Dr. Neetha. S. Murthy

Doctors Details

MBBS, MD

Microbiology

Senior Resident

Languages Spoken :
Kannada, English, Hindi, Tamil

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Microbiology

Dr. Neetha. S. Murthy is an undergraduate from M.S Ramaiah Medical college. She completed her MD in Microbiology from RGUHS in the year 2016 and joined the Viral Research & Diagnostic laboratory, Mysore as a Medical Research Scientist. During her tenure as a research scientist she has been trained at NIV Pune in viral lab diagnostics by serological and molecular diagnostic modalities. She has worked as the microbiologist-in-charge of Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL) for Tuberculosis, Thiruvananthapuram under the banner of NTEP. She is trained from NTI Bangalore for TB phenotypic as well as genotypic diagnostics. During her tenure in the IRL she has technically and administratively managed a BSL-3 TB containment laboratory. she has been a part of the NTEP team involved in logistics planning & operationalization of in-vitro diagnosis of latent TB by IGRA. She has served as a master trainer for NTEP staff on mycobacteriology, DRTB management, Genexpert & Truenat testing. She is a NABL trained internal assessor as per ISO 15189-2012. During the Covid pandemic she has worked under the State health & family welfare department, Govt. of Kerala for drafting Truenat & CBNAAT based COVID testing advisories and as a quality assessor for RTPCR performing laboratories. She has presently returned to her hometown and joined JSS medical college as a senior resident in microbiology.

Mycobacteriology
Virology
Bacteriology
Mycology

Member of Karnataka chapter of Indian association of microbiologists

Presentations

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGISTS
25-29 November 2015, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
Oral paper presented on Characterization, detection of potential virulence factors and antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterococcal isolates in a tertiary hospital
National Level Conference In Clinical Microbiology Advanced Research In Medical Science(ARISE-2015)
Dated: 28 September 2015; SRM University, Kattankulathur
Poster presented on Mycological study of Tinea capitis in a Tertiary care Hospital.
CME – New Horizons in Medical Microbiology at Mysore medical college and research institute

Poster presentation

Subcutaneous dirofilariasis of the cheek with microfilaremia.

Publications

Presumptive identification of candida species by using chromogenic agar in comparison with yeast identification protocols in a tertiary care hospital.
Anjana Gopi1, Neetha S. Murthy2.
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare/ Volume 1/ Issue 13/ Dec 01/ 2014
Rickettsial Diseases: A Study Evidenced by Weil-Felix Test in a Tertiary Care Hospital.”
K S Rashmi1, Neetha S. Murthy2, K L Ravikumar3.
International Journal of Scientific Study/ Volume 3/ Issue 8/ Nov/2015.
Mycological study of tinea capitis in a tertiary care hospital.”
Anjana Gopi1, Neetha S. Murthy2, Vinoba S.3, Faiza Samreen4, Swati5.
Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences/ Volume 4/ Issue

Best Poster award for Subcutaneous dirofilariasis of the cheek with microfilaremia at CME – New Horizons in Medical Microbiology at Mysore medical college and research institute

Secured 8th rank in RGUHS MD microbiology examination 2016.
Trained in “quality management systems and internal audit in medical labs as per ISO 15189-2012”
Trained in Neurovirology – NIMHANS, Bangalore
Trained in Virology from NIV Pune
Training in Line Probe Assay, EQA-NTEP at NTI, Bangalore

Aided in genotypic diagnosis of heteroresistant tuberculosis cases while working in Intermediate Reference laboratory for tuberculosis-Kerala