Dr. Anisha Ashokan, second year MD Resident in Microbiology, School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, won the ‘Best Poster Award’ in the CME on “Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance” at Government Medical College, Palakkad, held on February 2, 2019.
Her poster titled “Campylobacter Bacteremia Detected by Bact/Alert 3d Automated Microbial Detection System – a Case Report” showed that automated blood cultures system supports growth of fastidious bacteria like Campylobacter jejuni which was identified by 16SrRNA sequencing.