Vinaykumar Hallur

About

Medical Mycologist- Discoverer of Cunninghamella arunalokei and co-author of paper describing Exophiala arunalokei. Currently heading the Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Research Center for Fungi at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Employment

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar Additional Professor
  2022 - Present
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Bhubaneswar Associate Professor
  2016 - 2022
• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Senior Resident
  2012 - 2015

Education

• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research MD
  2009 - 2011
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College MBBS
  2002 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (38)

• Triadelphia pulvinata colonisation: First report in an Indian expatriate returning from the Middle East
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2026.117397
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• Establishment of epidemiological cutoff values against Fonsecaea monophora , an agent of chromoblastomycosis and cerebral phaeohyphomycosis
  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01846-25
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• Phaeoacremonium junior phaeohyphomycosis: A case report of the first human infection
  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2026.101043
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• Beyond soil and pets: Nannizzia gypsea causing kerion in a child
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.117243
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• Differentiating Infective Bursitis and Prosthetic Joint Infection in a Patient With Medial Knee Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty
  JBJS Case Connector 2026 DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.25.00515
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• A case of necrotizing otitis externa caused by Saksenaea vasiformis: first report from India
  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2026.101084
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• Otogenic Aspergillus Brain Abscess in an SLE teen: Successful case management from Eastern India
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2026.117390
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• Indian Fungal Infection National Declaration (I-FIND): India’s Response to Fungal Diseases
  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2026.101128
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• Cracking the fungal code: Unveiling mycology diagnostic challenges in Odisha
  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2026.101147
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• Anthurus brownii J.M. Mend., (Phallaceae)- A new record of wild caged-phalloid mushroom to the Eastern Ghats of India
  Plant Science Today 2025 DOI: 10.14719/pst.7118
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