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Dr A Murali
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Infectious Disease)

Dr. A Murali is a renowned Infectious Disease specialist in Coimbatore, boasting over 20 years of medical experience and more than a decade of specialized expertise in treating infectious diseases. He practices at the Sun Speciality Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore. With qualifications including MBBS, MD (General Medicine), and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Infectious Disease, Dr. Murali is skilled in treating complex conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis, tropical infections, post-transplant infections, and skin, bone and joint infections. His expertise also extends to managing dengue, malaria, typhoid, and fevers of unknown origins.

Dr. A Murali offers advanced treatment for a wide range of infectious diseases, making him a leading Infectious Disease specialist in Coimbatore. Additionally, he provides vaccinations for adults, students, and travelers. As a member of the Association of Physicians of India (API), the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society (CIDS), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), he brings significant expertise to the field, particularly in managing infections in immunocompromised patients, including those with cancer, transplant recipients, and individuals on steroids.

His skills and vast experience have earned him a reputation as one of the top Infectious Disease specialists in Coimbatore and Tamil Nadu.

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Infectious Disease Specialist in Coimbatore

Dr. A Murali, a leading Infectious Disease specialist in Coimbatore, has more than 60 publications to his credit, contributing significantly to the field of infectious diseases. He has presented at numerous conferences, covering topics such as echocardiographic abnormalities and the role of infectious disease physicians in infection control and antibiotic stewardship programs in South India. His research and conference contributions underline his expertise and commitment to advancing the field.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Murali is an enthusiastic educator, serving as an Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center. If you’re experiencing symptoms of an infectious disease or seeking expert consultation, Dr. A Murali, one of the top Infectious Disease specialists in Coimbatore, is available for professional medical advice.

  • Bachelor in Medicine & Bachelor in Surgery[M.B.B.S]: Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Tamilnadu, India
  • Doctor of Medicine [MD (General Medicine)]: Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Infectious Diseases: Apollo Hospitals, (The TN Dr MGR Medical University) Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
  • Current position (From 2009 to till date): Professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases Consultant, PSGIMS&R, Coimbatore
  • Member of the Association of Physicians of India (API)
  • Member of the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society (CIDS)
  • Member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
  • Faculty in CIDSCON 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Faculty in various critical care CMEs/ Infectious diseases CME

REGISTRATION NUMBER: TNMC 56948

  • Micro syndrome – APICON 2010
  • Echocardiographic abnormalities in obesity – APICON 2013
  • Jayachandran, A. Murali, Mookambika RV. SLE: THE CON ARTIST –APICON 2012
  • Infectious Disease Physicians impact on Infection Control & Antibiotic Stewardship programs in South India. Sureshkumar D, Murali A, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract POK-033. Presented at 54thInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington DC, USA, 2013
  • Changing trend in antibiotic susceptibility pattern in clinically important gram-negative respiratory isolates – a retrospective observational study.Murali A, SenthurNambi P, Sureshkumar D, Ramasubramanian V, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract at 4th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2014), Bengaluru, 2014
  • COVID-19 Screening Using Respiratory Acoustics - Dataset, Classifiers, and Bias Analysis – INTERSPEECH 2022, SOUTH KOREA
  • Clinical profile and risk factors for severity and mortality of post-COVID-19 mucormycosis – British Endocrine Society 2022
  • De-escalation of antibiotics in critically ill patients with negative clinical cultures. Sruthi Menon, Raja Santhosh, A Murali, S Selvarani, M Aruloli, Jagadish Chandran S K, Krishna S Nair. ECCMID 34
  1. Selvakumar Balakrishnan, Maya Gopaakrishnan, Murali Alagesan, E.S Prakash. What is the ultimate goal of acid-base regulation? Adv Physiol Educ 2007; 31: 51-54
  2. Sreenivasan N, Murali A, Calcified empyema thoracis, Calicut Medical Journal 2009; 7(4): e8
  3. Murali, R. Kannan, N. Srinivasan, JS Kumar, Intestinal Myiasis – All worms in stools are not worms. Infect Dis Clin Prac 2010; 18: 65-66
  4. Murali A, Sujithkumar S, Srinivasan N, Kannan R. Reversible cardiomyopathy due to doxorubicin. Natl Med J India. 2010 Nov-Dec; 23(6):377-8. PMID: 21563339.
  5. Narasimhalu CR, Murali A, Kannan R, Srinivasan N. Blister beetle dermatitis. J Indian Med Assoc. 2010 Nov; 108 (11):781-2. PMID: 21510580.
  6. Murali A, Rajendiran G, Ranganathan K. Bald aortic arch in Takayasu arteritis. Postgrad Med J. 2011 Apr; 87(1026):322. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21257994.
  7. Murali A, Rajendiran G, Ranganathan K, Shanthakumari S. Disseminated infection with Strongyloides stercoralis in a diabetic patient. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2010:28(4):407-8. PMID: 2096658
  8. Murali, K Balu, V Paari, G Rajendiran. Atrial Flutter and Pericarditis – A Rare Complication of Right Lobe Amoebic Liver Abscess. Med J Malaysia. 2011: 66:5: 499-500
  9. Murali, Shiran Shetty, S. Aravinth, L. Venkatakrishnan. Esophageal actinomycosis in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma treated with chemoradiation – Journal of digestive endoscopy. 2011; 2(4): 1-5.
  10. Narasimhalu CRV, Murali A. Creeping eruption. NZMJ 2012. 125:79-81.
  11. Kannan R, Natarajan S, Surapaneni Krishnan Mohan, Murali A, Senthil Kumar Aiyappan, Lal D.V. Homocystinuria in adult siblings. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2012: 6(3): 485-487
  12. Jayachandran, Mookambika RV, Murali A. Serum procalcitonin as an indicator of sepsis. Med ej. January - February 2012 Volume - 2 Number –16.
  13. Sudha Ramalingam, Murali A, Seethalakshmi A, Deepa R et al. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in a Tribal Population of Nilgiris. Nat.J.Res.Com.Med 2012.1(2)
  14. Shanmugasundaram , K. Tamilarasu, G. Rajendiran, A. Murali. An uncommon presentation of a rare disease – High degree AV block with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Indian Heart Journal 2012. 64: 511-514. PMID: 23102392
  15. M Selvaganesh, Murali, RV Mookambika, K Jayachandran. Hypokalemic paralysis and normocalcemic tetany – a rare presentation of Sjogren's syndrome. Journ Asso Phy Ind 2013. 61;818-820
  16. A Murali, Denesh Narasimhan, J Krishnaveni, G Rajendiran. Protein-losing enteropathy in SLE. Journ Asso Phy Ind 2013. 61;747-749
  17. Mohammed Meeran, Murali, R Balakrishnan, Denesh Narasimhan. "Herbal remedy is natural and safe" – truth or myth? Journ Asso Phy Ind 2013. 61;848-849
  18. CRV Narasimhalu, Alagesan Murali, Manoharan Madhavan, and Gurusamy Lakshmipriya. Apple jelly nodule – Infect Dis Clin Pract 2013;21: 183-184
  19. Murali, Tadury Madhukar SubbaRao, Arjun Haridas, Nikhila Gopalakrishnapillai. A series of unfortunate events – Unusual manifestations of Idiopathic hypereosinophillic syndrome – Indian J Medical case reports 2013. 2 (1): 44-5
  20. Balakrishnan R, Denesh Narasimhan, Anithkumar Mambatta, Murali A. Extra pontine myelinolysis presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations and seizures – Indian Journal of Medical Case Reports ISSN: 2319– 3832 (Online). 2013. 2:2; 37- 40
  21. Anith Kumar Mambatta, Murali A, Gauri ShankarJ. Rajendiran G. Premkumar. S. Metastatic testicular tumor extending into right pulmonary vein and left atrium presenting with hemoptysis and exertional dyspnoea –Indian Journal of Medical Case Reports ISSN: 2319– 3832(Online). 2013. 2:2; 44-47
  22. Shanmuga Sundaram Radhakrishnan , Murali Alagesan, Tamilarasu Kaliappan , Rajendiran Gopalan. Therapeutic dilemma- Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism in a patient with severe mitral stenosis – Journal of Indian College of Cardiology 2014. 4: e128-131
  23. A Murali, C R V Narasimhalu, M Madhavan, S Sujithkumar. Kikuchi's disease: an uncommon cause of cervical lymphadenopathy. J Indian Med Assoc 2014; 112: 51-3
  24. Denesh Narasimhan, Sujith Kumar S, Murali A, Satish M, Anith Kumar Mambatta. Acute Intravascular Hemolysis Triggered by Herbal Remedy. J Forensic Toxicology & Pharmacology 2014. 3:1
  25. Deepalakshmi, A. Murali, Anil C Mathew, R. Nagashree. Comparison of Anthropometric Measurements that Effectively Associated with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. National Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2015. 4(1): 1-5
  26. Vidyalakshmi Devarajan, Murali, Abdul Ghafur, ANN Kurien, Rayappa. Hydatid cyst of the submandibular gland. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2014. 22(6):368-370.
  27. Vidyalakshmi Devarajan, P. Senthur Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan, A Murali. Scrub typhus in hospitalized children – Is a missed entity? Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2015. 23(2):89-90
  28. Ghafur A, Vidyalakshmi P R, A Murali, Priyadarshini.K , Thirunarayan M A. An obituary to antibiotics…….Emergence of Pan-drug resistance amongst gram-negative bacteria! The First case series from India. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2014; 4 (3): 86-91
  29. Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrishnan, Murali Alagesan, Tamilarasu Kaliappan, Rajendiran Gopalan . Recurrent iodinated contrast material induced sialadenitis. Heart India, Vol 3 / Issue 4 / Oct-Dec 2015
  30. Alagesan M, Gopalakrishnan R, Panchatcharam SN, Dorairajan S, Mandayam Ananth T, Venkatasubramanian R. A decade of change in susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative blood culture isolates a single center study. GERMS. 2015;5(3):65-77
  31. Alagesan Murali., Anith Kumar Mambatta, Ranganathan R.R.M., Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrishnan, Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal. Comparison of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children of Patients with and without Premature Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016. 10(12): 29-31
  32. Alagesan Murali, Gauri Shankar J, Senthur Nambi P, Shanthakumari S, Aswatha Rabindranath Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of B cell type with hemophagocytosis in a patient with HIV infection – Open J of Clinical and Medical Case reports. Vol 3. Issue 17 (2017). 1306
  33. Alagesan Murali, Vivek Koushik, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Senthur Nambi P. IRIS due to cryptococcal meningitis ten years after the initial episode in an HIV-positive patient with a high CD4 count and suppressed viral load – A case report. Open J Clin Med Case Rep: Volume 3 (2017). 1316
  34. Murali Alagesan, Joel Franklin, J Jayalakshmi, TM Subba Rao, V Chaithra. Basidiobolomycosis- Miss me; it hurts you. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 2019. 67; 99-101
  35. Silpita Katragadda, Murali Alagesan, Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrishnan , Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal , Anith Kumar Mambatta. Correlation of reciprocal changes and QRS amplitude in ECG to left ventricular dysfunction, wall motion score, and clinical outcome in first-time ST-elevation myocardial infarction – Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2017 Jul, Vol-11(7): OC04-OC08
  36. Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal, Yaal Elango, Murali Alagesan, Iswarya Santhanakrishanan. . Effects of sleep deprivation on the cognitive performance of nurses working in shift - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Aug, Vol-11(8): CC01-CC03.
  37. Deepalakshmi, S. Vijayabaskaran, A. Murali. Comparison of microalbuminuria and heart rate variability in prediction of cardiovascular complications in diabetic population- a pilot study. Int J Adv Med. 2017 Jun;4(3):819-823
  38. Anith Kumar Mambatta, Murali Alagesan, Mohammed Meeran, Joshua L. Rein, Sivaramakrishnan Ganesan, Anil C. Mathew, Venu Gurusamy, Jayachandran Kuppusamy, Madhav C. Menon. Evaluation of iron status in patients with end-stage renal disease. Int J Adv Med. 2017. 4(5):1415-1421
  39. Yoganathan Chidambaram, Murali Alagesan, Clement Jenil Dhas. Human brucellosis in a non-susceptible host: a case report. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 2018. 5(4).
  40. Kaliyaperumal D, Shanmugavaradharajan V, Viswanathan V, Alagesan M, Effect of age and hypertension on cognition- A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2018 Sep, Vol-12(9): OC05-OC08
  41. Clement J. Dhas, Murali A., Yoganathan C. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis in an immunosuppressed patient: a case report. International Journal of Advances in Medicine.Int J Adv Med. 2018 Aug;5(4):1078-1080
  42. Rhoshini Rajasekaran, Murali Alagesan, Yoganathan, Azhar, Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan. Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease: A case report. Open J Clin Med Case Rep: Volume 4 (2018)
  43. Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal, Karthikeyan RK, Murali Alagesan, Sudha Ramalingam. Characterization of cardiac autonomic function in COVID-19 using heart rate variability: a hospital-based preliminary observational study. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2020-0378
  44. Nilaa Gopikrishnan; Denesh Narasimhan; Karthikeyan R; Krishna S Nair; Murali A. Post COVID-19 infections: A case series of 5 different pathogens. Open Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports Volume 7 (2021) Issue 12.
  45. Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal, Kumar Bhargavi, Karthikeyan Ramaraju, Krishna S Nair, Sudha Ramalingam, Murali Alagesan. Electrocardiographic Changes in COVID-19 Patients: A Hospital-based Descriptive Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan; 26(1): 43–48.
  46. Murali Alagesan, Yoganathan Chidambaram. Pellagra. N Engl J Med 2022; 386:e24
  47. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2114098
  48. Ponnaiah M, Ganesan S, Bhatnagar T, Thulasingam M, Majella MG, Karuppiah M, et al. (2022) Hyperglycemia and steroid use increase the risk of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis regardless of COVID-19 hospitalization: Case-control study, India. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272042. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272042
  49. Ramachandran, Karthikkeyan; Varghese, Giphy Susan; Kumar, J. Vinoth; Raja, Santhosh; Chandran, S.K. Jagadish; Aruloli, M.; Murali, A. The Effectiveness of Bevacizumab in COVID-19 Pneumonia Among Critically Ill Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine: September 19, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097/EJ9.0000000000000050
  50. Manian, Sreenidhi Vanyaa; Alagesan, Murali; Nair, Krishna S. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (Post–COVID Vaccination/Infection). Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 31(1):e1215, January 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000001215
  51. Ashwant Kumar, Yoganathan Chidambaram, Clement Jenil Dhas C P, NekkantiAbilash, Murali Alagesan. Clinical Profile and Outcome Analysis of HIV Infection. HIV& AIDS Review
  52. Bhattacharya, Debarpan; Dutta, Debottam; Sharma, Neeraj Kumar; Chetupalli, Srikanth Raj; Mote, Pravin; Ganapathy, Sriram; Nori, Sahiti; Gonuguntla, Sadhana; Alagesan, Murali. Coswara: A website application enabling COVID-19 screening by analysing respiratory sound samples and health symptoms. arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.05053
  53. Bhattacharya, Debarpan; Dutta, Debottam; Sharma, Neeraj Kumar; Chetupalli, Srikanth Raj; Mote, Pravin; Ganapathy, Sriram; Nori, Sahiti; Gonuguntla, Sadhana; Alagesan, Murali. Analyzing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on respiratory sound signals. arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.12309
  54. Chidambaram Y, Jenil Dhas C, Abilash N, Petchiappan V, Alagesan M. Thromboembolic manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in India- A single-center retrospective study. Infection, Epidemiology and Microbiology 2023; 9 (1)
  55. Debarpan Bhattacharya, Neeraj Sharma, Debottam Dutta, Srikanth Raj Chetupalli, Pravin Mote, Sriram Ganapathy, Chandrakiran C, Sahiti Nori, Suhail K K, Sadhana Gonuguntla, and Murali Alagesan. Coswara: A respiratory sounds and symptoms dataset for remote screening of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Scientific Data.
  56. Dhanya Jose, Krishna S Nair, Murali Alagesan, Joseph M Pappacha. The Safety and Effectiveness of Antifungal Medications in the Management of Mucormycosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Current drug safety.
  57. Nivedhithaa Selvaraj, Yoganathan C, C. P. Clement Jenil Dhas, Abilash N, P. Velammal, Bhargavi K, Murali Alagesan. Prevalence of Asymptomatic HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India: A Single Centre Observational Study. Mediterr J Infect Microb Antimicrob 2023;12:11
  58. Tanushree Sarvepalli, Thahseen M, Vishnupriya S, Murali A. Case report on hepatitis due to Salmonella Typhi infection. Open Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports. Vol 9: Issue 17: 2044.
  59. Poorani K, Naveen SriLA, Sandhya V, Dhanashree B, Karthikeyan R, Murali A, Ramalingam S. Association between blood glucose levels and other co-morbidities with outcomes of COVID-19 patients in a tertiary care hospital. Infectious diseases: News, Opinions, Training. 2023; 12(4): 33-38
  60. Krishna S Nair, Murali Alagesan, Dhanya Jose, Chidambaram Yoganathan, Rethinam Saravanan, Krishnasamy Karthikeyan, Karuppannasamy Divya, Dinesh Babu, Cyril Rajan1 and Joseph M Pappachan. Clinical Profile and Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019-associated Mucormycosis: A Single-centre Study. touchREVIEWS in Endocrinology. 2023;19(2):73–79