About
Advanced Mycology Diagnostic & Research Centre
Our centre is being developed as a state of the art mycology reference laboratory, focusing on comprehensive fungal diagnostic and management services from bedside to laboratory to final report. We use a combined approach of conventional fungal diagnosis and advanced methodologies such as molecular identification, rapid serological assays, antifungal susceptibility testing and therapeutic drug monitoring
Our emphasis is on early and accurate diagnosis and appropriate multi-faceted management of invasive fungal infections, including aspects of appropriate antifungal use and fungal infection control, especially in critically ill patients.
We aim to provide a uniform high standard of care for all patients with invasive fungal infections, as well as to customise and tailor the approach to management as needed for individual patients, with robust clinical advisory services and active coordination between clinicians and mycologists.
We also provide training and education to increase awareness around fungal infections and their management in the North India zone. We hope to gradually reduce the burden of fungal infections in the area served by our centre, as well as to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with fungal infections.
Research Activities
- ICMR Project: Advanced Mycology Diagnostic and Research Centre in Northern region of India
- ICMR Project: molecular epidemiology and in-vitro antifungal susceptibility of Cryptic aspergillus species from clinical and environmental sample.
- Diagnosis of Invasive mucormycosisin COVID patients using conventional and molecular methods 2022.
- DST Project: A study of the ecology, evolution, and resistance mechanisms of Candida auris. 2019-2022
- ICMR Project: Invasive Fungal Infections: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance and Molecular Characterization of the Clinical and Environmental Isolates from the hospital. Year 2017-2020
- DBT Project: “Development of immunoblot assay for diagnosis of Sub- Clinical Cryptococcosis”. Year 2012-2015.
- DBT Multicentric Project: “Antifungal susceptibity testing and genotyping of Cryptococcal isolates from Delhi and other parts of India”. Year 2012-2015.
- DBT project “Zygomycetes and mucormycosis: epidemiology, taxonomy and molecular biology”. Year 2012-2015.
- Utility of an in-house real-time PCR in whole blood samples as a minimally invasive method for early and accurate diagnosis of invasive mould infections.
- Utility of in-house and commercial PCR assay in diagnosis of Covid-19 associated mucormycosis in an emergency setting in a tertiary care center.
- Development of a Sensitive and Specific Novel qPCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis by Melting Curve Analysis.
- COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis: Ramping up our services during crisis.
- Conventional PCR as a reliable method for diagnosing invasive mucormycosis in resource-limited settings
- Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Invasive Fungal Infections (IFIs) in India: A Prospective Observational Study
- Multilocus Sequence Typing of Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus from India
- Prognostic Scores and Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatusin Invasive Aspergillosis from an Indian Respiratory Medicine ICU (ICU Patients with IA Suspicion)
- Serum galactomannan antigen as a prognostic and diagnostic marker for invasive aspergillosis in heterogeneous medicine ICU patient population
Our Labs
The Mycology laboratory conducts both diagnostic activities in the area of fungal infections, teaching, training and research activities. The laboratory makes use of basic and advanced equipment for diagnosis and innovation in the field of microbiology
Our Laboratory Equipment's
Our laboratory makes use of basic and advanced equipment for diagnosis and innovation in the field of microbiology
