Dr. Ashna Ajimsha

Assistant Professor

MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS

Area of Interest

  • Bacteriology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Antimicrobial stewardship
  • Hospital infection control

Additional Responsibilities

  • Deputy lab director -PCR lab, Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation
  • Core team member-AMSP committee, Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation
  • MDRO Surveillance in charge, Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

Achievements:

  • 1st rank in MD Microbiology exam 2022, conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences.

Memberships:

  • Member of The National Academy of Medical Sciences- 20th July 2025
  • Lifetime member of Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (ACM) since 7th August, 2025

Certifications:

  • Basic Course in Biomedical Research - September – December 2019 
  • Training Programme at Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics Division,Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-August 23rd, 2021 – September 24th, 2021
  • 6th Advanced National Workshop on Hospital Infection Control, JIPMER, Puducherry - August 23rd-27th, 2022
  • Quality Management Systems and Internal Audit in Medical Laboratories as per ISO 15189: 2012 - October 26th -29th, 2022
  • Basic Certificate Course on Antimicrobial Stewardship - CAHO - May 29th, 2023                                                                                                         
  • AMR data management (WHONET) and hands on training workshop on determination of  Minimum inhibitory concentration organised by NCDC and Government medical college, Thiruvanathapuram - 18th-19th December, 2023                                                                                                   
  • Certificate program on hospital infection control-Shankara Nethralaya - 1st July-31st December 2023
  • Basic course in medical education June 11th-13th 2024
  • Quality Management Systems and Internal Audit in Medical Laboratories as per ISO 15189: 2022 September 3rd  and 4th, 2024    
  • Quality and Its Importance -Training course on Good Laboratory Practices, Basics of Quality Control and Applications of Quality Control in Laboratory.                                                                                                   

Publications

Title

Journal

Publication detail (Year, Volume, Page nos etc )

Authorship

1st/2nd /other

State/National

/International/Others

Indexed in

1)Sepsis due to Roseomonas gilardii in an elderly female

Kerala medical journal-Journal of Indian Medical Association,Kerala state branch

Volume 13, issue 3, September 14,2020, pages 116-118

1st 

State

-

2)A fatal case of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis and sepsis in an immunocompromised female

Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists

Volume 22, issue 2, April 5,2021, pages 88-91

1st 

National

EBSCO,                    Google scholar, ProQuest

3)Evaluation of rapid antigen test against RT-PCR for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 in a tertiary care centre in South Kerala

Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists

Volume 24, issue 1, published on July 11,2022,

pages 16-20

2nd 

National

EBSCO,                      Google scholar, ProQuest

4)Inducible clindamycin resistance and its molecular characterisation among isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary care centre in South Kerala

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Volume 19, issue 2, published on May 21, 2025,

pages 1145-1153

1st 

International

Scopus, 

DOAJ,

Embase,

Index Copernicus 

5)Atypical but accountable: Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community acquired lower respiratory tract infections in South Kerala.

Journal of Contemporary Clinical Practice 

Volume 11, issue 8, published on August 25, 2025, pages 775-780

1st 



International 

Embase,

EBSCO,

ProQuest,

Index Copernicus 

6) An unusual case of Chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi in

South Kerala following a leech bite: A case report (accepted for publication)

Journal of vocational health studies 


1st 

International 

DOAJ,                              EBSCO,                      Google scholar

Presentations

Topic

Guest lecture/ Oral/Poster/ Convenor of Workshop

Event

Conference/ CME/ Workshop

Venue

Date

Level

Sepsis due to Roseomonas gilardii in an Elderly Female

Poster Presentation

Clinicomicrocon 2019

CME

Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Venjaramoodu

September 27th, 2019.

State

Evaluation of Rapid Antigen Test against RT-PCR for the diagnosis of SARS-COV 2 in a tertiary care centre in South Kerala

Oral Presentation

Clinicomycology Update

CME

SRM Institute of Higher Education & Research

October, 27th, 2021  

National

Research Projects

Project 

Completed/Ongoing

Funded 

Y/N

Collaborated

Y/N

Published 

Y/N

1) A descriptive study on inducible clindamycin

resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a tertiary care centre

Completed

N

N

Y

2) Bacteriological profile and antibiotic resistance patterns in bloodstream infections with phenotypic and genotypic detection of carbapenem resistance among Gram negative isolates in a tertiary care hospital in South Kerala

Completed

N

N

N

3) In vitro activity of cefepime enmetazobactam against Gram negative clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital in South India

Completed

N

N

N