Dr Raina Chaudhary Microbiology Medex

Dr Raina Chaudhary

Dr Raina Chaudhary is senior consultant microbiologist and Associate prorofessor of microbiology at Nepal Army Institute of Health Science who has extensive experience in clinical microbiology. She completed MD microbiology from Institute of Medicine. She has received many academic as well as clinical trainings and is involved in many studies and research projects. She has over 25 research publications and has keen interest in academic activities, antibiotic stewardship and antibiotic resistance mechanism.

Medical Qualification

MD (Microbiology)
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)

Training / Certification

Diploma in “TRAUMA AND CRITICAL PARA RESCUE COURSE” (22-26 September 2003)
“HIV/AIDS PEER EDUCATION TRAINING OF TRAINERS (TOT)” (21-25 September 2005)
“INDUCTION TRAINING COURSE ON HIV/AIDS AWARENESS IN KASSALA, SUDAN (08-09 March 2006)
Training on “COMBINED NEPAL-UNITED STATES COMBAT LIFESAVER INSTRUCTOR COURSE” (16-20 July 2006)
Training on “RESREARCH METHODOLOGY” held on August 2008 at IOM.
Participated in workshop on “TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN LABORATORY MEDICINE” held on July 10-11, 2009.
Training on “PCR ASSAY” held at Leprosy Mission Hospital on 27-31 December 2010.
Training on “TEACHER’S TRAINING ON HELPING STUDENTS LEARN BETTER” from 11-16 March 2012.
Course on “ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP: MANAGING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE.” from 23 rd April 2017 to 7 th May 2017.
Participated as speaker to represent SAARC countries in 42 nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 28 th November 2nd December 2018.
Attended workshop on “5 th Batch Regional Course on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice” from June 12- 14, 2019
Participated in 1 st International Microbiology Conference “Man, Microbes, Machine Finding solutions together” organized by Nepalese Association of Clinical Microbiologists on 12 th -13 th September 2019
Participated in “JNMA Hands-on Training for Fast Track Publication” organized by the Journal of Medical Association held on 1 st April 2023.
Participated “Orientation Training on Medical Genomics and Clinical Informatics” conducted by Nepal Health Research Council on 19 th 20 th January 2024.

Special Interest & Expertise

Antibiotic stewardship
Antibiotic resistance mechanism

Research Publication

Original Article published as principal author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital July- December 2011/Vol.10/ Issue 2, entitled “A Study on Nalidixic Acid Resistant Salmonella among the Patients Attending Shree Birendra Hospital.”
Original Article published as Principle author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, Jan-Jun 2012/ Vol.11/Issue 1 entitled “Bacterial Pathogen Responsible For Urinary Tract Infection.
Original Article published as author in Journal of Institute of Medicine, December 2012/ Vol. 34/Issue 3 entitled “Incidence of Bacteremia and Septicemia among the patients attending tertiary care center, Nepal.”
Original Article published as author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, Jan-Jun 2014/Vol. 13/Issue 1 entitled “Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella peumoniae, a therapeutic challenges."
Original Article published as co author in Journal of Institute of Medicine August 2011/Vol. 33/ Issue 2 entitled “Prevalence of nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections caused by multi drug resistance pathogens.”
Original Article Published as co-author in Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2013/Vol. 62, entitled “Characterization of rotavirus causing acute diarrhea in children in Kathmandu, Nepal, showing the dominance of serotype G12.”
Original Article published as co-author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, Jan-Jun 2014/Vol. 13/Issue 1 entitled “Prevalence of AmpC Beta-Lactamase producers among Uropathogens at Shree Birendra Hospital."
Original Article published as co-author in journal of New Microbes and New Infections 2016; 11: 22-27 entitle “Detection of ST772 Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Bengal Bay clone) and ST22 S. aureus isolates with a genetic variant of elastin binding protein in Nepal.”
Original Article published as co-author in journal of Antimicro Resist Infect Control, 2016/Vol. 5/Issue 5 entitled “Corelation between biofilmformation and resistance toward different commonly used antibiotics along with Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase production in uropathogenic Escherichia coliisolated from the patients suspected of urinary tract infections visiting Shree Birendra Hospital, Chauni, Kathamandu, Nepal."
Original Article published as co-author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital July 2016“Organisms isolated in induced sputum samples in acute exacrbation of severe and very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.”
Original Article published as co-author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital July 2016“Drug Susceptibility pattern of Organisms Isolated during Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Level Hospital of Nepal.”
Original Article published as co-author in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology January 2017“Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus andDetermination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration ofVancomycin forStaphylococcus aureus isolated fromPus/Wound Swab Samples of the Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.”
Original Article published as co-author in International Journal of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 2017; 2(1); 1-5 “Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Urinary Isolates from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu.”
Case report published as author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, January-June 2013/Vol 12/Issue 1 entitled “Localized Tetanus: Rare and Elusive.”
Case report published as co-author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, January-June2014/Vol 13/Issue 1 entitled “Klebsiella pneumoniae associated nosocomial meningitis in a patient after resection of meningioma.”
Case report published as co-author in Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital, January-June2016/Vol 15/Issue 1 entitled “Urinary Tract Infection by Nalidixic Acid Resistant Salmonella enteric serotype Typhi.”
Original article published as co-author in International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 2017; 2(1): 1-5 entitled “Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Urinary isolates from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathamandu.”
Short communication published as author in Narra J 2021; 1(2) entitled “Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay compared to conventional Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture for diagnosis of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Nepal.
Original article published as author in Kathamandu Univ Med J 2022 entitled “A comparative Study of Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Detection Assay against RT-PCR assay for Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Tertiary Hospital of Kathmandu.
Original article published as author in Microbiology Insight vol 16: 1-10 2023“Phenotypical Detection of β-Lactamases in a Multidrug Resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant Chryseobacterium indologens: A Rare Human Pathogen with special reference to Risk Factor.
Original article published as author in J Nep Med Assoc 2023;61(261): 437-41 “Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli among Urinary samples of patients with Urinary Tract Infection in the Microbiology Department of a Tertiary Care Center: A descriptive Cross-sectional Study.”
Original article published as co-author in J Nep Med Assoc 2023; 61 (266) 868-70 “Multidrug resistant among Non-fermenting Gram-negative Bacteria Isolated in the Department of Microbiology of Tertiary Care Center”
Original article published as co-author in J Nep Med Assoc 2024; 62(269)24-6 “Acute conjunctivitis among Patients visiting the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Center.”
Original article published as co-author in J Nep Med Assoc 2024; 62 (270) 103-5 “Infective Vaginal Discharge among Women of the Reproductive age in the Outpatient Department of a Primary Care Center.”
Original article published as author in Kathmandu University Journal Vol 22/No1 /Issue/85/Jan-Mar 2024 “Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Intensive Care Unit of A Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal.”

Awards

Medal for United Nation Peace keeping Mission in Sudan(UNAMIS)-2006
Paradesh Sewa Padak by Nepalese Army-2006
Medal for United Nation Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)-2017
Commendation Badge by Chief of Army-202

Professional Membership

Nepal Medical Association: NMA No-5552/L-5009
Life Time Membership of Nepalese Association of Clinical Microbiologist (NACM), Presently appointed as treasurer