JavaScript Required We're sorry, but this site doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. If you can't enable JavaScript please click here to view settings.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

 
       Areas of expertise
  • Mycology, Anaerobic Bacteriology, Parasitology, Mycobacteriology, Hospital Infection Control, and Infectious Diseases

 
Membership & Training

  • Life Member of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists- Delhi Chapter. (LM-2561)
  • Global Outreach Contributing Member of the American Society for Microbiology. (886505)
  • Hands-on Training in Molecular Biology Techniques supported by ICMR at Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine, Pune (2014)
  • Training/Workshop on Medical Education Technology, at Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi (2019)
  • Hands-on Workshop on Laboratory Detection of Rabies under National One Health Program for prevention and control of Zoonosis, NCDC at Haffkine Institute, Mumbai (2023)
  • Training on Internal Audit and Quality Management System organized by the International School of Quality Management (2025)

Publications

  • Rathod PG, Shaikh N, Ingole KV, Mundhada SG, Chakote SM. Prevalence of Dermatophytes in a tertiary Care Centre of Solapur, Maharashtra. Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University Karad, July-Sep 2016; 5(3)
  • Rathod P.G., Mishra B, Thakur A, Sharma A, Loomba P, Bajaj A, Madhusmita Das. Intestinal parasitic infections in patients attending a tertiary care centre. Trop J Path Micro 2019; 5(7):417-423
  • Rathod P.G., Mishra B, Thakur A, Sharma A, Loomba P, Bajaj A, Madhusmita Das. Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report and brief review of literature. Current Medical Mycology 2020;6(2):52-57
  • Intestinal Strongyloidiasis in a patient of Myasthenia gravis and Diabetes mellitus case report. Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020;9(2):160-163
  • Rathod P, Ahmed Nishat H, Kumar A, Tandon R. Aspergillus nidulans as a pathogen in ophthalmic infections:  case series with review of literature. Current Medical Mycology 2021;7(4):43-48

Corresponding Author

  1. Waghmare PH, Rathod PG, Ingole KV, Shaikh N, Pathak S. Changing trends in the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in an outbreak of 2013 in Solapur, Maharashtra. Indian J Microbiology Research 2016;3(20:192-194
  2. Ingole KV, Rathod PG, Shaikh N, Mundhada SG. Prevalence of Hepatitis C chronic liver disease patients at a tertiary care centre in Western Maharashtra. Indian Journal of Research July 2017;6(7):26-28.
  3. Bajaj A., Rathod, P.G., Thakur, A.K., Mishra, B.K., Loomba, P.S., Dogra, V., & Chandak, R.J. Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial resistance of postoperative wound infections: a threat to human health. Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research 2018; 8(1):57 – 64.

Supporting Author

  1. Mundhada SG, Waghmare PH, Rathod PG, Ingole KV. Bacterial and fungal profile of burn wound infections in Tertiary Care Centre. Indian Journal of Burns. Dec 2015; 23(1):71-75.
  2. Shah P, Ostwal. K Rathod. P, Jadhav A, Shaikh N, Ingole KV. Multiple and severe parasitic infestation in mentally retarded patient- A case report. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research; Sep 2015;6(9):6158-6160
  3. Mundhada SG, Waghmare PH, Ingole KV, Rathod PG. Prevalence of various Beta –lactamases production among gram-negative isolates in burn care unit in a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Applied Research.2015; 1(12):474-478.
  4. Ingole KV, Mundhada SG, Sharma A, Rathod PG. Prevalence of malaria in a tertiary care hospital in Solapur district, Maharashtra. Aug 2017; 7(8).
  5. Bajaj A, Mishra B, Loomba PS, Thakur A, Sharma A, Rathod PG, et al. Prevalence of Gram-negative Septicemia in a Tertiary Care Center. J Med Sci Health 2019; 5(1):36-41.
  6. Bajaj A, Thakur A, Mishra B, Loomba PS, Dogra V, Chandak RJ, Rathod PG. Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Causing Biliary Tract Infection: A Tertiary Care Centre Study from North India. Saudi J Pathol Microbiol, March 2019; 4(3): 245-249.
  7. Bajaj A, Mishra B, Loomba P, Thakur A, Sharma A, Rathod P, Das M, Bhasin A. Prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis in a tertiary care centre. Perspectives in Medical Research 2019; 7(3): 15-21.
  8. Bhasin A, Loomba P, Thakur A, Mishra B, Shrama A, Bajaj A, Rathod P, Das M. Comparative evaluation of rapid polymixin of Nordmann-Poirel test and VITEK-2 for colistin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2020;14(6):10-13.
  9. Ahmed NH, Mishra D, Rathod P, Satpathy G, Titiyal JS, Tandon R, et al. Spectrum of bacterial keratitis in North India: A retrospective analysis of six years at a tertiary care eye center. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jun;70(6):1982–1989.
  10. Ahmed NH, Rathod PG, Satpathy G, Tandon R, Sharma N, Titiyal JS. Acanthamoeba keratitis: Experience from a tertiary eye care center in North India. Trop Parasitol. 2022 Jul-Dec;12(2):119-123.
  11. Ahmed NH, Beniwal A, Manumuraleekrishna, Das AK, Rathod PG, Tandon R. A rare case of Exophiala dermatitidis graft infection post-penetrating keratoplasty. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2023 Jul–Sep;3(3):671–672.

Miscellaneous:

Honors and Awards: 

  • Quiz winner at MICRO-D-CON 2017, held at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi

Resource person:

  • Resource person, in CME at Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College, Solapur, themed on Genomics -Global Scenario, delivered a lecture on “Quality Control in the Medical Microbiology Laboratory” to technical staff (2016).
  • Workshop Facilitator, “Know Anaerobes, Grow Anaerobes” at the 47th Annual Congress of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (2024)
  • Workshop Co-ordinator, “Point Prevalence Survey in Health Care Facilities: A Step Towards Antimicrobial Containment” and “Hands-on Workshop on CSSD: Heart of a Hospital” at the 47th Annual Congress of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (2024)