Biography:
Mariyah Yousuf, M.Sc., Ph.D. Candidate, she is a medical microbiologist with expertise in bloodstream infections and sepsis research. Currently she is pursuing PhD at a 1200 bed tertiary care super specialty hospital. Her main focus is on Procalcitonin as a biomarker for sepsis diagnosis, its prognosis and antibiotic stewardship. She has over four years of clinical research experience and have many research article publications including one in a PubMed-indexed journal, contributing to advances in critical care microbiology.
Title : Role of serial serum procalcitonin levels in predicting severity and outcome in sepsis and its utility in antibiotic stewardship at a tertiary care hospital