Dr. Kavitha R Dinesh – MVR Cancer Center

Microbiology

Dr. Kavitha R Dinesh

SR. CONSULTANT & HOD

Email official : drkavithardinesh@mvrccri.co

Dr Kavitha Radhakrishnan Dinesh is a Senior Consultant Microbiologist and Head of Laboratory Services at MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute since July 2017. With 27 years of experience in the field, she has worked as a clinical microbiologist, a medical teacher, and an examiner of MBBS,MD, PhD, and various paramedical courses. Dr. Kavitha is responsible for the overall supervision of laboratory services and day-to-day running of the Microbiology department. She is the nodal officer for Covid testing at MVRCCRI and was instrumental in getting DSIR certification for the institute.

Work Experience

Dr Kavitha strives to maintain quality in the laboratory and is passionate about diagnostic microbiology, particularly those that aid in rapid diagnosis in clinical microbiology and make a difference to patient management. She has also been part of collaborative research projects and Infection control activities. Dr Kavitha’s dedication to the field has earned her recognition as an expert in microbiology, and her contributions to the industry have made a significant impact on healthcare.

July 2017 – Till date : Sr. Consultant Microbiologist and Head, Laboratory Services, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kozhikode
October 2016- July 2017 : Professor and Head, Dept. of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
April 2006 –Sept 2016 : Professor , Dept. of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi , In charge of Microbiology Service laboratory Aug 2009-Sept 2016.
May 2003-March 2006 : Associate professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
June 02 to April 03 : Reader, Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram
March 96 to May 02: Lecturer -Assistant professor – Associate professor in the Dept. of Microbiology at Father Mullers Medical College, Mangalore

She strives to maintain quality in the laboratory, is passionate about diagnostic microbiology especially those that aid in rapid diagnosis in clinical microbiology and make a difference to patient management.

Shalini Shenoy, R. Kavitha, Vidya Laxmi, Shrikala M. Pai , Ganesh Prabhu. Septic Arthritis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans . Indian Journal of Paediatrics 1996; 63:569-570
Dinesha, Roshan M, Dinesh KR, Shetty R, Jayaprakash CS, Raghuveer CV. Pseudallescheriasis: a rare fungal infection of brain and lungs. J Assoc Physicians India 2001 May;49:574-5
Kavitha D, Harish R, Shashkala S, Shamsul Karim PM. Isolation rates of microorganisms by BACTEC 9240. J Acad Clin Microb 2004, 6(1), 1-6.
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Shamsul Karim. Chromobacterium violaceum ,an emerging pathogen. Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists 2005 Vol 7: No.1
Shashikala.S, Harish.R, Kavitha R Dinesh, P.M.Shamsul Karim. Aerobic Bacterial Isolates from Choledochal Bile at a Tertiary Hospital. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2006,vol 49, No.3.
Shivaprakasha S, Radhakrishnan K, Kamath P, Karim PMS Late Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis, an Unusual Complication. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2007, Volume 25, Issue 1
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, A. R. Gireesh, P. M. Shamsul Karim. Routine Screening For ESBL Production, A Necessity Of Today – Internet Journal of Microbiology Volume 3 Number 1
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Dilip Paniker, K.U.Natarajan, P.M.Shamsul Karim. Cerebral artery mycotic aneurysm with Erysipelothryx rhusiopathiae endocarditis. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2007, Volume 15, Issue 6
Shalini Shenoy, R. Kavitha, Vidya Laxmi, Shrikala M. Pai , Ganesh Prabhu. Septic Arthritis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans . Indian Journal of Paediatrics 1996; 63:569-570
Dinesha, Roshan M, Dinesh KR, Shetty R, Jayaprakash CS, Raghuveer CV. Pseudallescheriasis: a rare fungal infection of brain and lungs. J Assoc Physicians India 2001 May;49:574-5
Kavitha D, Harish R, Shashkala S, Shamsul Karim PM. Isolation rates of microorganisms by BACTEC 9240. J Acad Clin Microb 2004, 6(1), 1-6.
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Shamsul Karim. Chromobacterium violaceum ,an emerging pathogen. Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists 2005 Vol 7: No.1
Shashikala.S, Harish.R, Kavitha R Dinesh, P.M.Shamsul Karim. Aerobic Bacterial Isolates from Choledochal Bile at a Tertiary Hospital. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2006,vol 49, No.3.
Shivaprakasha S, Radhakrishnan K, Kamath P, Karim PMS Late Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis, an Unusual Complication. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2007, Volume 25, Issue 1
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, A. R. Gireesh, P. M. Shamsul Karim. Routine Screening For ESBL Production, A Necessity Of Today – Internet Journal of Microbiology Volume 3 Number 1
Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Dilip Paniker, K.U.Natarajan, P.M.Shamsul Karim. Cerebral artery mycotic aneurysm with Erysipelothryx rhusiopathiae endocarditis. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2007, Volume 15, Issue 6
Shashikala S, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Chithra Jayaprakash, P.M.Shamsul Karim Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci with Cefoxitin . Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists Dec. 06
Chithra Jayaprakash, Kavitha R.Dinesh, Shashikala Shivaprakasha, P.M.Shamsul Karim Subcapsular Fungal Liver Abscess. Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists 2006
Dr.Shashikala Shivaprakasha, Dr. Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Dr. Subramania Iyer, Dr. Sudhir V.R., Dr. P.M.Shamsul Karim Fatal Trichosporon asahii fungemia. Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, 2006;8 :1
Shivaprakasha S, Radhakrishnan K, Karim P. Candida spp. other than Candida albicans: A major cause of fungaemia in a tertiary care centre. Indian J Med Microbiol 2007;25:405-7
P Varma, KR Dinesh,V Balakrishnan,DM Vasudevan. In vitro studies on the anticancerous properties of probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from human colonic mucosa. J Gastroentero Hepatol. 2008; 23 (Suppl 5) A 110
Shailaja.T.S, Dinesh KR, Shivaprakasha S, Karim P MS. A case of mycotic keratitis caused by Curvularia lunata. Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists 2008;10:1
Deepa T. Vasudevan, Kavitha R. Dinesh, S. Gopalakrishnan, “Occurrence of Toxic Microbial Load in Herbal Drugs”, International Journal of Pharmacology and Biological Science”, 2009; 3 (1); 111 – 115.
Deepa T. Vasudevan, Kavitha R. Dinesh, S. Gopalakrishnan, Occurrence of high levels of Cadmium, Mercury and Lead in Medicinal Plants of India,Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide,2009:5(19);15
S. Shivaprakasha, K. Radhakrishnan, P. Kamath, C. Jayaprakash, T. Shailaja & P. S. Karim : Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Kocuria varians . The Internet Journal of Microbiology. 2009 Volume 6 Number 1
P Bhooshan, S Shivaprakasha, KR Dinesh, M Kiran, PMS Karim Chronic subdural empyema and cranial vault osteomyelitis due to Salmonella paratyphi A. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2010;28 :1
Deepa T. Vasudevan, Kavitha R. Dinesh, S. Gopalakrishnan , S. K. Sreekanth and Sonal Shekar. The potential of aqueous and isolated fraction from leaves of Cassia fistula linn as Antibacterial agent. Int. J. Chem. Sci.: 7(4), 2009, 2363-2367
Lactobacillus fermentum Isolated from Human Colonic Mucosal Biopsy Inhibits the Growth and Adhesion of Enteric and Foodborne Pathogens Parvathi Varma, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Krishna K. Menon, Raja BiswasVolume 75, Issue 9, pages M546–M551, November/December 2010
Impact of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Strategy on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in the Intensive Care Units of 15 Developing Countries Victor D. Rosenthal, MD, MSc, CIC; Dennis G. Maki, MD; Camila Rodrigues, MD; Carlos A´ lvarez-Moreno, MD, MSc, DTM&H; Hakan Leblebicioglu, MD; Martha Sobreyra-Oropeza, MD, HCA; Regina Berba, MD; Naoufel Madani, MD; Eduardo A. Medeiros, MD, PhD; Luis E. Cue´llar, MD; Zan Mitrev, MD, FETCS; Lourdes Duen˜as, MD; Humberto Guanche-Garcell, MD; Trudell Mapp, RN; Souha S. Kanj, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Rosalı´a Ferna´ndez-Hidalgo, RN, MSc;International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium Investigators; infection control and hospital epidemiology december 2010, vol. 31, no. 12
Anil Kumar, Deepthi Augustine, Sudhindran S, Anu M Kurian, Kavitha R Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, and Rosamma Philip Weissella confusa: a rare cause of vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteraemia J Med Microbiol first published on May 19, 2011 as doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.027169-0
Time-dependent analysis of length of stay and mortality due to urinary tract infections in ten developing countries: INICC findings;Victor D. Rosenthal a,*, Arpita Dwivedy b, Marı´a Eugenia Rodrı´guez Calder_on c, Saban Esen d, He´ctor Torres Hern_andez e, Re´douane Abouqal f, Eduardo A. Medeiros g,Teodora Atencio Espinoza h, S.S. Kanj i, Achilleas Gikas j, Adrian G. Barnett k,Nicholas Graves k, International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Members ;lJournal of Infection (2011) 62, 136e141
Anil V Kumar, Vishnu S Pillai, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. The Phenotypic Detection Of Carbapenemase In Meropenem Resistant Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus–Baumannii Complex In A Tertiary Care Hospital In South India.. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2011 April, Vol-5(2):223-226
Development and Validation of Spectrophotometric Method for Chrysophanol in Gel Formulations Deepa.T.Vasudevan1 Dr.Kavitha R Dinesh2 , Dr.S.Gopalakrishnan3 ,Dr.K.G.Ravikumar4 , Dr.K.R.Sundaram5 & Aneesh.T.P6 ; International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol.2 (1), 2010, 1-6
Anil Kumar, Sushma Krishna, Jai Thilak, Kavitha R Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. Salmonella typhimurium in hip: Look before an SLE patient leaps. Tropical Doctor 2011; 41: 166–167 DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110015
Kumar, Anil; K.V., Sanjeevan; Dinesh, Kavitha R.; Vinod, Vivek; Karim, Shamsul.Primary Perinephric Abscess Due to Hydrogen Sulfide Producing Variant of Salmonella paratyphi A. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.2011; 19 (4): 288-290 doi: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e3182002ddb
Kumar, S. Sudhindran, V. Vivek, K. Dinesh, S. Karim .PP-013 Mycotic aneurysm due to Salmonella International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 14, Supplement 2 (July 2010) page S28 .
Anil Kumar, Sudhindran S, Kavitha R Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. Chromobacterium violaceum – A Rare Cause of Infected Pancreatic Pseudocyst. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: July 2012 – Volume 20 – Issue 4 – p 282–284 doi: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31823c4a0d
Anil V Kumar, Vishnu S Pillai, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. The Phenotypic Detection Of Carbapenemase In Meropenem Resistant Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus–Baumannii Complex In A Tertiary Care Hospital In South India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2011 April, Vol-5(2):223-226
Varma P, Nisha N, Dinesh KR, Kumar AV, Biswas R. Anti-Infective Properties of Lactobacillus fermentum against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2011;20:137–143
Formulation and in-vitro evaluation of chrysophanol topical gel; Deepa T Vasudevan, S Gopalakrishnan1 , Kavitha R Dinesh, KG Ravikumar, KR Sundaram, AKK Unni ; Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics – April-June 2011
Anil Kumar, Deepthi Augustine, Dilip Panikar, Aswathy Nandakumar, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim and Rosamma Philip. Brevibacterium casei as a Cause of Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2011, 49(12):4374
Anil Kumar, Siby Gopinath, Kavitha R Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. Infectious psychosis: Cryptococcal meningitis presenting as a neuropsychiatry disorder. Neurology India Neurology India.2011; 59(6):909
Gopal S. Pillai, Anil Kumar, Natasha Radhakrishnan, Jayasree Maniyelil, Tufela Shafi, Kavitha R. Dinesh, and Shamsul Karim. Case Report: Intraocular Gnathostomiasis: Report of a Case and Review of Literature. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 86(4), 2012, pp. 620–623
International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report,data summary of 36 countries, for 2004-2009
Victor D. Rosenthal MD, MSc, CIC a,*, Hu Bijie MDb, Dennis G. Maki MDc, Yatin Mehta MDd,Anucha Apisarnthanarak MDe, Eduardo A. Medeiros MDf, Hakan Leblebicioglu MDg, Dale Fisher MDh, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno MDi, Ilham Abu Khader MDj, Marisela Del Rocío González Martínez MDk, Luis E. Cuellar MDl, Josephine Anne Navoa-Ng MDm, Rédouane Abouqal MDn,Humberto Guanche Garcell MDo, Zan Mitrev MDp, María Catalina Pirez García MDq, Asma Hamdi MDr,Lourdes Dueñas MDs, Elsie Cancel MDt, Vaidotas Gurskis MDu, Ossama Rasslan MDv, Altaf Ahmed MDw,Souha S. Kanj MDx, Olber Chavarría Ugalde RN y, Trudell Mapp RN z, Lul Raka MDaa,Cheong Yuet Meng MDbb, Le Thi Anh Thu MDcc, Sameeh Ghazal MDdd, Achilleas Gikas MDee, Leonardo Pazmiño Narváez MDff, Nepomuceno Mejía MDgg, Nassya Hadjieva MDhh, May Osman Gamar Elanbya MDii, María Eugenia Guzmán Siritt MDjj, Kushlani Jayatilleke MDkk,and INICC members; American Journal of Infection Control 40 (2012) 396-407
Krishna S, Sanjeevan KV, Sudheer A, Dinesh KR, Kumar A, Karim S. Pneumococcusuria: From bench to bedside. Indian J Med Microbiol 2012;30:96-8
Disseminated candidiasis 18 years after renal transplantation; K .Bismay, A. Mathew, R.Rajesh,G.Kurian,V.N.Unni,R.D.Kavitha,S.Sreehari ; Indian Journal of Nephrology,November 2012/Vol 22/Issue 6 Page 462-465
Anil Kumar, Deepthi Augustine, Asmita Mehta, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Darsana Viswam and Rosamma Philip. Leuconostoc garlicum: An unusual pathogen in the era of vancomycin therapy. Indian Journal of Chest and Allied Sciences. [01 Apr 2012, 54(2):127-130]
V. Anil Kumar, Vinodh B., Arya D., Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, Ganapathi Rao.Serological evidence of leptospirosis and dengue coinfection in an endemic region in south India. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Year : 2012 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 4 | Page : 286-290
Asmita A. Mehta, V.Anil Kumar, Kumari Indira K, Suresh G. Nair, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Sanjeev K. Singh.Risk factors for mortality in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–baumanniiBacteraemia. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (2012)1-6
Anil Kumar,Vineeth Viswam, Sukhmani Regi, Kavitha Dinesh, Madhumita Kumar, Shamsul Karim. Rhinoentomophthoromycosis due to Conidiobolus coronatus. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Year : 2013 | Volume : 6 | Issue : 3 | Page : 331-334
Chellan G, Neethu K, Varma AK, Mangalanandan TS, Shashikala S, Dinesh KR, Sundaram KR, Varma N, Jayakumar RV, Bal A, Kumar H. Targeted treatment of invasive fungal infections accelerates healing of foot wounds in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2012 Jan 16. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03574.x.
Gopi Chellan, Ajith Kumar Varma, KR Sundaram, S Shashikala, Kavitha R Dinesh, RV Jayakumar, Arun Bal, Harish Kumar. Time spent barefoot predicts diabetic foot ulcer depth. The Diabetic Foot Journal. 2011, Vol 14, No 2, Pages 72-80.
Post-operative endophthalmitis due to Fusarium dimerum Sadia Khan, Gopal S Pillai, V Vivek, Kavitha Dinesh and PM Shamsul Karim. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, Vol 43, No. 6 November 2012
Granulicatella adiacens isolated from sterile body fluids:A case series from India . Sushma Krishna, Dinesh Kavitha, Harichandran Deepa, Jayasurya Neeba,Karim Shamsul. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(12):802–807.
Phenotypic & molecular characterization of AmpC β-lactamases among Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. & Enterobacter spp. from five Indian Medical Centers. Anand Manoharan, Madhan Sugumar, Anil Kumar, Hepzibah Jose, Dilip Mathai &ICMR-ESBL study group* Indian J Med Res 135, March 2012, pp 359-364
Morbidity trends in Lymphatic Filariasis: Analysis from a tertiary care center in Kerala, Southern India. Sushma Krishna, Aswathy S, Sanjeev Singh, Panicker KN, Kavitha Dinesh, Shamsul Karim .GJMEDPH, Vol 1(2) April 2012
Detection of Oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates using chromogenic medium MRSA. Anil Kumar, Katherin Steffy, Maitrayee Chatterjee, Madhan Sugumar, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Anand Manoharan,Shamsul Karim and Raja Biswas. ID. J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2013 51:1 318-319; published ahead of print 7 November 2012 , doi:10.1128/JCM.01040-12
Perinephric Abscess Due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans following De Roofing of Renal Cyst. Vivek Vinod, Anil Kumar, Kalavampara V. Sanjeevan, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. Surgical Infections. August 2013, 14(4): 422-423
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing fatal purulent pericarditis. Kumar VA, Nisha N, Thachathodiyl R, Nandakumar A, Dinesh KR, Thatcher E, Karim S, Biswas R. J Lab Physicians 2013;5:136-8.
CLSI2012 Revised Ciprofloxacin Breakpoints for Salmonella: Is it Time to Write an Obituary? Revathy Girish, Anil Kumar, Sadia Khan, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2013 Nov, Vol-7(11): 2467-2469
Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India. Anil Kumar, Cheshta Sharma, Anupam Prakash, Kshitij Agarwal, Rachana Babu , Sanjeev K. Singh, Kavitha R.Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, Ferry Hagen, Jacques F. Clin Microbiol Infect Dis DOI 10.1007/s10096-013-2027-1
Rhodococcus Equi Bacteremia from Lung abscess in An Immunocompetent Child. Sushma Krishna, Tintu Abraham, Kavitha Dinesh, Subramanian T.S., Shamsul Karim and Manubhai K.P. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2013;55:169-170
Autochthonous Blastomycosis of the Adrenal: First Case Report from Asia. Anil Kumar, Sreekala Sreehari, Kandan Velayudhan, Lalitha Biswas, Rachana Babu, Shabeer Ahmed, Neelakanta Sharma, Vasanth P. Kurupath, Annie Jojo, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, and Raja Biswas Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 90(4), 2014, 735–739 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0444
Achromobacter xylosoxidans: An Unusual Cause of Monomicrobial Nonneutrocytic Bacterascites. Jampala Srinivas, Kavitha R. Dinesh, V Anil Kumar, Ismail Siyad,and Shamsul Karim . A Case Report. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: July 2014 – Volume 22 – Issue 4
Nocardia farcinica Brain Abscess: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Literature Review. V. Anil Kumar, Deepthi Augustine, Dilip Panikar, Aswathy Nandakumar, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, Rosamma Philip .Surgical Infections doi:10.1089/sur.2012.205.
Detached ciliary tufts in cerebrospinal fluid masquerading as free living amoebae, Khan S, Kumar VA, Venkitachalam A, Vishwam V, Dinesh K, Karim S, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2014), 30 (2014) e142–e143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.024)
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) site infections: a clinical and microbiological study from university teaching hospital, India. Sushma Krishna, Sanjeev Singh, Kavitha R Dinesh, Remya KP, Ismail Siyad and Shamsul Karim. Journal of Infection Prevention 1–4DOI: 10.1177/1757177414558956
Epidemiological and Microbiological Profile of Infective Keratitis in a Tertiary Care Centre, South India.; Srinivas Jampala, Anusha Gopinathan, Aparna, Deepa Nair, Kavitha R. Dinesh, Anil Radhakrishnan, Shamsul Karim. Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences ;04 (37); 2014, 44-51
Vancomycin Creep and Daptomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Ashwaty Nandakumar, Anil Kumar, Kavitha R Dinesh, Shamsul Karim Year : 2014 | Volume : 6 | Issue : 4 | Page : 180-184
Haemophilus parainfluenzae — An uncommon cause of bacteremia and sepsis in adults. Jampala Srinivas, Deepa Nair , Kavitha R. Dinesh, Shamsul Karim, Akash Thomas Oommen. Pan African Medical Journal; Manuscript number:10632014150394-4183
“Chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi: an old wine in a rare bottle”. Sadia Khan, Anil Kumar, Vivek Vinod, Vivek Prabhakar, Malini Eapen, Jacob Thomas, Kavitha Dinesh, Shamsul Karim. PubMed/ 2015 IF:1.14J Infect Dev Ctries 2015; 9(3):325-329. doi:10.3855/jidc.
“Pancreatic Botryomycosis Caused by Viridans Streptococci : A Case Report” Anusha Gopinathan, Zuhara Shemin, Anil kumar, Deepthi Augustine, Ismail Siyad, Annie Jojo, Rosamma Philip, Kavitha Dinesh, and Shamsul Karim. EMBASE,SCOPUS/ 2014Infectious Disease in Clinical Practice 01/2015; DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000243
“Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation infected with Chromobacterium violaceum”. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice ;Anusha Gopinathan, Naveen Vishwanath, Anil Kumar, Roopa Rachel Paulose, Gulsiv Nair, Kavitha Dinesh Radhakrishnan, Shamsul Karim Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 24(5):286–288, SEP 2016, DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000341Issn Print: 1056-9103
Salmonella Typhimurium pneumonia in a patient with multiple myeloma, Sadia Khan, V Anil Kumar, Neeraj Sidharthan, Asmita Mehta, Binita Backer and Kavitha R Dinesh; Tropical Doctor April 2015;45(2):135-138
Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri: Emerging yeast in diabetic foot and bloodstream infections; Sushma Krishna , Asha Sudheer , Kavitha Dinesh ,Harish Kumar , Ajith Kumar Varma ,Shamsul Karim; Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries (July–September 2015) 35(3):381
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections due to Shewanella algae – An Emerging Pathogen; Jampala Srinivas, Meera Pillai, Vivek Vinod, R. Kavitha Dinesh; Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online]2015 Feb[cited:2016 Nov 29] 2 DC16 – DC20
Keechilot CS, Shenoy V, Kumar A, Biswas L, Vijayrajratnam S, Dinesh K, Nair P. Detection of occult hepatitis B and window period infection among blood donors by individual donation nucleic acid testing in a tertiary care center in South India. Pathog Glob Health. 2016 Oct-Dec;110(7-8):287-291. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2016.1248171. Epub 2016 Oct 27. PMID: 27788631; PMCID: PMC5189866.
Antimicrobial susceptibility profile, treatment outcome and serotype distribution of clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica: a 2-year study from Kerala, South India ; Harichandran D, Dinesh KR ;DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S126209
Antibiotic Screening of Urine Culture for Internal Quality Audit at Amrita Hospital, Kochi. Suresh A, Gopinathan A, Dinesh KR, Kumar A. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jul;11(7):DC24-DC26. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/26089.10236. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
Multiple cortical brain abscesses due to Listeria monocytogenes in an immunocompetent patient. Khan S1, Kumar A2, Kale S3, Kurkure N4, Nair G5, Dinesh K6. Trop Doct. 2018 Apr;48(2):160-163. doi: 10.1177/0049475517728670. Epub 2017 Aug 29.
Simple low cost differentiation of Candida auris from Candida haemulonii complex using CHROMagar Candida medium supplemented with Pal’s medium Anil Kumara,∗, Arun Sachua, Karthika Mohana, Vivek Vinodb, Kavitha Dinesh, Shamsul Karim Rev Iberoam Micol. 2017;34(2):109–111
A Case Series and Review of Bacillus Cereus Endocarditis from India Anusha Gopinathan , Anil Kumar , Amitabh C. Sen , Srisruthy Sudha , Praveen Varma , Sunil GS, Malini Eapen and Kavitha R. Dinesh ; The Open Microbiology Journal, 2018, 12, 28-33
A prospective cross sectional study of detection of Clostridium difficile
toxin in patients with antibiotic associated diarrhoea (1-6). Arun Sachu, Kavitha Dinesh, Ismail Siyad, Anil Kumar, Anu Vasudevan, Shamsul Karim; Iranian Journal of Microbiology Vol 10, No 1 (2018)
Assessing the Utility of GeneXpert MTB/Rif Assay in a Tertiary Care Centre in Southern India with Established Microscopy and Liquid Culture Facilities. Aman Bhardwaj, Sadia Khan, Anil Kumar , Liju George, Asmita Mehta, Kavitha Radhakrishnan; Journal of The Association of Physicians of India ■ Vol. 67 ■ August 2019
From Colonoscope to Microscope: The Diagnosis of Trichuris
Trichiura; Sushma Krishna, Shine Sadasivan , Kavitha Dinesh , Aswathy S , Shamsul Karim ; IJCR, 2019 4:84
Ten-year retrospective study on ventriculoperitoneal shuntinfections from a university teaching hospital, South India. Krishna S, Dinesh KR, Abraham T, Panikar D, Singh S, Karim S. J Acad Clin Microbiol 2019;21:29-33.
A novel use of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection kits to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae cultures misidentified by the VITEK-2 system; Sadia Khan , Sona P Hydrose, Sabthami Chandran, Kavitha Dinesh and Anil Kumar.
Tropical Doctor ,0(0) 1–3, DOI: 10.1177/0049475519889717
Chronic fungal osteomyelitis of the tibia due to Acremonium curvulum: a rare case. Sadia Khan, Anil Kumar, Vadakekoottu Bhaskaran, Sabthami Chandran, Kavitha Dinesh.The Pan African Medical Journal. 2019;34:173.
Identification and Clinical correlation of blood isolates of Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacilli (NFGNB) other than Pseudomonas Spp and Acinetobacter Spp from tertiary care center, South India; Sushma Krishna, Manubhai KP,Kavitha Dinesh, Asha Sudheer, Shamsul Karim. Academia Letters,2021
Bacteriological quality of water samples from Kochi, Southwest Coastal India and its implications
Sushma Krishna, Sadia Khan, Kavitha Dinesh, S Aswathy, Vinitha Viswanath, Shamsul Karim; The Academy of Clinical Microbiologists 2020;22:1;17-22
Microbiological characterization and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from atertiary care centre in South India; Gulsiv Nair*, Kavitha R. Dinesh and P.M. Shamsul Karim; Nair et al. | J Pure Appl Microbiol | 14(3): | September 2020 Article 6276 |
Kavita Raja, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay , Anup Kumar Shetty , Jily P Chinnan , J Sudarsana , Reena Anie Jose , N Saritha , C Ravindranath , G Goel , Chithra Valsan , Subha Sundaramoorthy, Sapna Joy, S G Sagila, Ramakrishna Pai Jakribettu, K L Sarada Devi, Dinoop Korol Ponnambath, Ashish Jithendranath, Kavitha R Dinesh, Roopika Berry, Ranganathan N Iyer, Anu P John, Sanjay Bhattacharya; Detection and reporting of Carbapenemase producing Gram negative bacilli in Clinical Microbiology: A survey of practices in laboratories across India. J Acad Clin Microbiol,Volume 24, Issue 2, July-December 2022

Dr Kavitha completed her MBBS (1988)
MD in Microbiology (1995) from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.

MV RAGHAVAN

The Visionary

Respectfully called MVR, the late MV Raghavan was one of the revolutionary leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala. Born in an ordinary family in Pappinissery, Kannur, his political life began in his early teens. He served two terms as Minister of Co-operation and Ports in Kerala during 1991-1996 and 2001-2006. MVR revolutionized the co-operative sector by taking the people-powered movement to healthcare and education in the State. MV Raghavan realized the role of the co-operative movement in social development and job creation and he was instrumental in setting up various institutions in the state.

Scroll