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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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Overview

The Infectious Diseases department at Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur is one among the few dedicated Infectious Diseases departments in the entire country and the only one in the private sector in Thrissur. The department is constituted by a qualified specialist in Infectious Diseases, and a dedicated team of Clinical Pharmacists dealing with antimicrobial stewardship and a hospital infection control division. The department serves as a strong pillar to support and guide other departments to deal with a variety of infections, most notably hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant infections, transplant-related infections and infections in cancer patients. It also deals with difficult to diagnose and treat extra pulmonary tuberculosis, tropical infections and gives comprehensive care for HIV patients. The department also gives expert opinion on adult immunization and is involved in the prevention and management of travel related illness.

Antimicrobial stewardship team aims to optimize the use of antimicrobials, improve patient clinical outcomes, delay antimicrobial resistance and reduce the transmission of health-care-associated infections, and overall decrease the healthcare costs.

The Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) is a multidisciplinary committee which monitors infection control activities and aims at patient safety. It includes Infectious diseases physicians, microbiologists, and infection control nurses who are trained in infection control and prevention. The HICC ensures to decrease the rates of hospital-acquired infections at our institute in accordance with the international standards. The routine audits and feedbacks done by the HICC aids in the prevention and control of community and hospital outbreaks.

Facilities

  • Diagnosis and treatment of Hospital-Acquired Infections
  • Multidrug-Resistant Infections
  • Transplant-Related Infections
  • Infections in immunocompromised and cancer patients
  • Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • Tropical Infections
  • HIV Infection
  • Travel Related Infections
  • Fever of unknown origin
  •  Comprehensive care and management of HIV patients
  • Isolation facility for highly contagious infections

Services

OPD services are meant for evaluation of referred patients from other departments and hospitals who have difficult to diagnose and/treat infections, fever of unknown origin, long term management of HIV, etc

In patient care is for patients with highly contagious infections who require isolation, airborne and droplet precautions

Consultations involve expert opinion to other departments to deal with infections with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges especially nosocomial infections

Antimicrobial stewardship rounds are conducted on regular basis in the various ICUs and wards to tackle challenge of antimicrobial resistance

Adult immunization aims at providing expert opinion regarding immunization in patients with comorbid diseases, immunocompromised states, prior to biological therapy and international travel

Faculties

Dr . Adarsh A K

Assistant Professor

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Dr Tabitha Merium Sabu

Consultant in Infectious Diseases

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Publications

  • Ray A, Aayilliath K A, Banerjee S, Chakrabarti A, Denning DW. Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in India. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 26;9(12):ofac603. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac603. PMID: 36589484; PMCID: PMC9792086.
  • Adarsh. A K et al.2019, A Study on The Aetiology and Outcome of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Int J Recent Sci Res. 10(01), pp. 30316-30320. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2019.1001.3033
  • Sheela Mathew. Adarsh Aayilliath K :Clinical and investigational profile differentiating IMN from Diphtheria: EJBPS 2022 Vol 9 Issue
  • K G Sajeeth Kumar. Abhay John Gray. Adarsh A K :Study on Resistant Hypertension in a Tertiary Care Centre in Malabar., IOSR-JDMS, Vol 19 Issue 03 March 2020
  • Prakash PR, Gupta G, Adarsh AK, Sashank S, Sinha S (2023) Hyper IgM Syndromes: A Brief Review of the Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Management. J Clin Cell Immunol. 14:693
  • Adarsh, K. A., and K. G. Sajeeth Kumar. & quot;BASILAR MIGRAINE PRESENTING AS ALEXIA." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, vol. 7, no. 9, 26 Feb. 2018, pp. 1166+. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A533244662/HRCA?u=anon~46d9c003&sid=googleScholar& amp;xid=fd3bd050. Accessed 5 Sept. 2023.
  • Aayilliath K A, Singh K, Ray A, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2021;14:e243016. doi:10.1136/bcr-2021- 243016
  • An uncommon cause of hepatitis; Sheela Mathew, Adarsh Aayilliath K; EJBPS 2021 Vol8 Issue 10
  • Aayilliath K, Adarsh & Geetha, P. (2023). Ant bite causing acute oliguric renal failure – A case report. .Global Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 1-3. 10.25259/GJHSR_4_2023
  • Mathew S, Adarsh AK. Varicella Zoster Infection Showing Koebner Phenomenon. QJM. 2023 Jun 24:hcad155. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad155. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37354536.
  • Approach to Infertility,Doctors Pocket Companion,2019
  • Nipah Virus Infection in Kerala, Medicine Update 2019
  • Sabu TM, Noronha V, Nayak L, Biswas S, Salunke G, Rath DS, Moulik N, et al. Molecular technique for precise antibiotics administration in patients with cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology [Internet]. 2023 May 31 [cited 2024 Feb 12];

    https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e18749

  • Sabu TM, Noronha V, Rao AR, Kumar A, Gattani S, Ramaswamy A, et al. Uptake of vaccination in older Indian patients with cancer: A cross-sectional observational study. Cancer Res, Stat, Treatment. 2023 Mar;6(1):52.