Alfa A S | SGMC

Dr. Alfa A S

Senior Resident

MBBS, MD

Area of Interest

Additional Responsibilities

Infection Control Core Team member

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

Young Researcher Award-2024

Publications

ARTICLE

AUTHOR

JOURNAL

INDEXED

1. Lung abscess by

Streptococcus intermedius: An unusual first case report from India

First author

Indian Journal of Medical

Microbiology

MedLine, PubMed

2. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Infection Control and Associated Factors Among Microbiology Laboratory Technicians in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

Third author

JOURNAL OF APPLIED BIOANALYSIS

Scopus, PubMed, DOAJ

(Directory of Open Access Journals)

Presentations

Topic	Guest lecture/ Oral/Poster/ Convenor of Workshop	Event	Conference/ CME/ Workshop	Venue	Date	Level
Demographic, Clinical and Microbiological profile of cases of Lung Abscess and Empyema From a tertiary care centre in Coastal Karnataka	Oral	MICROCON 2023	Conference	Lucknow	26^th Nov	National
A rare case of Anterior Abdominal wall abscess caused by Fusobacterium varium, an emerging pathogen	Poster	TRICON 2023	Conference	Trivandrum	2^nd Oct	National
An experience series of lung abscess cases from a tertiary care centre in Coastal Karnataka	Poster	Manipal Quest 1.0 2024	Conference	Manipal	June 9th	Institutional

Research Projects

PROJECT	COMPLETED / ONGOING	FUNDING Y/N	COLLABORATED Y/N	PUBLISHED Y/N
Lung Abscess and Empyema (Chronic Lung Sepsis): A Comprehensive Prospective Study on Clinical and Microbiological Patterns in Coastal Karnataka	Ongoing	N	N	N
To study the accuracy of trace results given by GeneXpert for both Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Ongoing	N	N	N
Prospective study to explore Demographic, Clinical and Microbiological profile of Lung abscess cases in a Tertiary care centre, Coastal Karnataka	Ongoing	N	N	N
Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio Cholerae Bacteremia Presenting As Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis In Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Case Report	Ongoing	N	N	N

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