Dr Ampie Niehaus

PhD (Medical Microbiology) – University of KwaZulu-Natal | 2019, MMed (Medical Microbiology) – University of KwaZulu-Natal | 2011, FCPath (Microbiology) – College of Pathologists of South Africa | 2011, MBChB – University of the Free State | 2003

Dr Ampie Niehaus is a clinical microbiologist responsible for overseeing diagnostic services at the microbiology culture laboratories in Cape Town and East London. He focuses on delivering clinically actionable results and provides real-time consultation on test selection, result interpretation, and antimicrobial therapy. He works closely with medical specialists across disciplines to support diagnostic stewardship, manage complex infections, and implement infection prevention strategies -ranging from sepsis and invasive fungal disease to multidrug-resistant organism(MDRO) containment and outbreak response. 

Special interests: 
Diagnostic optimisation and microbiology reporting for clinical impact. 
Antimicrobial resistance and hospital-based stewardship. 
Multidisciplinary approaches to infection diagnosis and treatment. 
Laboratory informatics and decision support in infectious diseases. 
Laboratory quality systems and accreditation. 

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