Dr. Dipika Menon

Dr Dipika Menon is a Medical Microbiologist in Kolkata with 26 years of experience. She is currently working as a Consultant at Manipal Hospital EM Bypass.

Dr Dipika specialises in clinical bacteriology, diagnostic mycology, serology and virology, molecular pathogen detection, and hospital infection control.

Speciality Areas and Treatments

Clinical Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Dr Dipika oversees advanced diagnostic testing for bacterial pathogens, performing automated bacterial cultures, phenotypic identification, and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) susceptibility testing for drug-resistant strains.

Diagnostic Mycology and Invasive Fungal Infections

She specializes in the identification of superficial, deep, and systemic fungal pathogens, delivering diagnostic evaluations for rare mycoses, adrenal histoplasmosis, and antifungal susceptibility profiling.

Serology, Virology, and Molecular Diagnostics

She conducts specialized serological assays and molecular pathogen detection, interpreting PCR-based assays, whole-genome sequencing results, and diagnostic panels for viral and atypical infections.

Hospital Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Dr Dipika leads institutional infection control programmes, healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance, clinical outbreak containment, and the formulation of evidence-based antimicrobial stewardship policies.

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