Dr. Alfa A S

Senior Resident

MBBS, MD

Area of Interest

  • Infectious diseases
  • Bacteriology
  • Hospital infection control
  • Mycology
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Research and Teaching

Additional Responsibilities

  • Infection Control Core Team member

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

  • Young Researcher Award-2024

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certificate course for Basic Life Support Training
  • Certificate for Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Training
  • Certified internal auditor as per Quality MANAGEMENT SYSTEM for clinical labs as per ISO-15189-2022 at SUT Medical College from Feb 4th to 7th,2026
  • Completed training in “Basic course of Virological Technique” from October 10th-14th,2022 by Manipal Institute of Virology(MIV),Manipal
  • Basic Course in Biomedical Research by ICMR,2023
  • Certificate Course in Clinical and Diagnostic Virology by Manipal Institute of Virology (MIV), MAHE, Manipal from September 1st to 30th,2023
  • Facilitator in Workshop “First Onsite Practical Training-Clinical Microbiology” as a part of “AMS COURSE: From Classroom to Bedside” by Kasturba Medical College, Manipal from May 13th-17th,2024
  • Delegate in IAMM PG Assembly, Kasturba Medical college, Manipal from 9th-11th September,2024

Publications

ARTICLE

AUTHOR

JOURNAL

INDEXED

IN

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

26th Nov

National

A rare case of Anterior Abdominal wall abscess caused by Fusobacterium varium, an emerging pathogen

Poster

TRICON 2023

Conference

Trivandrum

2nd 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