Dr. Kiran Bala
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Dr. Kiran Bala
Additional Professor,
Tuberculosis Section, Department of Microbiology
AIIMS, New Delhi-110029
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Dr. Kiran Bala has completed her M.B.B.S. from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi in 2007. She has completed her M.D. Microbiology in 2012 from Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh. She has worked as a Senior Resident in Department of Microbiology at Maulana Azad Medical College (M.A.M.C.) and Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi. She has joined the Department of Microbiology in December 2016 and currently working as Additional Professor in the Mycobacteriology section.
Areas of research interest:Clinical Microbiology with major interest in Tuberculosis and opportunistic infections.
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Diagnostics of Tuberculosis
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Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR)
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Non-tubercular Mycobacteria (NTM)
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Therapeutic advances of tuberculosis
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Hospital Infection Control & Hospital acquired infections
Publications in indexed journals- 35
Few publications
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Bala K, Kumari S, Monga R, Sagar P, Thakar A, Sharma SC, Singh UB. Spectrum of mycobacterial pathogens for Head and Neck tuberculosis like presentation. Access Microbio. 2021. DOI 10.1099/acmi.0.000304.
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Ahmed J, Bir R, Bala K, Singh UB. The COVID-19 pandemic does not bode well for TB control. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Sep 1;26(9):897-901. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0286. PMID: 35996276.
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Singh UB, Singh M, Sharma S, Mahajan N, Bala K, Srivastav A, Singh KJ, Rao MVV, Lodha R, Kabra SK. Expedited diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis using Truenat MTB-Rif Dx and GeneXpert MTB/RIF. Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 28;13(1):6976. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32810-2. PMID: 37117209; PMCID: PMC10147673.
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Das A, Vidyarthi Aj, Bala K, Bhatnagar S, Mohan A, Singh UB, Chaudhry R. Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic in India. J Infect Develop Count 16(06):959-965 DOI: 10.3855/jidc.15937.
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Bala K, Kumari S, Guleria R, Singh UB. Recurrent bilateral breast abscess due to Mycobacterium abscessus in an immune-competent woman. BMJ Case Reports 2020;13: e235857.doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-235857.