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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

 
  • Name: Dr. Priyanka Singh
  • Designation: Assistant Professor     
  • Qualification: MBBS, MD, DNB, PDCC  
  • Email: priyanka.singh@aiimsnagpur.edu.in
        Areas of expertise
  • Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Serology, Mycology, Parasitology,
  • Antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobial stewardship, Infection Control

 
Membership & Training

  • ESCMID funded Observership in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (Spring 2024)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), UK
  • Life member of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP)
  • Life member of Indian Society of Medical Mycologists (ISMM)
  • Life member of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Nagpur branch

Publications

  • Singh P, Kanade S, Nataraj G. Performance of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and antituberculosis treatment initiation. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021;10:373-8
  • Torane VP, Singh P, Karmarkar MG, Nataraj G; A comparison of rapid immunochromatography based tests with ELISA in dengue and leptospirosis in a scenario of ‘no rapids’; MedPulse - International Medical Journal, ISSN: 2348-2516, EISSN: 2348-1897, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2020 pp 10-14
  • Singh P, Kanade S, Nataraj G. Sensitivity and Specificity of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay NuLAMPTM for diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study; European Respiratory Journal 2019; Volume 54: Suppl. 63, PA554
  • Singh P, Shete V, Choudhary A, Gade N, Mishra M. Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus Infection in Pediatric Patient: A Case Report from Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India. Cureus. 2024 Jan 27;16(1):e53060. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53060. PMID: 38410352; PMCID: PMC10896270
  • Singh P, Nag S, Mishra MR. Nocardia brasiliensis in diabetic foot abscess: A rare case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 Mar;14(3):1122-1124

Book Chapters

  • Singh P, Mudliar SR. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP): Technology and Applications with special reference to tuberculosis. Chapter 6. Duncan LT. Advances in Health and Disease. 2023; Vol 70: 131-148. Nova Science Publishers New York Inc.
  • Banerjee T, Sharma S, Singh P. Fungal Infection and Ulceration. Chapter 14. Khanna AK, Tiwary SK. Uncommon ulcers of the extremities. 2023; 149-160. Springer Nature Singapore.

Honors and Awards 

  • ESCMID Funded Observership (Spring 2024) in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Infection Control under Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Departments of Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena (HUVM), Seville, Spain.
  • Resource person in Hands-on Workshop on “Combating Resistance Advanced Methods of CRE detection” during VAMMCON 2025.
  • Won prize during National workshop on “Precision antifungal – diagnostic stewardship” held in AIIMS Jodhpur during ASPICON 2023.
  • Winner of Microbiology Quiz Competition in VAMMCON-2022 held at AIIMS, Nagpur.
  • Finalist in the National round of Quiz Competition in ASPICON 2021 on 4th December 2021 held at AIIMS, Patna.
  • Discussant panellist for Thursday Truth Seekers (TTS) on the topic “Characterization of colistin and tigecycline resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from clinical samples” organized on 20th May 2021 by the Department of Surgery, BARC Hospital, Mumbai (A WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMICs).
  • Won the GOSUMEC Scholarship Award for Innovation/Research in January 2020 at Seth GSMC & KEMH for presentation in the International Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held in Madrid, Spain from 28th September to 2nd October 2019.
  • Secured 5th Rank in the University exam for MD Microbiology conducted by MUHS (Summer 2019, MD Examination)
  • Won the Microbiology Quiz at 502nd Teaching Pathologists and Microbiologists Conference (TPMC), held  at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 2018.