Summary of One-Day Symposium

“Promote Microbiology to Strengthen One Health Concept in Nepal”

ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON

“MICROBIOLOGY & ONE HEALTH CONCEPT IN NEPAL”

September 3, 2016

(Hotel Orchid, Tripureshwor)

	Nepalese Society for Microbiology (NESOM)

 

SPEAKERS AT PLENARY SESSION:

            

Prof. Dr. Shiva Kumar Rai

Prof. Dr. Anjana Singh

Dr. G. D. Thakur

Dr. Samjhana Kafle

Dr. Prakash Ghimire

INAUGURATION SESSION:

            President                     Prof. Dr. Rajani Malla

            Chief Guest:                 Prof. Dr. Jiba Raj Pokharel (Vice Chancellor, NAST)

            Distinguished Guests:  Dr. G. D. Thakur (Chief Administrator, MOH)

Special Guests             Prof. Dr. Shiva Kumar Rai

                                    Prof. Dr. Ram Pd. Khatiwada (Dean, IOST, TU)

Guests:                        Prof. Dr. Anjana Singh (Head CDM, TU),

                        Dr. Prakash Ghimire (ASM Ambassador to Nepal)

                        Associate Prof. Pradeep Kumar Shah (Immediate Past President)

Professors / Head / Coordinators of Different Microbiology Colleges / Medical Colleges and Research Institutions

ORAL PRESENTATION:                           (Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Anjana Singh)

·       

     Curing of plasmid converts Staphylococcus aureus strains from resistant to susceptible - an evidence of plasmid-borne mupirocin resistance

Prof. Dr. Bidya Shrestha; Professor, Tribhuvan University (Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus)

·         Scrub Typhus: and emerging public health problem in Nepal

Megha Raj Banjara, PhD, Central Department of Microbiology, TU

    Investigating the function of putative chlamydial cytotoxin using cytoplasmic transduction peptide fusions

Reshma Tuladhar, Lecturer, Central Department of Microbiology, TU    

      Mixed culture fermentation system for the sustainable utilization of food waste biomasses

Pramod Poudel, PhD, Head of Microbiology Department, National College

·         Molecular Characteristics of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Nepal

Ajay Poudel, PhD

·         Assessing antimicrobial residue in poultry meat and eggs of Kathmandu valley

Nabaraj Shrestha; Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Livestock Development

·         Linking One Health Concept and Renewable Energy Promotion in Nepal

Nawa Raj Dhakal, Director, Alternative Energy Promotion Centre

      Increase in milk production among dairy cattle in Nepal after deworming of gastrointestinal parasites

Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Head of Microbiology Department, KCMS

POSTER PRESENTATION:

·         Physicochemical and Bacteriological analyses of Groundwater in the periphery of Bagmati River

Sanjiv Shrestha, Soniya Shrestha, Manisha Khatiwada, Anita Jaisi, Sandhya Silwal, Paudyal Rabin (KIST)

·         Comparative Evaluation of Dipstick tests and Urine culture in diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection

Sushma Khanal, Dr. Mahendra Raj Shrestha , Rabin Paudyal (KIST)

·         High level of parasitic contamination in raw vegetables and its risk to human health

Anita Lama, Archana K.C., Aruna K.C., Prativa Ghale, Roshani Karki, Nabaraj Adhikari, Srijana Thapaliya, Dinesh Dhakal, Upendra Thapa Shrestha (Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Sallaghari)

·         Increasing rate of Urinary Tract Infections among patients by Multi Drug Resistant Escherichia coli

Deepa Karki, Sangita Neupane, Saroj Poudel, Kuntala Shrestha, Bhawana KC, Ashmita Basnet, Subash Sapkota, Dinesh Dhakal, Upendra Thapa Shrestha (Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Sallaghari)

·         Comparison of antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in clinical isolates among diabetic and non-diabetic patients

Sunayana Raya, Binod Lekhak, Reena Baidya, Nabin Kishor Bimali (GGIC)

·         Molecular Detection of Methicllin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Raghabendra Adhikari, Binod Lekhak, Mukesh Neupane, Roshan Bhattarai, Sabita Bhatta (GGIC)

·         Intestinal Parasitosis Among School Going Children In Kathmandu, Nepal

Sarmila Tandukar, Shristi poudyal, Asmita Dhital, Laxmi Parajuli, Swahit Kansakar, Pawan Raj Shakya, Manju Shree Hada (Padma Kanya Multiple Campus)

·         Screening of Actinomycetes from Various Soil Samples

Pooja Pathak, Jenny Shrestha, Krishna Kumar Raut (Padma Kanya Multiple Campus)

·         Comparative study on antibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolated Pseudomonas spp and Salmonella spp from Bagmati river and ground water from periphery of Bagmati river

Jagrity Singh, Rita Kumari Oli, Lila Adhikari (Padma Kanya Multiple Campus)

·         Multi Drug Resistant pathogens in Urinary Tract Infected patients in Alka Hospital

Anupam Poudel, Manju Shree Shakya (Hada) (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         Prevalence of nosocomial infection by Staphylococcus aureus in a health care center at Kathmandu, Nepal

Preeti Maharjan, Shova Shrestha, Vijay Kumar Sharma (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeroginosa in different clinical samples

Maharjan Sharmila, Shrestha Shova, Shrestha,  Dr. Mahendra  (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         In vitro biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma species against fungal pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii and Sclerotionia sclerotiorum

Srijana Bastakoti, Charu Aryal (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus infection and associated risk factors among Nepalese women

Raj Kumar Shrestha, Sujata Shahi, Susma Koirala, Sharmila Thapa , Manju Shree Shakya Hada (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         Effective use of penicillin to reduce contamination & improve culture yield for mycobacterium tuberculosis and perform drug susceptibility test from sputum samples

Sneha Pradhan, Shova Shrestha and Gokarna Raj Ghimire (Tri-Chandra Multiple College)

·         Plasmid profiling and phenotypic detection of different β-lactamases production among multidrug-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates

Sabnum Shrestha, Basudha Shrestha, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha (KCMS)

·         Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus reported at hospital setting at Kathmandu

Urmila Lama, Dharmendra Shah, Pradeep Kumar Shah, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha (KCMS)

·         Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Gram Negative Clinical Isolates in Kathmandu Valley

Ranjit Gupta, Reena Kiran Mukhiya, Ganesh Rai and Shiba Kumar Rai (SICOST)

·         Seroprofile of Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) among Clinically Susupected Patients Visiting National Laboratory Setting.

Swosti Lamichhane, Kul Raj Rai, Rajkumar Mahato, Ganesh Rai, Shiv Kumar Rai (SICOST)

·         Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Salmonella isolated from enteric fever suspected patients

Bijayata Shrestha, Santosh Khanal, Sarita Manandhar, Gita Sayami (National College)

·         Serotyping and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Vibrio and Shigella isolates from HIV positive children patients visiting Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku

Binod Rayamajhee, Laxman Ghimire, Santosh Khanal, Jyoti Aacharya, Sarita Manandhar (National College)

·         The role of plastic degrading microorganism on environmental health

Aruna Shree Lama, Astha Parajuli, Binita Lamichhane, Bipana Basnet, Kamana Dangi, Prasiddhi Rimal, Rujisha Maharjan, Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha, Sujeeta Maharjan, Sujit Pahari,  Shashi Bhushan Chaturwedi, Richa Chaudhary (DAV)

                                    

WINNERS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS