Research Activities
Sr. No. | Name of the Project | Project sanctioning authority |
1 | “Evaluating Essential Sexually Transmitted Infection Service Package for Sex Workers in India” | National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Family Health International, Centre for Operational Research and Training |
2 | The V3 Loop: A conserved structure of gp120 that can induce broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1” | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Current Research Activities of Postgraduate students:
- Prevalence of Metallo-b-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species in various clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital.
- Correlation of CD4 counts with clinical profile in HIV infected paediatric cases.
- Pattern of CD4 counts in HIV seropositive adult patients on Anti-retroviral treatment (ART).
- Detection of AmpC Beta-Lactamases in Gram-negative bacteria with their predisposing factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern.
- Oppportunistic intestinal parasites in HIV infected individuals and its correlation with CD4 count.
- Diagnostic utility of rapid tests in malaria.
- Comparison of lysis centrifugation method with conventional blood culture method in cases of septicaemia in a tertiary care hospital.
- Spectrum of fungal infections in paediatric patients.
- A Mycological Study of Tinea corporis and Tinea cruris with Comparison of Trypsination Technique with Conventional Technique for Recovery of Fungi.
- A study of Incidence, Risk factors, outcome and associated pathogens in patients with central venous catheters in Medical Intensive Care Unit.
- Study of Ascitic fluid and comparison of two culture methods for diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) in adult patients with cirrhosis.
- Comparative study of detection of cryptosporidium in fecal specimens by commercially available ELISA and modified acid fast stain.
Research Projects
- Dr. Sujata Baveja and Dr. Anuradha De – Active Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal infection (ASIP Project); A multicentric study in collaboration with CMC, Vellore and GSK, Mumbai.
- Dr. Sujata Baveja – Rotavirus Project; Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.
- Dr. Sujata Baveja, Dr. Desma D’Souza – A 3 year program to study the Impact of Training on the knowledge, attitude and practices of health care workers on infection prevention at tertiary care hospital (in collaboration with Americares India)
- Dr. Sujata Baveja, Dr. Anuradha De, Dr. Desma D’Souza – Surveillance study on antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates at various Indian hospitals (in collaboration with Wockhardt)
- Dr. Sujata Baveja, Dr. Desma D’Souza – Modified resazurinmicrotitre assay for in vitro assessment of different antimicrobials against laboratory pathogens (in collaboration with NIRRH)
- Dr. Sujata Baveja, Dr. Anuradha De and Dr. AlkaShinde – In vitro antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from acne patients