Dr. Vikas Gautam
Designation : Professor
Department : MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
gautam.vikas@pgimer.edu.in

 
 
 :: Contact Details
  Phone No.    :   7087008152
  Ext No.        :   5152
 :: Educational Qualification
  Graduation :   MBBS from Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak in year 1994
  Post Graduation :   MD from Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak in year 2001
  Other Qualification.(1)      :   PhD from PGIMER in year 2014
     
 :: Area of Interest
       Area Of Interest       :
1. Non-fermenter (Burkholderia cepacia complex)
2. Antibacterial chemotherapy, rational use of antibiotics
3. Biomedical Waste Management
4. History of Medicine
5. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Ayurveda
     
 :: Research & Projects
      Extramural Projects       :

“Efflux pumps, OprD porin, AmpC β-lactamases and carbapenemases in clinical isolates of Burkholderia cepacia complex (ICMR)                                                                                                                                                       

      Departmental / P.G.I.
      Projects      		 :
Clinico-microbiological evaluation ofceftriaxone resistance by E-test in typhoid cases in pediatric population
      Research In
      Progress      		 :

Molecular characterization of resistance mechanisms and epidemiological typing of clinical isolates of Carbapenem Resistant Acientobacter baumannii (CRAB) in septicaemic and meningitis patients (DBT)
      Area Of
      Specialization      		 :
Medical Microbiology 
      Future Plans       :

Rational antimicrobial use in India

To study herbal products activity against Burkholderia cepacia complex
      Awards & Honours       :

ICMR International Fellowship for Young BiomedicalScientists        2013-14

MAMS                                                                                                 2009

Lead Assessor, NABL (National Accreditation Board forTesting and Calibration Laboratories)
      Member Of Professional
      Bodies      		 :

1.      ASM (American Society for Microbiology)

2.      IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America)

3.      Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists

4.      Indian Medical Association
     
 :: Publications(In Vancouver Style)

Sr. No.

Title/Authorship

Journal

Impact Factor
  1.  

Singhal L, Gautam V, Kaur M, Ray P. In vitro activity of doripenem against Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated from non-cystic fibrosis patients.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55: 1320-1.

4.8
  1.  

Gautam V, Sighal L, Arora S, Jha C, Ray P. Reliability of Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Method for detecting carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex isolates.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013:57(4):2003.

4.8

3.

Bajaj Jyoti, Chitnis DS, Gautam V, et al. Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study.

The Lancet Infect Dis 2010 (Nov);10:749-50.

15.583