My Scientific Achievements in 2021

BOOK

  1. Upendra Thapa Shrestha and Megha Raj Banjara (2021). Instrumentation in Microbiology. A Theory book for B.Sc. Fourth-year Microbiology. First Edition, Garuda Publication, Newplaza, Kathmandu. (ISBN: 978-9937-0-9709-3).


ARTICLES

  1. Upama Gaire, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Sanjib Adhikari, Nabaraj Adhikari, Anup Bastola, Komal Raj Rijal, Prakash Ghimire, Megha Raj Banjara. Antibiotic susceptibility, biofilm production and detection of mecA gene among Staphylococcus aureusisolates from different clinical specimens. Diseases, 2021, 9: 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases9040080
  2. Meera Maharjan, Anil Kumar Sah, Susil Pyakurel, Sabita Thapa, Susan Maharjan, Nabaraj Adhikari, Komal Raj Rijal, Prakash Ghimire, Upendra Thapa Shrestha*. Molecular confirmation of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with vanA gene from a hospital in Kathmandu. International Journal of Microbiology, Hindawi, 2021, 2021, 3847347. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/3847347.
  3. Susmita Kuikel, Jyoti Acharya, Binod Dhungel, Sanjib Adhikari, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Megha Raj Banjara. Komal Raj Rijal, Prakash Ghimire. Biofilm formation and phenotypic detection of ESBL, MBL, KPC and AmpC enzymes and their coexistence in Klebsiella spp. isolated at the National Reference Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal. Microbiology research, 2021, 12: 683-697. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres12030049.
  4. Tulsi Nayaju, Milan Kumar Upreti, Alina Ghimire, Basudha Shrestha, Basanta Maharjan, Rajesh Dhoj Joshi, Binod Lekhak, Upendra Thapa Shrestha*. Higher prevalence of extended spectrum b-lactamase producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli among patients with diabetes from a tertiary care hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021, 105(5): 1347-1355. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.21-0691
  5. Sabita Thapa, Nabaraj Adhikari, Anil Kumar Shah, Ishworiya Lamichhane, Binod Dhungel, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Bipin Adhikari, Megha Raj Banjara, Prakash Ghimire Komal Raj Rijal. Detection of NDM-1 and VIM genes in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary health care center in Kathmandu, Nepal. Chemotherapy, 2021 DOI: 10.1159/000518256.
  6. Komal Raj Rijal, Megha Raj Banjara, Binod Dhungel, Samarpan Kafle, Kedar Gautam, Bindu Ghimire, Samriddh Dhungel, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Dev Ram Sunuwar, Bipin Adhikari, Prakash Ghimire. Use of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in Nepal: a nationwide survey. Scientific Reports (Nature), 2021, 11:11554. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90812-4
  7. Anu Maharjan, Binod Dhungel, Anup Bastola, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Nabaraj Adhikari, Megha Raj Banjara, Binod Lekhak, Prakash Ghimire, Komal Raj Rijal. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella spp. Isolated from Enteric Fever Patients in Nepal. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2021, 13, 388–400. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr13020037.
  8. Rubina Gurung, Sanjib Adhikari, Nabaraj Adhikari, Sanjeep Sapkota, Jid Chani Rana, Binod Dhungel, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Megha Raj Banjara, Prakash Ghimire, Komal Raj Rijal. Efficacy of urine dipstick test in diagnosing urinary tract infection and detection of blaCTX-M gene among ESBL-producing Escherichia coli. Diseases 2021, 9, 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases9030059.
  9. Ram Shanker Prasad Sah, Binod Dhungel, Binod Kumar Yadav, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Binod Lekhak, Megha Raj Banjara, Bipin Adhikari, Prakash Ghimire, Komal Raj Rijal. Detection of TEM and CTX-M genes in Escherichia coli isolated from clinical specimens at Tertiary Care Heart Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Diseases 2021, 9, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases9010015.
  10. Manish Thapaliya, Sastrika Shakya, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Astha Dangol, Kusum Shrestha. Bacteriological profie of raw chicken meat collected from Lalitpur and their antibiogram. J Microbiology and Immunology. 2021, 3(1):


PRESENTATION

  1. E-poster presentation entitled Emergence of multi-drug resistant bacterial infection of lower respiratory tract among people living with HIV” at the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH 2021) held virtually from 28th September to 1st October 2021.



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