Dr. Nitin Bansal

Professional Journey

Achievements

• Stood 1^st in All India Pre-medical test in 2006
• Observer in Transplant Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

Awards

• Chairman Appreciation Award in 2020

• Gold Medal Awarded by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 2008

Publications

• Sukhwani KS*, Bansal N, Soni M, Ramamurthy A, Gopalakrishnan R. Enterococcal meningitis in association with Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome. Germs. 2017 Mar 1;7(1):28-31. doi: 10.18683/germs.2017.1105.
• Aggarwal A, Bansal N*, Aggarwal R. Nonketotic Hyperglycemia Presenting as Monoballism. J Emerg Med. 2016 Mar;50(3):e133-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.11.016.
• Ranga G*, Bansal N, Sharma SB, Avasthi R. Human carcinoembyronic antigen is a useful biomarker for diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke – A pilot study; Neurology Asia; 1st march 2016.; 21(1) : 1 – 6.
• Jhamb R, Bansal N*, Pruthi S, Giri S. Disseminated Tuberculosis presenting as Leukemoid Reaction. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics; 2015,3,32-34.
• Bansal N, D Suresh Kumar*, Sukhwani K. Management of lipids in HIV. Lipid monograph 2017, API.
• Bansal N*, Kumar PA, Agarwal MP, Aggarwal A. Recurrent Hypokalemia leading to Flaccid Quadriparesis: A Renal or Connective Tissue Disorder. P R Health Sci J.2017 Dec;36(4):240-242.
• Bansal N*, Devarajan V, Ghafur K A, Sethuraman N, Sree V L. Breakthrough Saprochaete Capitata infections among patients with hematological malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma. 2017 Dec 7:1-2.
• Bansal N*, Sukhwani KS, Kumar D S, Nambi PS, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramnian V. Clinical efficacy and safety of cefepime-tazobactam in hospitalized patients in South India. Infect Dis (Lond). 2017 Nov 30:1-4.
• Gopalakrishnan R, Sethuraman N*, Madhumitha R, Sukhwani K, Bansal N, Poojary I, Chakrabarti A. Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess: A report of two cases treated with voriconazole. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Oct- Dec; 35(4):620-622.
• Devarajan V, Bansal N*, Ghafur KA. Comparative analysis of tigecycline and minocycline susceptibility among Gram-negative isolates. J Contemp Clin Pract. 2018;4(1):8-12. doi:10.18683/jccp.2018.1029
• Bansal N*, Gopalakrishnan R, Sethuraman N, Ramakrishnan N, Nambi PS, Kumar DS, et al. Experience with β-D-glucan assay in the management of critically ill patients with high risk of invasive candidiasis: An observational study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2018;22:364-8
• V. Rao, Tarigopula A, Bansal N* Sethuraman N, Gopalakrishnan R, et al., Clinical profile of respiratory viral infections: A study from tertiary care centre of South India, Indian J Med Spec. (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injms.2017.06.003
• Vishnu RP, Bansal N*, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Madhumitha R, Nambi S, et al. Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Outcome of Hospitalised Patients with H1N1 Influenza in Chennai, India. Austin Virol and Retrovirology. 2017; 4(1): 1026
• Nitin Bansal*, Nandini Sethuraman, Madhumitha R., P Senthur Nambi, Suresh Kumar D, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan; Clinical Features of Proven and Probable Cases of Histoplasmosis and the Role of Urinary Histoplasma Antigen Testing: A Case Series From India, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S152–S153,
• Bansal N*, Sethuraman N, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Kumar D S, Nambi P S, Chakrabarti A. Can urinary histoplasma antigen test improve the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in a tuberculosis endemic region? Mycoses. 2019 Jun;62(6):502-507.
• Sukhwani KS*, Bansal N, Ramasubramanian V, Kumar D S, Nambi P S, Tarigopula A, Madhumitha R, Sethuraman N, Gopalakrishnan R. Clinical Profile of Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea: A study from Tertiary Care Centre of South India. Tropical Gastroenterology 2018;39(3):135-141
• Ghafur A, Bansal N*, Devarajan V, Raja T, Easow J, Raja MA, Sreenivas S, Ramakrishnan B, Raman SG, Devaprasad D, Nimmagadda R. Retrospective Study of Nephrotoxicity Rate among Adult Patients Receiving Colistin Compared to β-lactam Antibiotics. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2019 Nov;23(11):518-522.
• Bansal N, Ghafur A*. COVID‑19 in oncology settings. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2020;3:13-4.
• Bansal N, Ghafur A*. Cytomegalovirus reactivation in solid tumors: Are we missing the bus (bug)? Cancer Res Stat Treat 2020;3:76-7.
• Vijay S, Bansal N, Rao BK, Veeraraghavan B, Rodrigues C, Wattal C, et. al. Secondary Infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Indian Experience. Infect Drug Resist. 2021 May 24;14:1893-1903. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S299774.
• Kapoor, J., Mirgh, S. P., Khushoo, V., Mehta, P., Ahmed, R., Bansal, N., Bhurani, D., & Agrawal, N. (2021). Study of clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes for tuberculosis post allogeneic stem cell transplant: never count it out. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361211008674
• Batra U, Nathany S*, Bansal N, Sharma M. COVID-19 vaccination status in Indian patients with cancer: An observational study. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2021;4:219-23
• Agrawal N, Singh R*, Sharma SK, Naithani R, Bhargava R, Choudhary D, Jeyaraman P, Bansal S, Doval D, Khandelwal V, Bansal N, Ahmed R, Bhurani D. Outcomes of COVID-19 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Multicenter Retrospective Analysis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2021 Jul 16:1-6. doi: 10.1007/s12288-021-01472-3.
• Nitin Bansal, V Balaji, Pallav Ray, Kamini Walia, Sonam Vijay.ICMR. Guidance on Diagnosis & Management of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-negative Infections.2022, Available on: https://main.icmr.nic.in/sites/default/files/upload_documents/Diagnosis_and_management_of_CROs.pdf
• Ghafur A*, Bansal N. Challenges in Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in Organ Transplant Centers in India. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 May 19. doi: 10.1111/tid.13854.
• Bansal N*, Sachdeva N, Bhurani D, Agarwal N, Halder R, Goyal P. Candida Empyema in Febrile Neutropenia – Augmented value of direct inoculation into BacT/Alert blood culture vials. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2022 Jul-Sep;40(3):440-442. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2022.05.006.
• Sridharan, Sowmya*, Nitin Bansal, P Senthur Nambi, Dhamodharan,and M Yusuf. Cardiac Surgery in a Patient with Influenza pneumonia. J Cardiovasc Dis Diagn 9 (2021) 434
• Nitin Bansal*, Neelam Sachdeva, Dinesh Bhurani, Gauri Kapoor, Pinky Yadav, Sumit Goyal, Vineet Talwar, Ullas Batra. Respiratory Viral Infections in Cancer Patients: Epidemiological, Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness study from a Developing Country. Journal of Cancer Science and Clinical Therapeutics 6 (2022): 281-287.
• Mitra S, Simson DK*, Khurana H, Tandon S, Ahlawat P, Bansal N, Barik S, Sethi JS, Chufal KS, Gairola M. Treatment Delay during Radiotherapy of Cancer Patients due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2022 Jul 1;23(7):2415-2420. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2415. PMID: 35901349.
• Rainchwar S, Halder R, Singh R, Mehta P, Verma M, Agrawal N, Ahmed R, Bhurani D, Bansal N. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia [PJP]: An unrecognized concern in AML patients on Venetoclax. Leuk Res. 2022 Aug 6;121:106926. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106926.
• Vijay S, Ramasubramanian V, Bansal N, Ohri VC, Walia K. Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship, India. Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Jan 1;101(1):20-27A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.288797. Epub 2022 Nov 9. PMID: 36593779; PMCID: PMC9795386.
• Krishna V, Bansal N, Morjaria J, Kaul S. COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Mucormycosis. J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Jul 5;8(7):711. doi: 10.3390/jof8070711. PMID: 35887466; PMCID: PMC9315775.
• Shaikh MR, Singh B, Halder R, Singh R, Shaikh MR, Agarwal N, Bansal N, Ahmed R, Mirgh SP, Bhurani D. FLAG based v/s Standard 3 + 7 induction therapy in treatment naïve Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Time to think “beyond anthracyclines”. Leuk Res. 2023 Jun 28;132:107346. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107346. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37467566.
• Nitin Bansal*, Pankaj Goyal, Dharmishtha Basu, Ullas Batra, Neelam Sachdeva, Srujana Joga, Arpit Jain, D.C. Doval, Impact of improving infection control and antibiotic stewardship practices on nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance in an oncology centre from India, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology,Volume 45,2023,100383,ISSN02550857,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100383.
• Walia K, Mendelson M, Kang G, Venkatasubramanian R, Sinha R, Vijay S, Veeraraghavan B, Basnyat B, Rodrigues C, Bansal N, Ray P, Mathur P, Gopalakrishnan R, Ohri VC. How can lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic enhance antimicrobial resistance surveillance and stewardship? Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 5:S1473-3099(23)00124-X. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00124-X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37290476.
• Balaji Veeraraghavan, Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, Rani Diana Sahni, Shilpi Malhotra, Nitin Bansal, Kamini Walia, Loss of exclusivity of ceftazidime/avibactam in low- and middle-income countries: a test for antibiotic stewardship practice, The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia,Volume 15,2023,100225,ISSN 2772-3682,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100225.
• Dewan, Abhinav; Singh, Reema; Sachdeva*, Ishita¹; Bhurani, Dinesh; Agrawal, Narendra; Ahmed, Rayaz; Halder, Rohan; Patra, Pritish Chandra; Debadwar, Sunil Ramrao; Bansal, Nitin. Tuberculosis and Hematological Malignancies: Real-world Experience and Key Insights into Drug–Drug Interactions. Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society 1(3):p 227-232, Jul–Sep 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/CIDS.CIDS_20_23
• Bansal N*, Sachdeva N, Bhurani D, Agarwal N, Ahmed R, Mehta P, Halder R. Effect of antibiotic de-escalation on clinical outcomes in patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia (CRE) in the hematology-oncology setting. Germs. 2023 Sep 30;13(3):221-228. doi: 10.18683/germs.2023.1388. PMID: 38146379; PMCID: PMC10748835.
• Bansal N, Jain A. Managing visceral leishmaniasis. BMJ. 2023 Oct 16;383:2213. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p2213. PMID: 37844956.
• Bansal N, Jain A. Diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis. BMJ. 2023 Oct 16;383:e076715. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076715. PMID: 37844918.