Dristi Halwai
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Disease
B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Tel: +9779852049945
Email: dristi.halwai@bpkihs.edu
VALIDATE Role:
Network Associate
Research Keywords:
Tuberculosis, Antimicrobial Resistance, Infectious Diseases
Biography:
Dr. Halwai completed her MD in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in 2015 from B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. She is currently in the position of Assistant Professor in the same institute.
She worked in the clinical bacteriology laboratory for 3 years and responsible for detection and identification of infectious agents. Her role was in reporting and verification of the clinical isolates and antimicrobial resistance. In 2018, she was nominated as a team member of Hospital Infection Control team of B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.
Since 2019, she is actively involved in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and also guiding the technicians and students in the clinical mycobacteriology laboratory. Her primary areas of interests are in tuberculosis diagnosis and prevention and antimicrobial resistance. She is passionate about clinical microbiology. She is motivated to pursue her career in mycobacteriology researches in diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis.
Key Publications:
- Halwai D, Gurung R, Poudyal N, Baral DD, Bhattacharya SK. Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay in 7H11 agar for diagnosis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in eastern Nepal. BMC Tropical Medicine and Health. 2018; 46(26):1-4.
- Halwai D, Sah R, Gurung R, Bhattacharya SK, Poudyal N. Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C co- infections in HIV infected patients at a tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal. International Journal of Biomedical Research. 2019; 10(03):e5064.
- Sharma A, Bhattarai NR, Siwakoti S, Halwai D, Khanal B. Spectrum and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Bacteria Isolated from Medical Devices. Journal of KIST Medical College. 2019; 1(2):11-17.
- Halwai D, Gurung R, Poudyal N, Bhattacharya SK. Drug susceptibility pattern of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal. Journal of KIST Medical College. 2021; 3(1):1-4.
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