Karuna Medical College

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Department of Microbiology

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Department of Microbiology

Microbiology is an ever expanding Medical science due to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases at the global level. Clinical Microbiologists assists the clinicians by providing identification of pathogens and suggesting treatment options. Using this information, a treatment can be devised. Other tasks may include the identification of potential health risks to the community or monitoring the evolution of potentially virulent or resistant strains of microbes, educating the community and assisting in preventing or controlling Pandemics, epidemics and outbreaks of disease. The Department of Microbiology can be conceptually subdivided into Academic medicine, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory and Molecular research Laboratory. The Department of Microbiology offers 24 hours diagnostic services to the Karuna Medical College and Hospital, intents at providing accurate results on clinical material within the shortest possible time. This has been achieved by round the clock laboratory services, online reporting and use of state of the art equipment. It is divided into several sections which are under the control of the Head of the Department. The work was supervised and reports are delivered by the authorized faculty.

Key Doctors

Dr. Vijayamathy. A

Associate Professor
Aebas Number : 56098028
Fep Id : M17584
Medical Council Reg No : 40943
Total Teaching Experience : 10 Years And 10 Months

Dr. Sabitha Baby

Professor
AEBAS ID :-33170286
FEP ID :-L21862
Teaching Experience :-22 years 6 months

Dr. T.G Ramya

Associate Professor
AEBAS ID :- FEP ID :- M21502
Teaching Experience :-12 years

Dr. Bhavna T Jishnu

Assistant Professor
AEBAS ID :- 84178681
FEP ID :- M31713
Medical Council Registration No:- 33613
Teaching Experience :- 8 Yrs

Dr. Deepasankari

Assistant Professor
Teaching Experience :- 4 yrs

Dr. Sreya P J

Assistant Professor
AEBAS ID :-4920 5377
FEP ID :- M30162
Medical Council Registration No:- 51316
Teaching Experience :- 1 Year 5 Months

Dr. Aiswarya

Tutor
AEBAS ID :-4920 5377
FEP ID :- M30162
Medical Council Registration No:- 51316
Teaching Experience :- 1 Year 5 Months

Dr. Chippy

Tutor
AEBAS ID :- 83351718,
Medical Council Registration No:- 105331,
Teaching Experience :- 1 Month

Dr. Jouhar

Tutor
Medical Council Registration No:- 93076
Teaching Experience :- 2 yrs

Dr. Liju

Tutor
Medical Council Registration No:- 61093
Teaching Experience :- 5 yrs

Dr. Mohammed Shaheen Adeeb

Tutor
Medical Council Registration No:- 91395
Teaching Experience :- 6 months

Dr. Faizal K.H

Tutor
Medical Council Registration No:- 89185
Teaching Experience :- 2 yrs

MS. Saranya R

Tutor
Teaching Experience :- 3 yrs

  • It was in 2004 that Karuna Medical College Hospital started and Department of Microbiology was attached to the hospital to cater to the laboratory services.
  • The Medical College started in 2006 with its first batch of students affiliated to University of Calicut under the academic leadership of Dr. Shereefa Beevi, MD.
  • The Microbiology Department head was Dr.R.K.Geetha.MD
  • Soon the department moved to the fine new academic bloc. State of art Microbiology service laboratory was also inaugurated.

It was the initial days and there was lot of team work involved by all the members of the department, to evaluate, verify and implement the different aspects of teaching module for the students and to validate and standardize the laboratory test procedures.

There were the regular inspections by the university and the MCI and had to ensure the maintenance of test performance standards and its records.

The KeralaUniversity of Health Sciences (KUHS). came to existence during the year 2010 and then on the college is affiliated with KUHS 

In the year 2012 the department welcome its first post graduate student to pursue MD Microbiology.

The molecular research laboratory (BSL Level 2) was added onto the department to answer the testing needs during the Covid 19 pandemic.

The National Medical Commission had brought in a sea change in the curriculum to mould the Indian Medical graduate. From the year 2021 onwards the II-year MBBS Microbiology curriculum is for a span of one year instead of the earlier 1.5 years.

  • The highest standards of professionalism, with an emphasis on quality of care,
  • The treatment of all individuals with respect and dignity
  • Commit to ongoing learning and development.
  • our openness to new ideas and forms of expression, intellectual curiosity, willingness to take risks and entrepreneurial spirit

BSL LEVEL 2 LABORATORY

BSL-2 level laboratory facility including molecular biology setup for virological diagnosis

  • Biosafety cabinet (BSC) class 2A (calibrated)
  • -2O0C deep freezer, for storage of reagents (primers/ probes/ positive controls)
  • -800c deep freezer with UPS, for storage of aliquoted samples/ RNA in cryovials
  • 40c refrigerator (for storage of viral transport medium, and for short term storage of samples and extracted RNA)
  • Cfx96 thermocycler
  • Refrigerated centrifuge
  • Microcentrifuge
  • Dry bath, water bath
  • Vortex mixer
  • Micro spin
  • Plate centrifuge

The Department has one undergraduate practical hall and one demonstration room, library, as well as a museum to support its teaching activities. During the teaching of every topic of Microbiology, the clinical applications are discussed and summarized with clinical correlation. In the practical curriculum students are introduced to problem-based learning along with applied topics.

The state of art laboratory of the department offers a variety of testing methods in diagnosis of infectious diseases. The Department provides laboratory services to both in-patient and out-patients of the attached teaching medical college hospitals and also offers services in bacteriology, serology and parasitology. The Serology department has ELISA system and all the sections are equipped with necessary instruments to carry out their diagnostic work. The Molecular research laboratory has been pivotal during the covid-19 pandemic, by extending the RT-PCR testing.

 Our research investigates the epidemiology of resistance in a number of important bacterial pathogens, including Gram-negatives such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Gram-positives such as Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative staphylococci. Surveillance of the prevalence and mechanisms of resistance in bacterial pathogens is critical to inform treatment guidelines, infection control practices and antibiotic stewardship. The staff are involved in publications in various indexed journals.

Name of the Faculty Title of the Article
Dr. Sathiya Priya S.K Sathiya Priya. 2018. Bacteriological And Mycological Profile of Ocular Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital. Int J Recent Sci Res. 9(4), pp.25670-25673.
S.K. Sathiya Priya, R.K. Geetha, Ramya Kumaran. Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Global Journal for Research Analysis, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2018.
S.K. Sathiya Priya. Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Wound Infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital. IJAR 2019; 5(5): 201–203.
S.K. Sathiya Priya. Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Urinary Tract Infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Int J Microbiology and Mycology, Vol 17, No.2, pp.1–5, 2023.
S.K. Sathiya Priya. Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Blood Stream Infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital. IJSRR 2023; 12(4): 22–28.
S.K. Sathiya Priya. Knowledge, Attitude, Perception and Hesitancy towards Covid-19 Vaccine among Arts and Science College Students in Coimbatore City, India. IJSRR 2023; 12(4): 53–64.
Dr. Sabitha Baby Sabitha Baby, Vimal Kumar Karnaker, Rishiyur Krishnaswamy, Geetha. Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Haemolysins in relation to Antibiotic Resistance Profile among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Medical Science, 2018, 22(90), 209–217.
Baby S, Karnaker V K, Rishiyur K G. Determination of Adhesion Encoding Operon of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Manuscript ID: 67550, May 2018.
Sabitha Baby, Vimal Kumar Karnaker, Geetha R K. Determination of Phenotypic Expression of the Fimbriae and Hemolysin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Int J Adv Med. 2014; 1(1): 13–18.
Sabitha Baby, Vimal Kumar Karnaker, R.K. Geetha. Serum Bactericidal Resistance in Uropathogenic E. coli. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. (2014) 3(8): 823–828.
Dr. Bhavna T Jishnu Jishnu Bhavna T, Rajasekhar Neelaveni. Pattern & Presentations of ANA by Immunofluorescence and Line Immunoassay. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Volume 15, Issue 12, 2024.
Jishnu Bhavna T, Sriparna Ananya Thupakki, Vichitra K, Kindo Anupma Jyoti. Clinico-mycological Correlation and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern of Aspergillus Species. J Acad Clin Microbiology 2019; 21:24–28.
Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna, Bhavna T Jishnu, Vijaykishore Thanneru, Savithri Sharma, Anjana Gopi, Murugan Sundaram, Anupma Jyoti Kindo. In-vitro Activities of Efinaconazole and Itraconazole against Non-Dermatophyte Fungi Causing Onychomycosis. Journal of Fungi, 2017.
Chadiesh N, Bhavna T Jishnu, Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna, Ramanan R, Vijaykishore Thanneru, Anupma Jyoti Kindo. Aspergillus quadrilineatus Infection in an Elderly Debilitated Patient. J Acad Clin Microbiology 2017; 19:62–65.
Dr. Sreya P J Bacteriological Profile of Sore Throat in a Tertiary Care Centre in Central Kerala.