Dr. Somashekar M, Senior Medical Officer, Nodal DRTBCenter, SDS TRC AND RGICD Bangalore 

Publications:

• Articles on Tuberculosis in RNTCP Souvenir of BBMP , Bangalore City in the years 2010 to 2013
• PVPI magazine at SDS TRC& RGID, Bangalore in the year 2013 - 2014.
• Paper Published on R.N.T.C.P Performance and Dots Implementation in Bangalore City during the year 2000-10, in TB Journal in the national conference of TB & Chest Diseases, Bangalore, Karnataka, in the year 2010.
• Article on Management of MDR-TB: Monitoring is the key to successful outcome published in journal LUNG INDIA in 2015
• Article published on Hypothyroidism in MDR-TB treatment: Rare occurrence but a major concern in Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis in 2015

Publication into journal:

• Drug Induced hypothyroidism during Intensive Phase of treatment for multi drug resistance tuberculosis registered under PMDT in Karnataka, India.
• Drug-Induced Hypothyroidism during Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis - J Tuberc Res. 2016 September
• Prevalence of depression among TB in South Asia-Ongoing research paper with NIMHANS Bengaluru
• “QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH MDRTB” from January 2015 onwards.