Dr. Sweta Shah

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Infectious Immunology and Serology, Molecular Microbiology, Mycology

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• Lokmanya Municipal General Hospital & Medical College

• Antibiotic Resistance, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Molecular Microbiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Quality
• CAP Inspector

Past experience of 8 years at Saifee Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital.

KDAH Experience:

Publications :

• Tanu Singhal, Sweta Shah, Reshma Tejam, Pooja Thakkar  Incidence, Epidemiology and Control of Clostridium difficile Infection in a Tertiary Care Private Hospital in India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology ¦ Volume 36 ¦ Issue 3 ¦ July-September 2018
• Successful Treatment of Candid auris shunt Infection with Intraventricular Caspofungin : A Case Report Tanu Singhal, Sweta Shah, Abhay Kumar, Prashant Borade, Rajeev Soman. MMCR_2018_20
• High Prevalence of Varicella Seronegativity in Nurses at a Tertiary Care Private Hospital in Mumbai, India Sweta Shah, Tanu Singhal, Reshma Naik, Pooja Thakkar. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology ¦ Volume 36 ¦ Issue 2 ¦ April-June 2018
• Device-Associated Infection Rates in 20 Cities of India, Data Summary for 2004-2013: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Feb;37(2):172-81. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.276. Epub 2015 Nov 26.
• T Singhal, S Shah, R Naik The microbial etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of bloodstream infections in patients with cancer at a private tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, Indian J Cancer Year :2016 :53 :3 : 452-453
• Falguni Parikh, Sweta Shah.. H1N1 (Swine Flu) in India: Issue in Diagnosis, Management and Prophylaxis. Progress in Medicine 2016. Jaypee Publication. Volume 2: 718-721
• Pooja Shah, Sweta Shah. Treatment and Outcome of CarbapenemResistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Blood-Stream Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of The Association of Physicians of India 2015:63: 14-18
• Sweta Shah, Tanu Singhal, Reshma Naik, A 4-year prospective study to determine the incidence and microbial etiology of surgical site infections at a private tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India. American Journal of Infection Control , Volume 43 (2015) , Issue 1 , 59 - 62
• Singhal T, Shah S, Naik R. Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in a chemotherapy day care unit due to intrinsic contamination of an antiemetic drug. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015 Jan-Mar; 33(1):117-9.
• Pooja Shah, Sweta Shah. Treatment and Outcome of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Blood-Stream Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital. J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Jul;63(7):14-8.
• Singh S1, Chakravarthy M2, Rosenthal VD3Surgical Site Infection Rates In Six Cities Of India: Findings Of The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Int Health. 2015 Sep;7(5):354-9.
• Pooja G Shah, Sweta Shah, Sheela D Kamat, Dileep V Kamat, Colistin-carbapenem Combination Therapy Against Carbapenem Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli Infections: Clinical and an in Vitro Synergy Study. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol 6, Issue 10, 2014
• Víctor Daniel Rosenthal, Dennis George Maki, Yatin Mehta et al. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortiu (INICC) report, Data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module American Journal of Infection Control 42 (2014) 942-56
• Ebola Virus Disease: Are We Prepared? Journal of the association of physicians of India  Vol 62, September, 2014
• Impact of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium multidimensional approach on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in adult intensive care units in eight cities in India International Journal of Infectious Diseases 17 (2013) e1218–e1224
• Hand hygiene and health care associated infections: What, why and how Pediatric Infectious Disease - July 2013 (Vol. 5, Issue 3, Pages 130-134, DOI: 10.1016/j.pid.2013.08.001)
• Prospective Evaluation of 2% (W/V) Alcoholic Chlorhexidine Gluconate as an Antiseptic Agent for Blood Donor Arm Preparation.  Accepted by Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences as an original article.
• Effectiveness of a Multidimensional Approach for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in 21 Adult Intensive Care Units from 10 cities of India: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). Epidemiol Infect – 2013
• Surgical Site Infections, International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Report, Data Summary of 30 Countries, 2005-2010. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2013. 34: p. 597-604. – 2013
• Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Part II: Impact of a multidimensional Strategy to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in ten developing countries. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;33(7):704-10 – 2012
• International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Report, Data Summary of 36 Countries, for 2004-2009. Am J Infect Control Jun; 40(5):396-407 – 2011
• Salmonella enteritidis meningitis - a case report. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2001 Jul-Sep;19(3):151-2.

Professional Memberships

• Society of Clinical Microbiology, Executive Committee member
• Hospital Infection Control Society, Mumbai Forum, Executive Committee member
• Indian Institute of Medical Microbiology