Services Offered : Infectious diseases diagnosis

• Bacterial infections including cultures-aerobic, anaerobic, fungal and tuberculosis.
• Anti-microbial susceptibility testing including antibiotics, anti-tuberculosis-first line and second line, anti-fungal testing.
• Viral infections including respiratory viruses(H1N1), Herpes, Hepatitis, HIV, Leptospirosis , Dengue, Chikungunya, and others.
• Eye infections.
• Parasitic infestations.
• Routine body fluid analysis.
• NICU environmental surveillance
• Air samples
• Environmental swabs
• Disinfectant potency test
• Tap Water testing

Interesting Cases :

• Plesiomonas shigelloides in stool leading to chronic diarrhoea.
• Candida famata sepsis in neonates through total parental nuitrition.
• Exophiola keratitis in 6 yr old Respiratory infections in NICU due to Acinetobacter in tap water used as humidifier.
• Klebsiella bacteremia in NICU due to contamination in unopened distilled water used as humidifier