The year 2020 brought a radical change in the healthcare delivery system and a global outlook towards handling of infectious diseases. The department of Microbiology was expected to play a pivotal role in the same and as Aristotle had once said ‘Excellence is not an act but a habit’. The department rose to the forefront and literally dedicated itself to the cause of Molecular RT-PCR testing for COVID-19.
The Department of Microbiology has been providing round-the-clock laboratory services since its inception and strives to bridge the gap between Benchwork & Clinical care provisioning.
The department is fully functional in handling samples in Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Serology, Immunology, Parasitology, Virology & Molecular Biology. Noteworthy amongst those is a tie-up with various Premiere Centers of Excellence viz; National Institute of Virology, Pune and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi for their External Quality Control assurance (EQAS) Programmes.
From detection of various multidrug-resistant pathogens to optimization of TAT in Molecular lab; the department has set its foot on the path of Academic & Clinical growth. The few notable findings of recent times range from the isolation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, detection of Inducible Clindamycin resistance, detection of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, to detecting Family Mucorales(Mucormycosis) in 02 post-COVID cases.
Maintaining a high index of suspicion for infectious agents other than COVID-19, the department had recently encountered few interesting cases
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- A case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a 65 year male,ZN Stain (L) and Modified ZN stain (R) of sputum sample respectively.
- A case of Multibacillary leprosy in a 60year male, slit skin smear microscopic examination.
C. MRSA with Inducible clindamycin resistance reporting in Pus sample of 31yrs /M patient.
D. Mucorales on fungal stain in post Covidpatient sputum sample.
E. Aspergillus sp. growth of culture in sputum samples of patients.
Dr. Saumya Singh
Associate cum Head of Department
MICROBIOLOGY
UIMS, Prayagraj
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