipped to diagnose most of the infectious diseases prevalent in society. Some of the major infectious diseases for which a laboratory diagnosis is sought are Cholera, Typhoid, AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Dengue, Urinary Tract Infections, Endocarditis, Rheumatic fever, scrub typhus, etc to name a few. It offers diagnostic services to the hospital and also carries out bacteriological analysis of water, operation theatre sterility checks and hospital environmental surveillance.

       The diagnostic laboratory is well equipped with BOD incubator, Hot air oven for Bacteriological cultures, ELISA equipment for serological testing, and all other instruments needed for routine bacteriological and fungal testing.

          To crown the diagnostic activities offered by the department, there is also state-of-the-art VIROLOGY BIOSAFETY LEVEL –II LAB, efficiently rendering diagnosis of various viral infections, including COVID-19 infection.

  DIRECT MICROSCOPY:

  1. GRAM STAIN FOR ALL BODY FLUIDS INCLUDING CSF
  2. GRAM STAIN FOR WOUND SWAB
  3. GRAM STAIN FOR THROAT SWAB
  4. GRAM STAIN FOR VAGINAL AND CERVICAL SWAB
  5. GRAM STAIN FOR EAR SWAB
  6. GRAM STAIN FOR CONJUCTIVAL SWAB
  7. GRAM STAIN FOR UMBILICAL SWAB
  8. GRAM STAIN FOR PUS
  9. GRAM STAIN FOR SPUTUM
  10.  ACID FAST STAINING FOR SPUTUM, CSF, URINE AND BODY FLUIDS (M.TUBERCULOSIS)
  11.  SALINE AND IODINE WET MOUNT FOR PARASITIC OVA, CYST AND LARVAE.
  12. INDIA INK PREPARATION FOR CRYPTOCOCCUS
  13. KOH MOUNT FOR FUNGI
  14. WET MOUNT PREPARATION FOR CORNAEL SCRAPPING
  15.  HANGING DROP PREPARATION FOR STOOL(VIBRIO CHOLERAE)
  16. GRAM STAIN FOR OPERATION THEATRE SWAB

FUNGAL CULTURE:

  1.  PUS/URINE/BLOOD/AURAL & NASAL SWAB/ SURGICAL AND SKIN SCRAPING.

PARASITOLOGY

  1. WET MOUNT
  2. IODINE MOUNT
  3. STOOL CULTURE

BACTERIAL CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

1. URINE CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

2. SPUTUM CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

3. PUS CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

4. BLOOD CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

5. VAGINAL SWAB CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

6. BODY FLUID CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

7. THROAT SWAB CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

8. STOOL CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

9. STERILITY CHECK OF OPERATION THEATRE

SEROLOGICAL TEST

  1. WIDAL test
  2. HCV RAPID TEST
  3. HBsAg RAPID TEST
  4. ASO RAPID TEST
  5. CRP RAPID TEST
  6. RA RAPID TEST

ELISA

  1. DENGUE IgM ELISA
  2. HBsAg ELISA
  3. SCRUB TYPHUS ELISA
  4. CHICKUNGUNYA ELISA
  5. DENGUE NS1 ELISA
  6. LEPTOSPIROSIS ELISA
  7. HSV ELISA
  8. HCV ELISA
  9. HAV ELISA
  10. HEV ELISA
  11. HBV ELISA
  12.  HIV ELISA

RT PCR SERVICES

1. COVID 19 PCR                      

2. HBV DNA PCR

3. HCV RNA PCR.

 Academic curriculum:

      Undergraduate Programs offered:

      1. M.B.B.S.

      2. Diploma in MLT (Medical Laboratory Technology)

            The Microbiology syllabus for M.B.B.S. is modified from the traditional organism-based teaching to system-based teaching. To achieve this, the content of the syllabus is updated, concised and reshuffled—the three major types of changes incorporated in this new syllabus. The reduction of the content is made keeping the perspective of an Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) in mind.

The syllabus is categorized into two parts, which is further divided into eleven sections.

Part I: General Microbiology, Immunology, Hospital Infection Control

        Part I comprises of three sections

  • Section 1: General Microbiology section
  • Section 2: Immunology section
  • Section 3: Hospital infection control (HIC)

Part II: Systemic Microbiology (Infectious Diseases)

        It comprises of eight sections, each section comprises of a topic on clinical infective syndrome, followed by several topics covering detailed information about the etiological agents.

  • Section 4: Bloodstream and cardiovascular system infections
  • Section 5: Gastrointestinal infections
  • Section 6: Hepatobiliary system infections
  • Section 7: Skin, soft tissue and musculoskeletal system infections
  • Section 8: Respiratory tract infections
  • Section 9: Central nervous system infections section
  • Section 10: Urogential tract infections
  • Section 11: Miscellaneous infective syndrome

FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY

        The Microbiology syllabus for DMLT course includes

  1. Module 1: Introduction to Clinical laboratory
  2. Module 2 Common Laboratory Equipment’s
  3. Module 3: Basic Steps for Drawing A Blood Specimen
  4. Module 4: Preparation of Reagents & Quality control
  5. Module 5: Manual Vs Automation in Clinical Laboratory
  6. Module 6: Characteristics of laboratory Substances

 MICROBIOLOGY& IMMUNOLOGY (Theory Outline)

  1. Module I. Introduction and brief history of Microbiology
  2. Module II. Common Laboratory Equipment’s
  3. Module III. Sterilization
  4. Module IV. Antiseptics & Disinfectants
  5. Module V: Growth and cultivation of Microorganisms.
  6. Module VI: Bacteriology
  7. Module VII Virology
  8. Module VIII Parasitology
  9. Module IX Mycology
  10. Module X Immunology

HOSPITAL INFECTION CONTROL ACTIVITIES:

                 The HICC committee regulates the Hospital Infection Control activities and reports directly to the hospital’s administration. We have  highly qualified and skilled professionals able to gain the support of the administrative sector and the clinical staff to ensure that the HICC’s control policies are approved and followed, as well as winning the support of  the administrators. There are periodic inspections in the institution campus checking the adherence to HIC measures. The HICC also conducts monthly review meetings to discuss the Infection control measures to combat the ongoing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)  pandemic as well as the Biomedical Waste Management (BMW). There are regular trainings on HIC activities and BMW practices for all cadres of the hospital ranging from Doctors to the sanitation staffs to ensure the safe environment for both the patients as well as the Healthcare workers.

 DEPARTMENT MUSEUM:

             The Department is equipped with an excellent infrastructure for museum. The museum opens the way to the world of microbes and the various aspects of its role in modifying the lives of mankind. We have a range of real life specimens of different parasites and informative Models and charts of the various microbes.

RESEARCH FACILITIES:

Inspired by emerging and future disease patterns and the increased complexity of comorbidities, our goal is to translate innovative interdisciplinary research to transform patient and population quality of life. The Laboratory of Microbiology is engaged in research on the bio transformations and interactions of microorganisms and the control thereof.

Its general scientific objectives include:

  1. To discover fundamental aspects of selected microbe-based, model systems at ecological, cellular and molecular levels
  2. To understand the molecular basis of key processes in bacteria, archaea and their viruses

to apply the obtained insights to develop and optimize processes related to improving human quality of life.

       We have a well equipped Research lab that pertains to the standards required for the various research activities of undergraduate students as well as for the faculties aimed at improving the quality of services provided.

Research and publications

Publications in 2023:

  1. Senthilvadivu c. Evaluation of drug resistance pattern of mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tertiary care teaching hospital. International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Research. 2023. Volume 13(7).
  2. Senthilvadivu c, Stalin M. Mupirocin Resistance among Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus Aureus from Skin and Soft Tissue Infection in Tertiary Care Centre, Tamilnadu. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 2023 May;15(7):59–62.
  3. Kaliappan S, Vajravelu L, Ravinder T, Katragadda R, Jayachandran AL. Urinary tract infection in urolithiasis: Antimicrobial resistance and clinico-microbiological association between risk factors and positive stone culture from a tertiary care hospital in South India. German Journal of Microbiology. 2023;3(1). doi:10.51585/gjm.2023.1.0020.
  4. Shanmugam K, Pandian J, Nithya C, Suganthi P. A study on seroprevalence of dengue virus infection among patient visiting a tertiary care hospital. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 2023;68–9. doi:10.36106/ijsr/7515285.
  5. Shanmugam K, Pandian J, Nithya C, Suganthi P. A study on seroprevalence of dengue virus infection among patient visiting a tertiary care hospital. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 2023;68–9. doi:10.36106/ijsr/7515285.
  6. Nithya C, Suganthi P, Shanmugam K, Pandian J. Seroprevalence of dengue virus infection by detection of NS1 antigen. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2023;9(1):53–6. doi:10.18231/j.ijmmtd.2023.010

Publications in 2022:

  1. Muniappan M, Sankar P, Rupert S, Govindaraj K, Sathyanesan J, Vennila R, et al. Post liver transplant infections — experience at a tertiary care teaching hospital. INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH. 2022;59–62. doi:10.36106/ijar/2604928.

Publications in 2019:

 1. Jayalakshmi J, Priyadharshini MS. Restricting high-end antibiotics usage-challenge accepted!. Journal of family medicine and primary care. 2019 Oct;8(10):3292.

Publications in 2018:

 1. Shanmugam K, Thyagarajan R, Katragadda R, Vajravelu L, Lakshmy A. Biofilm formation and Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamases (ESBL) producers among the gram negative bacteria causing Urinary tract infections. Int J Med Microbiol Trop Dis. 2017;3(3):86-90.

2.  Stalin  Mani, C SV, M M, Krishnan P. Circulation of multi drug resistant phage group iii   /type 47 hospital acquired methicilin resistant staphylococcus aureus (ha-mrsa) in Tamilnadu. International Journal of Development Research. 2018 Aug 31;Volume:  08(08):22473–7.

3. Ponnambath DK, Priyadharshini MS, Boppe A. Non Lactational Breast Abscess due to Actinomyces odontolyticus: First Case Report from Asia. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2018 Apr 1;12(4).

Ongoing researches:

  1. “A study on pathogens distribution and antimicrobial resistance in blood stream infections in neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital” Akilamani M, Ramya Shanmugam.
    1. “Tube adherence test as a screening tool for detection of biofilm formation among gram negative resistant organism”.  Suganthi P
    1.  “A study on Drug resistance pattern among Urinary tract infection in a tertiary care teaching hospital.” Preethika M, Amudhan Aravind, Shanmugam K.
    1. “Clinicomycological profile of Mucormycosis patients in Covid 19 pandemic in a tertiary care centre in South India- A retrospective study”. Priyadharshini M S , Subathra  N.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) PROGRAM:

            We continue to enlighten ourselves with the updations in the subject as well as the emerging diagnostic techniques and technologies. We also participate in the Clinical Society Meetings to spread the knowledge to our colleagues of various departments and spread the awareness on the various updates happening in Microbiology.   We had an Excellent and informative CME conducted on March 2023- “Combating TB-White Plague – A recent Update” with the support of our Dean and Administrators.

Awards won:

     One of our faculty, Dr.M.S.Priyadharshini, Tutor, had won the best Oral Paper presentation in the VINHICON conference held at Yercaud on 10th and 11 th September 2022 for the paper, “A rare case of Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis from a tertiary care hospital in South India- A case Report” .

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