Submissions from 2010
Prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: identification of at risk groups, Muslima Ejaz, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Yasraba Rafiq, Faisal Malik, Abid Channa, Rafique Mangi, Faiza Habib, and Rumina Hasan
Inducible clindamycin resistance due to expression of erm genes in Staphylococcus aureus: report from a tertiary care Hospital Karachi, Pakistan, Naima Fasih, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, and Rumina Hasan
Clonal dissemination of vanA positive Enterococcus species in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan, Naima Fasih, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, Kausar Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma, Saira Fatima, Zubair Ahmad, and Mohammad Azam
Genetic diversity among plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Pakistan measured with PCR genotyping of the merozoite surface protein 1 and 2, Najia Ghanchi, andreas Martensson, Johan Ursing, Sana Jafri, Sandor Bereczky, Rabia Hussain, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Frequency of cannabinoids use among the oil tanker and truck drivers., Farooq Ghani, Jawaid Jabbar, Imran Siddiqui, Aysha Habib Khan, and Tahseen Kazmi
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Pakistan, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Asho Ali, Yasraba Rafiq, Rabia Laiq, Babar Malik, Mahnaz Tanveer, Ramona Groenheit, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Zahra Hasan
Copper sulphate toxicity in a young male complicated by methemoglobinemia, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure, Sara Hassan, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Mehmood Riaz
Is fascin really a useful marker in distinguishing between classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and various types of Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in difficult cases?, Romana Idrees, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Aamir Ahsan, and Shahid Pervez
Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteremia in Pakistan: Analysis of eight cases, Kauser Jabeen, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Afia Zafar, Sadia Shakoor, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Increase in isolation of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing multidrug resistant non typhoidal Salmonellae in Pakistan., Kauser Jabeen, Afia Zafar, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Vikram Mehraj, and Rumina Hasan
Successful use of rituximab in Evans syndrome and refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura, Muhammad Kashif, Adnan Qureshi, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Retrospective review of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a single center experience, Safoorah Khalid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Increased isolation of ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with emergence of carbapenem resistant isolates in Pakistan: report from a tertiary care hospital, Erum Khan, Muslima Ejaz, Afia Zafar, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Raunaq Inayat, and Rumina Hasan
Demographic and clinical features of dengue fever in Pakistan from 2003-2007: a retrospective cross-sectional study., Erum Khan, Mehreen Kisat, Nabil Khan, Amna Nasir, Salma Ayub, and Rumina Hasan
Emergence of CTX-M Group 1-ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumonia from a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Thamarai Schneiders, Afia Zafar, Erum Aziz, Asra Parekh, and Rumina Hasan
Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study, Karthikeyan K. Kumarasamy, Mark A. Toleman, Timothy R. Walsh, Jay Bagaria, Fafhana Butt, Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Uma Chaudhary, Michel Doumith, Christian G. Giske, Seema Irfan, Padma Krishnan, Anil V. Kumar, Sunil Maharjan, Shazad Mushtaq, Tabassum Noorie, David L. Paterson, andrew Pearson, Claire Perry, Rachel Pike, Bhargavi Rao, Ujjwayini Ray, Jayanta B. Sarma, Madhu Sharma, Elizabeth Sheridan, Mandayam A. Thirunarayan, Jane Turton, Supriya Upadhyay, Marina Warner, William Welfare, David M. Livermore, and Neil Woodford
Prevalence and significance of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency among apparently healthy adults, Shireen Mansoor, Aysha Habib Khan, Farooq Ghani, Zafar Fatmi, Salma Badruddin, Sarwat Mansoor, Imran Siddiqui, and Abdul Jabbar
Trends in undergraduate teaching of parasitology in medical schools of Pakistan, Vikram Mehraj, Taimur Saleem, Saima Lalani, Nadia Sani, Imran Khan, Fatima Afridi, Hina Irfan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Molecular analysis of human leukocyte antigen class I and class II allele frequencies and haplotype distribution in Pakistani population., T Moatter, M Aban, S Tabassum, U Shaikh, and Shahid Pervez
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in a soldier, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Asim Beg, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation of thyroid gland: report of two cases with follow-up., Azizun Nisa, Abrar Barakzai, Khurram Minhas, and Naila Kayani
Mediastinal lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-cell Lymphoma versus classical Hodgkin lymphoma, histopathologic dilemma solved?, Shahid Pervez and Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja
Epidemiological data for common bone sarcomas., Asim Qureshi, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Azam, and Romana Idrees
Primary non-hodgkin's lymphoma of bone: Experience of a decade, Asim Qureshi, Anum Ali, Nashmia Riaz, and Shahid Pervez
Allred scoring for ER reporting and it's impact in clearly distinguishing ER negative from ER positive breast cancers, Asim Qureshi and Shahid Pervez
The morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary, Asim Qureshi, Azizunissa Raza, and Naila Kayani
Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus, Ziaur Rehman, Inam Pal, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
Doxazosin induces apoptosis in PTEN–positive androgen-independent PC cells via inhibition of Akt activation, Hanna M Romanska, Maciej Salagierski, Rachel Bruton, P D Abel, Marek Sosnowski, and El Nasir Lalani
Clinical audit of inherited bleeding disorders in a developing country., Raihan Sajid, Safoorah Khalid, Nazish Mazari, Waleed Bin Azhar, and Mohammad Khurshid
Therapeutic outcomes of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Nausheen Kamran, Salman Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Mohammad Khurshid
Clinicopathologic spectrum of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: a single center experience., Raihan Sajid, Sarah Hasan Siddiqui, Usman Shaikh, and Salman Adil
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students regarding needle stick injuries, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Sidra Ishaque, and Afia Zafar
In vitro Activity of Tigecycline and Other Tetracyclines against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter Species: Report from a Tertiary Care Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Erum Khan, Afia Zafar, and Rumina Hasan
Use of p-nitrobenzoic acid in 7H10 agar for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: a field study, S. Shakoor, T. Ahsan, K. Jabeen, M. Raza, and Rumina Hasan
An unusual urinary tract infection!, S. Shakoor and Mohammad Asim Beg
Gastrointestinal helminthiasis presenting with acute diarrhoea and constipation: report of two cases with a second pathology., Z. A. Sobani, Sadia Shakoor, F. N. Malik, E. Z. Malik, and M. A. Beg
Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression, Najeeha Talat, Sharon Perry, Julie Parsonnet, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Determinants of third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study, Hussain R. Usman, Sibylle Kristensen, M. Hossein Rahbar, Sten H. Vermund, Faiza Habib, and Eric Chamot
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 – Authors' reply, Timothy R. Walsh, Mark A. Toleman, Jayanta B. Sarma, Seema Irfan, Neil Woodford, and David M. Livermore
Chronic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori: a histopathological study of gastric mucosal biopsies, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob and Akbar Shah Hussainy
Submissions from 2009
The practice of histopathology in a developing country: difficulties and challenges, plus a discussion on the terrible disease burden we carry, Z. Ahmad, A Qureshi, and A. Khurshid
Breast carcinoma grading, estimation of tumor size, axillary lymph node status, staging, and nottingham prognostic index scoring on mastectomy specimens., Zubair Ahmad, Amna Khurshid, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idress, Nasira Asghar, and Naila Kayani Naila Kayani
Will histopathology survive in Pakistan?, Zubair Ahmad, A. Qureshi, N. S. Azad, and A. Khurshid
Prostatic carcinoma: a Pakistani perspective., Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees, and Kanwal Aftab
Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against nosocomial pathogens in Pakistan: a multicenter study, Altaf Ahmed, Afia Zafar, and Sajjad Mirza
Osseous metaplasia in a juvenile retention polyp: a case report., Rashida Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
M. tuberculosis Central Assian Strain 1 MDR isolates have more mutations in rpoB and katG genes compared with other genotypes, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Tariq Moatter, Mahnaz Tanveer, and Rumina Hasan
Azurophilic inclusions in plasma cells, Natasha Bahadur Ali and Bushra Moiz
The frequency of heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients undergoing elective cardiac bypass surgeries, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Yasmin Rehman, Mohammad Salman, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
Cytokine gene polymorphisms across tuberculosis clinical spectrum in Pakistani patients., Ambreen Ansari, Najeeha Talat, Bushra Jamil, Zahra Hasan, Tashmeem Razzaki, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor in association with hyaline vascular type castleman's disease., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Shahid Pervez
Comparison of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and HER-2/neu expression between primary and metastatic breast carcinoma, Muhammad Azam, Asim Qureshi, and Samina Mansoor
CD20 positivity in classical hodgkin's lymphoma: diagnostic challenge or targeting opportunity., Muhammad Abrar Barakzai and Shahid Ahmed
Incidence and trends of prostate cancer in Karachi South, 1995-2002., Yasmin Bhurgri, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, Rashida Ahmed, Imran Tahir, Muneeza Afif, Ahmed Usman, Naveen Faridi, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Rising incidence of gastric malignancies in Karachi, 1995- 2002., Yasmin Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez, Naila Kayani, Samran Haider, Rashida Ahmed, Ahmed Usman, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
From genome-based In silico predictions to ex vivo verification of leprosy diagnosis, Annemieke Geluk, John S. Spencer, Kidist Bobosha, Maria C. V. Pessolani, Geraldo M. B. Pereira, Sayera Banu, Nadine Honore, Stephen T. Reece, Murdo MacDonald, Bishwa Raj Sapkota, Chaman Ranjit, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Martha Zewdie, Abraham Aseffa, Rabia Hussain, Mariane M. Stefani, Sang-Nae Cho, Linda Oskam, Patrick J. Brennan, and Hazel M. Dockrell
Estimation of parasite load using Rapid diagnostic test ICT (R) Now Malaria P.f/P.v in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, Najia K. Ghanchi, Mohammad Asim Beg, and Rabia Hussain
Trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance, Pakistan, 1990-2007, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Vikram Mehraj, Farhan Zafar, Faisal Malik, Qaiser Hassan, Iqbal Azam, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Relationship between Circulating Levels of IFN-gamma, IL-10, CXCL9 and CCL2 in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis is Dependent on Disease Severity, Zahra Hasan, B. Jamil, J. Khan, R. Ali, M. A. Khan, N. Nasir, M. S. Yusuf, S. Jamil, M. Irfan, and R. Hussain
ESAT6-induced IFNgamma and CXCL9 can differentiate severity of tuberculosis., Zahra Hasan, Bushra Jamil, Mussarat Ashraf, Muniba Islam, Muhammad S Yusuf, Javaid A Khan, and Rabia Hussain
DNA photolyase of enterococci: possible explanation for its low sunlight inactivation rate, Mushtaq Hussain, Syeda Qamarunnissa, Saboohi Raza, Javed Qureshi, Abdul Wajid, and Sheikh A. Rasool
Biomarker changes associated with tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion: a two-year longitudinal follow-up study in exposed household contacts, Rabia Hussain, Najeeha Talat, Firdaus Shahid, and Ghaffar Dawood
Antimicrobial resistance profile of methicillin resistant staphylococcal aureus from skin and soft tissue isolates, Faiza Idrees, Kauser Jabeen, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, and Afia Zafar
Vitamin B12 deficiency--a major cause of megaloblastic anaemia in patients attending a tertiary care hospital, Saira Perwaiz Iqbal, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, and Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal
Diagnostic value of clot examination for malignant cells in serous effusions, R. Jalal, K. Aftab, S. H. Hasan, and Shahid Pervez
Presentation of a patient with palpable purpuric rash, Safoorah Khalid and Mohammad Khurshid
Classic virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia presenting late: case series from Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Rameez-ul-Hassan, Naeem-ul-Haq, Jamal Raza, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Kausar Jabeen, Muslima Ejaz, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Muhammad Farrukh Shezad, and Afia Zafar
Evaluation of two ELISA assay kits against RT-PCR for diagnosis of dengue virus infection in a hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan, Erum Khan, Vikram Mehraj, Amna Nasir, Nabil Ahmad Khan, Bushra Billoo, Tariq Moatter, and Rumina Hasan
Infection control education: Impact on ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in a public sector intensive care unit in Pakistan, M. S. Khan, S. Z. Siddiqui, S. Haider, Afia Zafar, F. Zafar, R. N. Khan, K. Afshan, A. Jabeen, M. S. Khan, and R. Hasan
In-house daily consensus conference: an important quality control/quality assurance activity--experience at a major referral center., Amna Khurshid, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
Rapid sarcomatous transformation of an ameloblastic fibroma of the mandible: Case report and literature review, Aisha Kousar, Mervyn M. Hosein, Zubair Ahmad, and Khurram Minhas
Old disease, new targets. Part-II, haematological malignancies, Shiyam Kumar, Nehal Masood, and Salman Naseem Adil
Staging of prostatic adenocarcinoma with radical prostatectomy specimens in Pakistan., A. Memon, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, A Ahsan, A Barakzai, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Fibromatous periorchitis, Khurram Minhas, Abrar Barakzai, and Asim Qureshi
Population study of 1311 C/T polymorphism of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase gene in Pakistan - an analysis of 715 X-chromosomes., Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Zulfiqar Ali Naqvi, and Mohammad Khurshid
Transfusion related acute lung injury--TRALI: an under diagnosed entity, Bushra Moiz, Hasanat Sharif, and Fauzia Ahmad Bawany
Characterization of genetic lesions in apoptosis-regulating and proliferation control genes in diffuse large B-cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma., Shahid Pervez, Muhammd I Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Adeeb Ahsan, Amna Haq, and Tariq Siddiqui
Population-based surveillance for severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Karachi, Pakistan, Romena Qazi, Shazia Sultana, Shiyam Sundar, Haider Warraich, Tayyab un-Nisa, Abida Rais, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Spectrum of malignancy in mixed tumors of salivary gland: a morphological and immunohistochemical review of 23 cases., Asim Qureshi, Abrar Barakzai, Najam Ul Sahar, Rubina Gulzar, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hassan
Spectrum of tamoxifen associated endometrial pathology in breast cancer patients, Asim Qureshi, Farhan Bukhari, and Shahid Pervez
Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a case report with review of literature., Asim Qureshi, Naila Kayani, and Rubina Gulzar
Communicable disease among displaced Afghans: refuge without shelter, Alefiyah Rajabali, Omer Moin, Amna S. Ansari, Mohammad R. Khanani, and Syed H. Ali
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Detects Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt-Independent Traits Common to Pluripotent Murine Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Malignant Counterparts, Hanna M. Romanska, Stefano Tiziani, Rachael C. Howe, Ulrich L. Guenther, Zulfiqar Guizar, and El-Nasir Lalani
CD151 Regulates Tumorigenesis by Modulating the Communication between Tumor Cells and Endothelium, Rafal Sadej, Hanna Romanska, Gouri Baldwin, Katerina Gkirtzimanaki, Vera Novitskaya, andrew D. Filer, Zuzana Krcova, Renata Kusinska, Jiri Ehrmann, Christopher D. Buckley, Radzislaw Kordek, Piotr Potemski, Aristides G. Eliopoulos, El-Nasir Lalani, and Fedor Berditchevski
Oral iron chelation therapy with deferiprone in patients with Thalassemia Major, Raihan Sajid, Farooq Ghani, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Calcium oxalate crystals in the bone marrow, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Cystic fibrosis: defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan, Uzma Shah, Phillipe Frossard, and tariq moatter
Prevalence of ST26 among untreated smear-positive tuberculosis patients from Karachi indicating ongoing transmission, Sadia Shakoor, Mahnaz Tanveer, Yasraba Rafiq, Zahra Hasan, Arshad Javed, Nadeem Rizvi, Nadeem Rehman, and Rumina Hasan
Dynamic Changes in Biomarker Profiles Associated with Clinical and Subclinical Tuberculosis in a High Transmission Setting: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study, N. Talat, F. Shahid, G. Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Reduced TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma responses to Central Asian strain 1 and Beijing isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in comparison with H37Rv strain, Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Akbar Kanji, Rabia Hussain, and Rumina Hasan
Impact of infection control activities on the rate of needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan over a period of six years: an observational study., Afia Zafar, Faiza Habib, Roshan Hadwani, Muslima Ejaz, Khurshid Khowaja, Rozina Khowaja, and Seema Irfan
Frequency of isolation of various subtypes and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella from urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan, Afia Zafar, Rumina Hasan, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Lorenz von Seidlein, Sajid Soofi, Tanwir Ahsan, Saeeda Chandio, Atif Habib, Naveed Bhutto, Fahad J. Siddiqui, Arjumand Rizvi, John D. Clemens, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Brachyspira species blood stream infection, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, and Ishfaq Ahmed
Vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma with associated Mullerian duct anomalies, renal agenesis and situs inversus: report of a case with no known in-utero exposure with diethyl stilboestrol, Zeeshan-ud-din and Aamir Ahsan
Submissions from 2008
Correlation of intra-operative frozen section consultation with the final diagnosis at a referral center in Karachi, Pakistan., Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Abrar Barakzai, Romana Idrees, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Metachronous primary cancers of colon and stomac, Zubair Ahmad, Ayesha Memon, and Khurram Minhas
Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine, Zubair Ahmad, Azizun Nisa, Romana Idrees, Khurram Minhas, Shahid Pervez, and Khalid Mumtaz
Silencing of MBD1 and MeCP2 in prostate-cancer-derived PC3 cells produces differential gene expression profiles and cellular phenotypes, Yaqinuddin Ahmed, Farhat Abbas, Syed S. Naqvi, Mohammad U. Bashir, Romena Qazi, and Sohail A. Qureshi