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Antimicrobial Resistance Thesis Topics for MD Microbiology — 86+ titles

Updated November 2026 · reviewed against the current NMC / NBE curriculum

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  1. 001

    Antimicrobial resistance profile of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from hospital-acquired infections in ICU

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  2. 002

    Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bloodstream infections and their association with 30-day mortality

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  3. 003

    Etiological spectrum and clinical profile of bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  4. 004

    Comparison of bacteriological profile and antibiogram of early-onset and late-onset neonatal sepsis

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  5. 005

    Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial resistance pattern of burn wound infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  6. 006

    Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriological profile of diabetic foot ulcer infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  7. 007

    Biofilm formation by uropathogens from catheterised patients and its association with antimicrobial resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  8. 008

    Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of culture-proven neonatal sepsis in NICU

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  9. 009

    Clinical spectrum, risk factors and short-term outcome of bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  10. 010

    Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of aerobic isolates from wound infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  11. 011

    Biofilm production by isolates from device-associated infections and its association with antimicrobial resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  12. 012

    Clinical outcome and mortality predictors of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections in hospitalised patients

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  13. 013

    Maternal risk factors associated with early-onset neonatal sepsis at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Community-based cross-sectional study Community / KAP
    Objective
  14. 014

    Mortality predictors in culture-proven neonatal sepsis at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  15. 015

    Prevalence of ESBL-producing Gram-negative isolates in neonatal sepsis and their antimicrobial susceptibility

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  16. 016

    Clinical and microbiological profile of urinary tract infections in patients with diabetes mellitus

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  17. 017

    Biofilm production in bacterial isolates from chronic wound infections and its association with antimicrobial resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  18. 018

    Vancomycin MIC distribution among Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates and its association with clinical outcome

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Analytical cross-sectional study Community / KAP
    Objective
  19. 019

    Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi isolated from blood cultures in enteric fever

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  20. 020

    Effect of blood volume and number of culture sets on diagnostic yield of blood cultures

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  21. 021

    Prevalence of colistin resistance among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales isolated from hospital-acquired infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  22. 022

    Prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in antenatal women and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Community-based cross-sectional study Community / KAP
    Objective
  23. 023

    Prevalence of carbapenem resistance among uropathogens and its association with clinical outcome in complicated urinary tract infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  24. 024

    Comparison of deep tissue culture and superficial swab culture in diabetic foot infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  25. 025

    Detection of carbapenemase genes among Gram-negative isolates from hospital-acquired infections and their association with outcome

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  26. 026

    Comparison of uropathogen profile and antibiogram between community-acquired and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  27. 027

    Prevalence of MRSA and inducible clindamycin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from wound infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  28. 028

    Detection of metallo-beta-lactamase production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from wound infections and its infection control implications

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  29. 029

    Detection of carbapenemase genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from neonatal sepsis

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  30. 030

    Bacteriological profile and treatment outcome of orthopaedic implant-associated infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  31. 031

    Prevalence of ESBL and AmpC beta-lactamase co-production among Gram-negative isolates from hospital-acquired infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  32. 032

    Fosfomycin and nitrofurantoin susceptibility among ESBL-producing uropathogens

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Analytical cross-sectional study Community / KAP
    Objective
  33. 033

    Time to positivity of blood culture as a predictor of mortality in bloodstream infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  34. 034

    Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of urinary tract infection among women of reproductive age

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Analytical cross-sectional study Community / KAP
    Objective
  35. 035

    Association of carbapenem resistance with treatment outcome in patients with wound infections at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  36. 036

    Biofilm production by coagulase-negative staphylococci for differentiating true neonatal sepsis from blood culture contamination

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  37. 037

    Phenotypic detection of carbapenemases by mCIM and eCIM and its correlation with Xpert Carba-R in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Diagnostic Accuracy
    Objective
  38. 038

    Genotypic profile of carbapenemase genes (NDM, OXA-48-like, KPC) in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  39. 039

    In-vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam with and without aztreonam against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  40. 040

    Colistin susceptibility testing by broth microdilution versus colistin broth disc elution in Gram-negative bacilli

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Comparative Study
    Objective
  41. 041

    In-vitro activity of ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and non-fermenters

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  42. 042

    Prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and AmpC producers among uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  43. 043

    Inducible clindamycin resistance and methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  44. 044

    Biofilm production and its association with antimicrobial resistance in isolates from catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Analytical cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  45. 045

    Gut colonisation with multidrug-resistant organisms in hospitalised patients and its association with subsequent infection

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  46. 046

    Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in clinical isolates: prevalence and van gene distribution

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  47. 047

    Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A with emphasis on azithromycin and ceftriaxone

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  48. 048

    Bacteriological profile and antibiogram of neonatal sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  49. 049

    Bacteriological profile of diabetic foot ulcers and its correlation with Wagner grade

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Analytical cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  50. 050

    Acinetobacter baumannii from ventilator-associated pneumonia: resistance profile and minocycline susceptibility

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  51. 051

    Burkholderia pseudomallei isolation from clinical samples: clinical profile and identification methods

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  52. 052

    Fosfomycin and nitrofurantoin susceptibility among multidrug-resistant uropathogens

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  53. 053

    Anaerobic bacteria in intra-abdominal and soft tissue infections: isolation rate and antimicrobial susceptibility

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  54. 054

    Clostridioides difficile infection in hospitalised patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea: toxin assay and risk factors

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  55. 055

    Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from patients attending the STI clinic

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  56. 056

    Disc elution versus strip-crossing methods for ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam synergy testing in metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Comparative Study
    Objective
  57. 057

    Prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae by string test and its association with antimicrobial resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  58. 058

    Cefiderocol susceptibility by disc diffusion among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  59. 059

    Antimicrobial susceptibility of beta-haemolytic streptococci from skin and soft tissue infections with emphasis on macrolide resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  60. 060

    Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from clinical samples: clinical profile and susceptibility to cotrimoxazole, levofloxacin and minocycline

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  61. 061

    Linezolid resistance among coagulase-negative staphylococci and enterococci from bloodstream infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  62. 062

    Shigella and diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in children with acute dysentery: isolation rate and antimicrobial resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  63. 063

    Detection of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 by PCR among colistin-resistant Enterobacterales clinical isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  64. 064

    Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolated from respiratory and invasive infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  65. 065

    Distribution of OXA-23-like and other carbapenemase genes by multiplex PCR in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  66. 066

    Faecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales among healthy adults in the community and associated antibiotic exposure

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Community-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  67. 067

    High-level aminoglycoside resistance and species distribution of enterococci isolated from urinary tract infections

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  68. 068

    Aerobic bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates from chronic suppurative otitis media

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  69. 069

    Bacteriological profile and antibiogram of sputum isolates in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  70. 070

    Carbapenemase genes blaNDM, blaOXA-48-like and blaVIM among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from clinical samples

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  71. 071

    Prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae by string test and virulence genes rmpA and iucA among bloodstream isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  72. 072

    Prevalence of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from clinical samples

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  73. 073

    In-vitro susceptibility of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli to cefiderocol and ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  74. 074

    Biofilm formation and its association with multidrug resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  75. 075

    Time to appropriate antibiotic therapy and 30-day mortality in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bloodstream infections at a tertiary care hospital

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective observational study Outcome / Prognostic
    Objective
  76. 076

    Antimicrobial resistance of community-acquired uropathogens mapped to the WHO AWaRe antibiotic classification in outpatients

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  77. 077

    Ceftazidime-avibactam resistance and its association with carbapenemase gene profile among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  78. 078

    Vancomycin, linezolid and daptomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations among MRSA isolates from clinical samples and evidence of MIC creep

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  79. 079

    Species distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  80. 080

    Class 1 integrons and sul genes among Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates and their association with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  81. 081

    Impact of the revised CLSI M100 33rd edition breakpoints for piperacillin-tazobactam and aminoglycosides on susceptibility reporting of Gram-negative isolates

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  82. 082

    Clinico-microbiological profile of melioidosis with emphasis on neurological and musculoskeletal involvement at a tertiary care centre in South India

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  83. 083

    Capsular serotypes and virulence genes of group B streptococcus from antenatal women and their association with adverse obstetric history

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-based cross-sectional study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  84. 084

    MALDI-TOF identification of obligate anaerobes from clinical specimens and metronidazole susceptibility of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective
  85. 085

    Clarithromycin resistance by 23S rRNA gene PCR on gastric biopsies of Helicobacter pylori-positive dyspeptic patients and its association with prior macrolide use

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Prospective analytical study Association / Correlation
    Objective
  86. 086

    Clinical profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream isolates and investigation of contaminated intravenous fluids as a source

    Bacteriology & Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective record-based study Clinical Spectrum / Profile
    Objective

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