| Prof. B. Nilanthi Dissanayake |
| Professor in Microbiology |
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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya. |
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nilanthidnk@gmail.com |
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+94 71 814 8755 |
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+94 81 238 9106 |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MBBS (Peradeniya)
- Dip in Med Micro
- MD in Med Micro (Colombo)
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| Positions Held |
- Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya- 2012 to date
- Medical officer - Ministry of Health from 2004-2009
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| Undergraduate Teaching |
- Lecturer at Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Visiting lecturer at Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya
- Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya
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| Postgraduate Teaching |
- Resource person for MSc Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya
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| Service Commitments |
- Serving as a Consultant Microbiologist at Teaching hospital Peradeniya
- Serving as a offisite Consultant Microbiologist for TH Gampola, GH Nuwara-Eliya and GH Nawalapitiya
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| Research interests |
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Fungal infection
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| Research Presentations |
- T Senaratne, F Noordeen, N Dissanayake and KGRA Kumara. Comparison of a rapid immunochromatography assay with an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anti-dengue virus IgM detection. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014; 4 (2), 77-82.
- Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Colonization among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in a tertiary care hospital, 3rd Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology Conference -2014
- Bacterial aetiology and antibiotic sensitivity of community acquired urinary tract infection – a pilot study, Annual sessions of Kandy Society of Medicine – 2014.
- Door to needle time in bacteraemic patients - 8th International Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) Conference and Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) annual conference - UK 2012.
- Dermatophytosis in Kandy- Annual sessions of Kandy society of medicine – 2012.
- Group B Streptococcus colonization in pregnancy- Annual sessions of Kandy society of medicine – 2012.
- Glycopeptide sensitivity of MRSA isolates at National cancer Institute, Sri Lanka- WESPAC- 2009.
- Antibiotic sensitivity and vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of MRSA isolates at National Cancer Institute, Sri Lanka- published as a dissertation - PGIM- 2009.
- First blood culture isolation of C. neoformans in National Cancer Institute, Sri Lanka-Bulletin of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists- 2009.
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