Microbiology Publications

V Yamuna, Roseline Meshramkar, R. D. Kulkarni, Manjunath Hosamani, K Lekha, Ramesh K. Nadiger, Nagarajan, Chidambaram. An in vitro evaluation of microleakage in platform-switched implants at implant–abutment interface by contamination assessment of implant wells and respective abutment surfaces. Journal of Dent Implants 2020; 10:22-34. Aug 2020.

Pavithra Jain, R. D. Kulkarni, S. Datta, Ajantha G. S. Anuradha S.K, Praveen C. Shetty, Shubhada C, Manjunath H, Suma A, Deepa R. H. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Profile of Shigella isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North Karnataka: A 12- Year Study. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2020:IP 122- 252 227 86. July 2020

Anil Bapu Bargale, Jayarama Shetty K, Suchetha Kumari N, Vidya S. Patil, R. D. Kulkarni, Rajesh Kumar Manne, Sarath Kumar E & Praveenkumar Shetty. Annexin A2 mediated posttranscriptional destabilization of BRCA1 mRNA in sporadic breast cancer. Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications. (2019)12:162-168.

Nireeksha B. N., Roseline Meshramkar, Lekha K, Raghavendra D Kulkarni & Manjunath Hosamani. Evaluation of antifungal activity of Nystatin and grape seed extract incorporated into denture adhesive. International Journal of Current Advanced Research.  Volume 8; Issue 09 (C); September 2019. Page No.19916-19919

Mukti Nath Mishra, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Jeevanandam Mohanraj, S. Durairaju Nisshanthini, G. S. Ajantha, Arun Chandrasekhar, Prachee Kenge & Shama Bhat. A novel ready-to-use dry-reagent polymerase chain reaction fordetection of Escherichia coli & Shigella species. Indian J Med Res 149, May 2019, PP 671-676. DOI: 10,4103/ijmr. IJMR_1394_17.

Rakesh K. Nayak, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Ganavalli S.  Ajantha.  Trend of clients attending an integrated counselling and testing centre of a tertiary care hospital in North Karnataka: a record based study. Int J of Community Med and Pub Health. (2019) 6:2972-2981.

Shanbag, R., Patil, P., Rani, S.H., Sughosh Kulkarni. Respiratory Epithelial Adenomatoid Hamartoma (REAH) in the Olfactory Cleft: Often Masked by Bilateral Nasal Polyps. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1562-6.

Sreedevi Hanumantha and Deepti S. Patil. Incidence, Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences.

Ulka Idate, Kishore Bhat, Raghavendra Kulkarni, Vijay Kumabr, Geeta Pattar. Identification of Capnocytophaga species from oral cacity of healthy individuals and patients with chronic periodontitis using phenotypic tests. Journal of Advanced Clinical & Research Insights (2018), 1, 173-177.

Renuka Anegundi, Raghavendra Dheerendra Kulkarni, Satish S Patil, Vidyavathi B Chitharagi, Ganavalli Subramanya Ajantha. Evaluation of a modified protocol that decreases the turnaround time of positive blood cultures .Iranian Journal of Microbiology (2018)10:281-286.

V.V. Pai, GS Ajantha & NK Naveen. Antifungal Resistance in Dermatology- Indian J. Dermatol 2018:63:361-8

Kulkarni MR, Bhat KG, Thomas BS, Bhat GS, Kulkarni RD. Identification of multiple strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis using heteroduplex polymerase chain reaction in varying severity of chronic periodontitis. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Jan-Mar;36(1):81-86. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_434.

Dr. Praveen C. Shetty, Thasneem S. Luqman, Raghavendra. D. Kulkarni, Parashuram Y. Koti, Comparative Evaluation of Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing on Vitek-2 Compact and Direct Sensitivity Test from Blood Cultures from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. (2018)12: 913-920.P-ISSN 0973-7510

Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, MuktiNath Mishra, Jeevanandam Mohanraj,Arun Chandrasekhar, G.S. Ajantha, Sheetal Kulkani, Shama Bhat. Development of a dry reagent mix based polymerase chain reaction as a novel tool for the identification of Acinetobacter species and its comparison with conventional polymerase chain reaction.  Journal of Laboratory Physicians. J Lab Physicians 2018;10:68-72.

Deepti R. Angadi, Latha Goravalingappa and Sreedevi Hanumantha. Descriptive Study to Find out Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of the Clinical Isolates of Neonatal Septicemia. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 01 (2018)  

Verma Rishabh, Jain Pavithra, K.R. PravinChandra and R.D. Kulkarni. Pathogenicity Testing of       Clinical Candida Isolates by Assesing Biofilm Formation and their Adhesion to Urinary Catheter Material. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. Volume 11 No. 4 Page No. 1939-1946 Dec 2017. ISNN No. 2277-5862 Charushila Gajapati, R. D. Kulkarni, Nishant N. Clinical profile and management outcome of orbital cellulitis in a tertiary care centre. Ind J Clin Experimental Ophtal, 2017; 3: 513-517.Abhilasha Karunasagar, Santosh S. Garag, Suma B. Appannavar, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Ashok S. Naik.  Bacterial Biofilms in Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Their Implications for Clinical Management. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery • September 2017. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery • September 2017.Das S, Samajpati S, Roy I, Sankar S, Gaind R, Deb M, Kulkarni R, Paul DK, Dutta S. Molecular Subtyping of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi by Pulsed-Field GelElectrophoresis and Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis in India: Their Association with Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles. Japanese Journal of Infectious DiseasesVol. 70 (2017) No. 5 p. 536-543.Vidyavathi B Chitharagi, Raghavendra D Kulkarni, Renuka Anegundi, Ajantha GS, Praveen Chandra KR. Clinical Profile of Malaria in and around Hubballi-Dharwad: A Region of North Karnataka. National Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2017 ISSN -2277 8551Charushila V. Gajapati, Pradeep Addagadde Venkataramana, Kulkarni R.D., Patil S.H., Nishant N.. Bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibility of chronic dacryocystitis. International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty. June 2017 (accepted for publication) International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty, April-June, 2017;3(2):122-125 122.Sughosh S. Kulkarni, Radhika Madalgi, Ganavalli S. Ajantha, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni. Identification of genus Acinetobacter: Standardization of in?house PCR and its comparison with conventional phenotypic methods. Journal of Laboratory Physicians - Volume 9, Issue 4, October-December 2017

Satish Patil, Praveen C. Shetty, Raghavendra D Kulkarni, Ajantha GS, Anuradha Kalabavi, Deepa Patil, Manjunath Hosamani, Pavithra Jain, A.K. Chakraborti, Shubhada C. Antibiogram and Serotyping of Vibrio cholerae O1Isolates from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, June 2017; 11(2).

Praveen C. Shetty, Gopalkrishna Bhat K. Comparative evaluation of microscopy and culture methods in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infected patients. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. June 2017; 11(2).

Kumar S, Gangoliya SR, Alam SI, Patil S, Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD, Kamboj DV. First Genetic Evidence of Coxiella burnetii in Cases Presenting with Acute Febrile Illness, India. Journal of Medical Microbiology. Ms. No. JMM-D-16-00724R1.

Renuka Anegundi, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Vidyavathi B. Chitharagi, G.S. Ajantha, C. Shubhada and Ami Varaiya. Bacteriological Profile and Clinical Outcome in Cases of Neonatal Sepsis. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(4): 2206-2214 2206

Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, G. S. Ajantha, Aithal R. Kiran1, K. R. Pravinchandra. Global Eradication of Measles: Are We Poised?. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2017, 112.133.197.6.

Namratha K K, Kruthika S G, P. K. Shetty, Anil B B, R D Kulkarni, Bhushan B K and Hiremath S. V. .Effects of salivary e-cadherin (cdh1-160) gene promoter polymorphism on the risk of development of oral cancer in Indian origin. International Journal of Current Research. 2017; 9:49449-49454.

Deepti R. Angadi and Sreedevi Hanumantha. A Study on the Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated in Neonatal Septicemia. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 12 (2017) pp. 4358-4363.

Aniruddh Acharya, RD Kulkarni.  Tumor necrosis factor-?, interleukin-4 and -6 in the serum of health, chronic periodontitis, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. J of Ind Society Periodont_jisp_229_16R3, 2016. J of Ind Society Periodont_jisp_229_16R3, 2016.

AB Acharya, S Thakur, MV Muddapur, RD Kulkarni Systemic Cytokines in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Periodontitis.. Current diabetes reviews.

Patil DP, GS Ajantha, C Shubhada, PA Jain, A Kalabhavi, PC Shetty, M Hosamani, S Appannanavar, RD Kulkarni. Trend of human brucellosis over a decade at tertiary care centre in North Karnataka. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, (2016) 34(4): 427-432.

Vidyavathi B. Chitharag, A. Renuka, G. S. Ajantha, U. Amruthkishan, K. R. Pravin Chandra And R. D. Kulkarni. Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria: Study of Concordance Among Quantitative Buffy Coat, Peripheral Smear And Antigen Detection Tests. Journal of International Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Jirmeps, 9(3): 100-106, 2016

AB Acharya, S Thakur, MV Muddapur, RD Kulkarni. Cytokine ratios in chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research and Reviews · December 2016.DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2016.12.007.

GV Anehosur, MG Naik, R Kulkarni, RK Nadiger. Antifungal Effect on Denture Base Materials using Visible Light Activated Titanium Oxide Synthesized by Two Different Techniques. Journal of Advanced Oral Research (2016) 7 (1).

Gupta PK, Appannanavar SB, Mohan B, Taneja N. Improved detection of Shigella using Escherichia coli medium enrichment: Polymerase chain reaction from stool samples. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Oct-Dec;34(4):526-528. doi:10.4103/0255-0857.195355. PubMed PMID: 27934836.

Deepti R. Angadi, Gouramma Huggi. Variant Presentations of Mycetoma among Immunocompetent Patients attending a Tertiary Care Center in North Karnataka, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences.. ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 12 (2016) pp. 948-952

KVV Prasad, I Anupama, N Rao, PK Sreenivasan, R Subramanyam. R. D. Kulkarni. The effect of the dentifrice on gingivitis and dental plaque: A 6week clinical study in India. JIAPHD. DOI: 10.41103/2319-5932.153548.

Geeta S Hiremath, Raghavendra D Kulkarni, Balaram D Naik. Evaluation of minimal inhibitory concentration of two new materials using tube dilution method: An in vitro study

Murari Pradeep Kumar, Sughosh Kulkarni, Rohit A. and Anoosha P Bhandarkar. Dengue–A clinico-epidemiological study in a tertiary care hospital of North

Karnataka, India. International Journal of Current Research 7 (5), 16123-16126.

JA Pavithra, G Srinikethan, C Shubhada, K Pradeep, M Gopala. Effect of five plants extracts on adhesion of Candida albicans onto human buccal epithelial cells: an in-vitro study. Egypt pharm J 2014, 13: 137-143.

A Rai, L Abraham, VG Naikmasur, RD Kulkarni, S Padmini A rare case of maxillary osteomyelitis caused by Curvularia species (2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoms.2014.04.004.

Raghavendra Kulkarni. The Human Microbiome. Current Global mdMedicine, Local focus, India, May 2014 (http://mdcurrent.in/infectious-disease/human-microbiome/)

Appannanavar SB, Goyal K, Garg R, Ray P, Rathi M, Taneja N. Shigellemia in a post renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2014; 8(2): 237-239.

Taneja N, Appannanavar SB, Kumar A, Varma G, Kumar Y, Mohan B, Sharma M. Serotype profile and molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in non-typhoidal salmonella isolated from gastroenteritis cases over nine years. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2014 Jan; 63(Pt 1): 66-73.

Kumar A, Biswal M, Dhaliwal N, Mahesh R, Appannanavar SB, Gautam V, Ray P, Gupta AK, Taneja N. Point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections and use of indwelling devices and antimicrobials over 3 years in a tertiary care hospital in India. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2014; 86(4): 272-4.

Gupta PK, Appannanavar SB, Kaur H, Gupta V, Mohan B, Taneja N. Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2014; 57(3): 486-8.

Biswal M, Rajpoot S, Dhaliwal N, Appananavar SB, Taneja N, Gupta AK. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term effect of a short series of hand hygiene campaigns on improving adherence in a tertiary care hospital in India. American Journal of Infection Control. 2014 Sep; 42(9): 1009-10.

PA Jain, RD Kulkarni, BM Swamy, G Mugeraya, G Srinikethan. A METHOD FOR EFFICIENT EXTRACTION OF CELL WALL PROTEINS FROM CANDIDA ALBICANS, PA Jain, RD Kulkarni, JBST (online), 2013,

GS Ajantha, SS Patil, VB Chitharagi, RD Kulkarni. Rickettsiosis: A cause of acute febrile illness and value of Weil-Felix test. Indian Journal of Public Health, (2013) 57: 182-183.

Ganavalli S. Ajantha, Praveen C. Shetty, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Umesh Biradar. PCR as a Diagnostic Tool for Extra – Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2013. Jun; 7(6): 1012–1015.

Anuradha S..Kalabhavi.  Chromoblastomycosis – Review article International Journal of Current Research. 2013;5(7):1691-5.

Suresh B. Sonth, Sathyanarayan, M.S, Anuradha S. Kalabhavi, Surekha Y.A., Mariraj, J. and Krishna S. A study of Dermatophytosis in Medical College Hospital, Bellary. International Journal of current Research 2013;5(6):1597-8.

Satish Patil, Kanchan Mahale, Praveen Shetty, Manjunath S Nekar. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of urinary isolates from a tertiary care hospital with special reference to Gram negative bacteria. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861. 2013; 12(1):49-51.

Pandey V, Shubhada C, Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD. Comparison of enterococcal colonization of gut in hospitalized and non-hopitalized patients.  J of Gasro Infs. Vol 3, No1, June-July 2013.

Manjunath A. Hosamani, Asha B. Patil, Shobha D Nadagir,  N. S. Madhusudhan and Pramod Sambrani. Diagnosis of Enteric feverby Widal and Two Dot-Enzyme Immunoassay: Utility and Difficulties.  Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol.7 (3), p.2379-2383.

Appannanavar SB, Biswal M, Rajkumari N, Mohan B, Taneja N. Evaluation of commercial boric acid containing vials for urine culture: low risk of contamination and cost effectiveness considerations. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2013; 56(3): 261-4.

Biswal M, Singh NV, Kaur R, Sebastian T, Dolkar R, Appananavar SB, Singh G, Taneja N. Adherence to hand hygiene in high-risk units of a tertiary care hospital in India. American Journal of Infection Control. 2013 Nov; 41(11): 1114-5.

Sharma K, Sharma A, Appannanavar S, Modi M, Prabhakar S, Sharma M, Varma S. Mycobacterium avium meningitis in HIV patients in North India. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 June; 29(6): 849-50

Ajantha GS, Veda Hegde. Antibacterial Drug Resistance and its Impact on Dentisry. The New York State Dental Journal. 2012 Jun-Jul: 78(4): 38-41.

Pavithra Amrath Jain, Gopala Mugeraya, G. Srinikethan, B.M. Swamy. Studies on Adhesion Activity of Candida albicans to Human Buccal Epithelial Cells in Relation to Its Growth Phases. J Biosci Tech. 2012;3(1):449-54.

C. Shubhada, Bale Muruge Swamy. Salivary Expression of Sclerotium Rolfsii Lectin–Binding Mucin-Type Glycoprotein in Human Oral Cancer. J Biosci Tech. 2012;3(1):455-61.

GV Anehosur, RD Kulkarni, MG Naik, RK Nadiger, Synthesis and determination of antimicrobial activity of visible light activated TiO2 nanoparticles with polymethyl methacrylate denture base resin against Staphylococcus aureus, J Gerontol Geriatric Res 1 (103), 2

Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD Kalabhavi AS, Shetty PC, Jain PA. A Laboratory Analysis of HIV – 2 over a Period of Five years in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Review of Literature. Int J Biol Med Res. 2012;3(1):1263-6.

Naveen KN, Shetty PC, Naik AS, Pai VV, Hanumanthayya K, Udupishastry D. Chromoblastomycosis presenting as a phagedenic ulcer on the face. Int J Dermatol. 2012 May;51(5):576-8.

Deepa P Patil, lava R. Identification, characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of shigella species isolated from stool samples in children. Int J Biol Med Res. 2012;3(2):1640-3.

Mahale K, Patil SS, Ravikumar, Nagabhushan, Mahale R. Prevalence of Cryptococcal Meningitis among Immuno-competent and Immuno-compromised Individuals in Bellary, South India: a prospective study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2012 May; 6(3): 388–92.

Khurana S, Appannanavar SB, Bhatti HS, Verma S. Sparganosis of liver: a rare entity and review of literature. BMJ Case Reports. 2012 Dec;

Appannanavar SB, Sharma K, Verma S, Sharma M. Seroprevalence of Brucellosis: a 10-year experience at a tertiary care center in north India. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2012; 55(2): 271-2.

Mishra B, Varma N, Appannanavar SB, Malhotra P, Sharma M, Bhatnagar A, Ratho RK, Varma S. Viral markers in patients with hemophagocytosis: a prospective study in a tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2012; 55(2): 215-7.

Nayak AG , Fernandes A, Kulkarni R, Ajantha GS, Lekha K, Nadiger R. Efficacy of antibacterial sealing gel and O-ring to prevent microleakage at the implant abutment interface: an in vitro study. J Oral Implantol. 2014 Feb;40(1):11-4. doi: 10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-10-00167. Epub 2011 May 16

MG Kamalapur, PB Patil, SK Joshi, M Sateesh, SH Patil, Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD.  Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in distinguishing Fungal from Nonfungal Multiple Brain Abscesses. Egypt J Radiol Nucl Med. In press 2011.

Kulkarni RD, SS Patil, Ajantha GS, Upadhya AK, Kalabhavi AS, Shubhada RM, Shetty PC, Jain PA. Association of Platelet count and serological markers of Dengue infection-   Importance of NS1 Antigen. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2011;29(4):359-62.

Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD. Polymerase Chain Reaction and its importance in Medicine. Int J Cur Sci Res. 2011;1(4):198-200.

Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD, Upadhya AK, Kalabhavi AS, Patil SS, Shetty PC, Shubhada RM, Jain PA. Urinary tract infection in a tertiary care hospital with special reference to Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Indian Journal of Research and Reports in Medical Sciences 2011;1(1):22-6.

PA Jain, Kulkarni RD, Ajantha GS, Shubhada C. A Comparative Evaluation of Oral Candida Carriage in HIV-Infected individuals and HIV Seronegative Healthy individuals in North Karnataka. J Biosci Tech. 2011;2(2):232-7.

Anila K, Hallikeri K, Shubhada C, Naikmasur VG, Kulkarni RD. Comparative study of Candida in oral submucous fibrosis and healthy individuals. Revista Odonto Ciência. 2011;26(1):71-6.

Ajantha GS, Kulkarni RD. Cladophialophora bantiana, the neurotropic fungus- A mini review. J ClinDiag Res. 2011;5(6):1301-6.

GS Ajantha, V Hegde. Antibacterial drug Resistance and its Impact on Dentistry. The New York state dental journal 78 (4), 38-41

Kulkarni RD, Ajantha GS, Upadhya AK, Patil SS, Kalabhavi AS, Shubhada RM, Shetty PC, Jain PA, Dutta S. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the three bacterial enteric pathogens isolated from a tertiary care hospital. J of Gastro Infs. 2011;1(1):49-51

Anuradha SK, Surekha YA, Satyanarayan MS, Suresh S, Krishna S, Satish SP, Mariraj J. Ravikumar R. Japanese Encephalitis Virus – Common Cause of Viral Encephalitis in Paediatric Age Group in Bellary, Karnataka, India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2011;5(3):480-2.

Anuradha SK, Surekha YA, Satyanarayan MS, Suresh S, Satish P, Mariraj J, Krishna S, Ravikumar R. Epidemiological aspects of Japanese encephalitis in Bellary, Karnataka, I0ndia . International Journal of Biological & Medical Research 2011;2(3):691-5.

Pradeeep K, K.H Kidiyoor, Pavithra Jain, Nageshwar Rao, Chair side disinfection of gutta – percha points an in-vitro comparative study between five different agents at different concentrations. International Journal of Dental Update 2011;1(1):11-5.

Dr. G. S. Ajantha Antimicrobial drugs and the crisis of resistance. Health sciences: An International Journal 2011; 1(3): 19-20.

Patil HV, Patil VC, Ramteerthkar MN, Kulkarni RD. Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. 2011 Oct; 15(4): 213-23.

Patil SS, Mahale K, Krishna S, Mariraj J, Kalabhavi AS, Sathyanarayan MS. Evaluation of gram stain of uncentrifuged urine as a screening methods for diagnosis of urinary tract infections. Current Research in Medicine and Medical Sciences. 2011; 1(2): 19-21.

Jain PA, Veerabhadrudu K, Kulkarni RD, Ajantha GS, Shubhada C, Amruthkishan U. Comparative study of adherence of oral Candida albicans isolates from HIV sero-positive individuals and HIV sero-negative individuals to human buccal epithelial cells. Indian J PatholMicrobiol. 2010;53:513-7.

Kulkarni RD, Jain P, Ajantha GS, Shetty J, Chunchanur S, Shubhada C. Fatal Burkholderia pseudomallei septicemia in a patient with diabetes. Indian J Med Res. 2010;131:584-6.

Moolya NN, Thakur S, Ravindra S, Setty SB, Kulkarni R D, Hallikeri K. Viability of bacteria in dental calculus - A microbiological study. Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. 2010;14:222-6.

Sreenivasan PK, DeVizio W, Prasad KV, Patil S, Chhabra KG, Rajesh G, Javali SB, Kulkarni RD.. Regional Differences within the Dentition for Plaque, Gingivitis, and Anaerobic Bacteria J Clin Dent (2010)21:13–19.

Kulkarni RD, Batra HV, Tuteja U, Shukla J, Patil SA, Kulkarni VA, Ramteerthakar MN, Kumbhar DV, Joshi PA, Madwanna VP, Jahagirdar VL. Investigation into an outbreak of acute febrile illness in Sangli district of Maharashtra State, India Int J Clin Pract, (2010) 64: 95–96

HB VeenaKumari, D Nagaraja, S Nagarathna, GB Kulkarni, CS Praveen, S Nadig, G Arakere. A variant epidemic methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus-15 cavernous sinus thrombosis and meningitis: A rare occurrence with unusual presentation. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2010;28(3):255-7.

Rao DD, Desai A, Kulkarni RD, Gopalkrishnan K, Rao CB. Comparison of maxillofacial space infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology. 2010; 110(4): e7-12.

Nagaraja N. Nagre, Vishwanath B. Chachadi, Sachin M. Eligar, C. Shubhada, RadhaPujari, Padma Shastry, Bale M. Swamy, Shashikala R. Inamdar. Purification and Characterization of a Mitogenic Lectin from Cephalosporium, a Pathogenic Fungus Causing Mycotic Keratitis. Biochemistry Research International. 2010; 6.

 

RD Kulkarni, SK Chunchanur, GS Ajantha, C Shubhada, P Jain. Presumptive diagnosis of brucella epididymoorchitis by modified cold ZN staining of testicular pus sample INDIAN J MEDICAL RESEARCH 130, October 2009, pp 484-487.

RD Kulkarni, GS Ajantha, C Shubhada, P Jain. Isolation of Salmonella enterica serotype Isangi from a suspected case of enteric encephalopathy INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2009) 27(1):65-67

 

GS Ajantha, RD Kulkarni, J Shetty, C Shubhada, P Jain. Phenotypic detection of inducible clindamycin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates by using the lower limit of recommended inter-disk distance INDIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY (2008) 51(3): 376-378.

V Hegde, RD Kulkarni, GS Ajantha. Biomedical waste management. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 11 (1), 5

 

No.	Topic	Student	Guide
1	Study of Neonatal Septicemia with Special Emphasis on Candidemia-2013	Dr. Renuka Anegundi	Dr. RD Kulkarni
2	Study of Concordance Among Quantitative Buffy Coat (QBC), Antigen Detection and Peripheral Smear Examination for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria-2013	Dr. Vidyavathi  B Chitharagi	Dr. RD Kulkarni
3	A Comparative Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ziehl-Neelsen stain, auramine stain and culture in the diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis-2014	Dr. Deepali Vagdalker	Dr. Ajantha GS
4	Isolation, speciation and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Acinetobacter isolates from clinical samples-2015	Dr. Sughosh Kulkarni	Dr. RD Kulkarni
5	Clinicomycological correlation of Tinea Corporis-2015	Dr. Akshatha T	Dr. Ajantha G.S
6	Speciation  of Candida Isolates from Clinical Samples: A Comparison of two Carbohydrate Assimilation Methods for Efficacy, Speed and Accuracy with Special Reference to the Sensitivity to Commonly Used Antifungal Agents - 2016	Dr. Amith Joshi	Dr. R.D Kulkarni
7	Identification of Biofilm Producing Staphylococcus Species from Clinical Samples by Three Different Phenotypic Methods and Comparison of their Antibiogram - 2017	Dr. Deepa Rokhade	Dr. Ajantha G.S
8	Identification of various pathotypes of diarrheagenic E. Coli using multiplex PCR. – 2018	Dr. Bhumika Chandra Lali	Dr. R. D. Kulkarni