- Laboratory Services
Following tests are offered by the Department of Microbiology under Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and VRDL
1. Serology
- Rheumatoid Factor
- Anti-streptolysin O
- Rapid Plasma Reagin
- Treponema pallidum haemagglutination test
- Widal test
- Typhoid IgG/IgM rapid test
- Leptospira IgG/IgM
- Dengue NS1/IgG/IgM
- Chikungunya IgM
- Hepatitis A IgM
- Hepatitis E IgM
- HBsAg
- Hepatitis C antibody
- HIV 1&2 antibodies
- Covid Rapid Antigen
2. Bacteriology
- Gram staining
- Albert staining
- Bacterial culture and sensitivity
3. Mycobacteriology
- ZN staining
- Modified ZN staining
- Mantoux test
4. Parasitology
- Stool Routine & Microscopic Examination
- Stool for occult blood
- Modified ZN Staining for Coccidian parasites
- Peripheral Blood smear for Microfilaria
- Malaria rapid card test
5. Mycology
- KOH Examination for fungal elements
- Fungal culture
- India Ink for Cryptococcus
6. VRDL
Vector-Borne Viruses
- Dengue virus (DENV) – NS1 Antigen, IgM ELISA, RT-PCR
- Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) – IgM ELISA, RT-PCR
- Japanese Encephalitis virus (JEV) – IgM ELISA
- West Nile virus (WNV) – IgM ELISA
Respiratory Viruses
- Human Parechovirus
- Human coronavirus
- Human Parainfluenza virus 1
- Human Parainfluenza virus 2
- Human Parainfluenza virus 3
- Human Parainfluenza virus 4
- Influenza A virus
- Enterovirus
- Influenza A (H3N2) virus
- Human metapneumovirus (A/B)
- Pandemic H1influenz virus (pdm09)
- Influenza B virus
- Influenza C virus
- Human adenovirus
- Human Respiratory Syncytial Viruses (A/B)
- Human rhinovirus
- Human bocavirus
Viral Hepatitis Panel
- Hepatitis A virus (HAV) – IgM ELISA
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) – DNA quantification
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) – RNA quantification
Viral Meningitis Panel kit
- Human Adenovirus
- Enterovirus
- Human Parecho virus
- HSV 1 & 2
- Mumps virus
- Human Parvovirus B19
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Varicella Zoster Virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- HHV 6
- HHV 7
Congenital & Childhood Viruses
- Rubella virus – IgM ELISA
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) – DNA PCR
- Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1 & 2 – PCR
- Measles virus – IgM ELISA
Zoonotic & Emerging Viruses
- Zika virus (ZIKV) – RT-PCR
- Nipah virus – (Refer testing)
- Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) – (Refer testing)
- Scrub Typhus – IgM ELISA (Bacterial but tested as part of AFI panel)
- Leptospira – IgM ELISA (Bacterial but part of surveillance panel)
Respiratory Viral Pathogen Panel
Pathogens covered:
Flu Panel with RSV Detection Kit
Pathogens covered:
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza B virus
- H1N1 pdm
- Influenza A (H3N2) virus
Human metapneumovirusviruses-A/B
Viral Meningitis Panel kit
Pathogens covered:
- Human Adenovirus
- Enterovirus
- Human Parecho virus
- HSV 1 & 2
- Mumps virus
- Human Parvovirus B19
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Varicella Zoster Virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- HHV 6
- HHV 7
Tropical Fever Panel kit
Pathogens covered:
- Chikungunya virus
- Plasmodium Species
- Rickettsia species
- Dengue virus
- Zika virus
- Orientia tsutsugamushi (S. typhus)
- Salmonella Species
- Leptospira Species
- West Nile Virus
TORCH Panel kit
- Cytomegalovirus
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Rubella virus
- Herpes Simplex viruses 1
- Herpes Simplex viruses 2
Human Papilloma Virus
2) Hospital Infection Control Services
3) Biomedical Waste Management Services
4) Specialized Centers
- Designated Microscopy center for TB
DMC was established at AIIMS Rajkot in April 2022. Centre is doing sputum smear examination for the presence of acid-fast bacilli. The samples are also sent for CB-NAAT and TB culture to District Tuberculosis Centre, Rajkot.
- Facility -Integrated counselling and testing center (F ICTC)
ICTC center was started in April 2022 in accordance with State HIV Centre, Gujarat where free HIV testing is done as per NACO guidelines.