Microbiology

Microbiology Program

Microbiology provides state of the art diagnostic services to the London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, the Middlesex Hospital Alliance and several other hospitals in our referral area for the detection and treatment of infectious diseases.

These services include the areas of bacteriology, virology, mycology, molecular diagnostics, and parasitology. Our service delivery model includes the provision of clinical consultations, ongoing test development and quality enhancement, research, and education.

The Clinical Microbiology Division supports culture-base identification and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial and fungal agents associated with bloodstream infections, meningitis, pneumonia, urinary tract and genital infections, gastrointestinal illnesses, and surgical site and wound infections.

The Molecular Microbiology Division provides a broad range of quantitative and qualitative molecular tests for the detection of various infectious diseases including respiratory infections, transplantation-associated infections, and organ donation screening program.

The Microbiology Program also provides support to hospital antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control programs through:

• Provision of leadership
• Surveillance for Multidrug Resistant Organisms
• Antibiogram development
• Notification to Public Health
• Participation in a national surveillance programs
• Outbreak Investigation

Antibiograms

Contacts

• Johan Delport, Divison Head, Microbiology
• Dr. Jeff Fuller, Clinical Service Lead, Clinical Microbiology
• Dr. Ana Cabrera, Clinical Service Lead, Molecular Microbiology
• Fatima Khalil-Clair, Manager, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology
• Samantha Houlton, Interim Coordinator, Microbiology
• Dr. Sameer Elsayed, Antimicrobial Stewardship Liaison