Biography

Dr. Noyal Mariya Joseph is an Additional Professor in the Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India. He has 15 years of experience in microbiology and has about 103 research publications with 1225 citations/ h-index 20. His research is primarily focused on TB biomarkers, molecular diagnostic methods for the identification of mycobacterial infections and drug resistance. He is actively working on next-generation sequencing and proteomics for pulmonary TB, TB meningitis and NTM. He has guided several MD and PhD students and is PI of various research projects funded by NIH/ CRDF Global, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency and ICMR.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Speciation, antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors of clinical isolates of NTM from a tertiary care hospital in South India

The common NTM species isolated from our hospital were M. abscessus, M. fortuitum and M. intracellulare. We observed clarithromycin resistance only in M. abscessus. Rapid and accurate detection of drug resistance in NTM species would help clinicians initiate appropriate treatment, increasing the chance of a successful outcome.

Source: Conference 2024

Research Summaries

PAPER
Rapid PCR test measures tuberculosis bacteria directly from samples
09 Mar 2026