Submissions from 2020
Karachi cancer registry (KCR): Age-standardized incidence rate by age-group and gender in a mega city of Pakistan, Shahid Pervez, Adnan Jabbar, Ghulam Haider, Shamvil Ashraf, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Fouzia Lateef, Imtiaz Bashir, Manzoor Zaidi, Mohammad Khurshid, and Mohammad Saeed Quraishy
Histopathology of haematolymphoid, Shahid Pervez, Khurram Minhas, and Arsalan Ahmed
Predictive pathology, Shahid Pervez and Tariq Moatter
IL10RA modulates crizotinib sensitivity in NPM1-ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Nina Prokoph, Nicola Anna Probst, Liam Changwoo Lee, Jack Michael Monahan, Jamie David Matthews, Huan-Chang Liang, Klaas Bahnsen, Ivonne A. Montes-Mojarro, Elif Karaca Atabay, and Shahid Pervez
Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal salmonella: Surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad J. Hunzai, Rozina Thobani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood, and Ashraf M. Memon
Bilateral gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma in a phenotypically normal female with 46XX karyotype: Report of a rare case and literature review, Muhammad Abdur Raafey, Muhammad Abdulwaasey, Syeda Samia Fatima, Zeeshan Uddin, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Evaluation of semi-quantitative compared to quantitative cultures of tracheal aspirates for the yield of culturable respiratory pathogens - A cross-sectional study, Salima Rattani, Joveria Farooqi, Ghazala Jabeen, Saeeda Chandio, Qaiser Kash, Aijaz Khan, and Kauser Jabeen
A rare cause of dyspeptic symptoms and anaemia in a young man, Hareem Rehman, Shahab Abid, Naila Kayani, and Ali Haroon
Recurrent loss of SMARCA4 in sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma, Lisa M. Rooper, Nasir Ud Din, Jeffrey Gagan, Lodewijk A A. Brosens, Kelly R. Magliocca, Mark A. Edgar, Lester D R. Thompson, Abbas Agaimy, and Justin A. Bishop
Clinical significance of repeat testing of critical results in a hematology laboratory, Nazish Sana, Bushra Moiz, and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
Feasibility of preoperative tattooing of percutaneously biopsied axillary lymph node: An experimental pilot study, Abida K. Sattar, Basim Ali, Imrana Masroor, Shaista Afzal Saeed, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idrees, Maseeh uz Zaman, and Wardah Khalid
Lifestyle changes and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A trial protocol with factorial design approach, Sobia Sawani, amna siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, Khadija N Humayun, Asma Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Sabahat Naz, Mayera Tufail, and Romaina Iqbal
Efforts to improve diagnosis of bacteraemia by reducing blood culture contamination in an emergency department: Strategies and outcome, Najma Shaheen, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naima Fasih, Joveria Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, and Seema Irfan
Comparison of clinical presentation and out-comes of chikungunya and dengue virus infections in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness from the Sindh region of Pakistan, Uzma Shahid, Joveria Farooqi, Kelli L. Barr, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Zahida Azizullah, Faisal Malik, Dhani Prakoso, Maureen T. Long, and E. Khan
Improved outcome in early induction deaths in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia after therapeutic and supportive interventions: A follow up study of seven-years' experience at a tertiary care center, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Shahzad Sarwar
Ensuing adequate mixing of blood samples before analysis-A proposed method for verification of satisfactory sample mixing by automated red blood cell count analyzers, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sibtain Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Nazish Sana
Antibiotic-resistant enteric infections, Sadia Shakoor, James A. Platts-Mills, and Rumina Hasan
Infection prevention and control in the tropics, Sadia Shakoor, Haider J. Warraich, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
The utility of early warning score in adults presenting with sepsis in the emergency department of a low resource setting, Emaduddin Siddiqui, Abdul A. Jokhio, Ahmed Raheem, Shahan Waheed, and Syed Hashmatullah
Intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion - A unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma-like neoplasms, Emily A. Sloan, Jason Chiang, Javier E. Villanueva-Meyer, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Wesley Wang, Manuela Mafra, Nasir Ud Din, Emily Carr-Boy, and Michael Watson
Histopathology of cardiovascular system, Muhammad Usman Tariq and Sheema H Hasan
Solid papillary carcinoma of breast; a detailed clinicopathological study of 65 cases of an uncommon breast neoplasm with literature review, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idress, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, and Naila Kayani
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with meningothelial-like whorls: Five additional cases and review of the literature, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Naila Kayani, Tariq Moatter, and Nasir Ud Din
Spectrum of histological features of Denosumab treated giant cell tumor of bone; potential pitfalls and diagnostic challenges for pathologists, Muhammad Usman Tariq, masood umer, Zeeshan Khan, Javeria Saeed, Muhammad Ather Siddiqui, and Nasir uddin
Histopathology of head and neck, Nasir Ud Din, Sidra Arshad, and Shahid Pervez
Calcification and ossification in conventional schwannoma: A clinicopathologic study of 32 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Karen Fritchie, Mohammad Usman Tariq, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: Case series of a rare vascular tumor mimicking metastases, Nasir Ud Din, Shabina Rahim, Tamana Asghari, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Zubair Ahmad
Histopathology of bone and soft tissue, Nasir Ud Din, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Shahid Pervez
Histomorphometric analysis of pre- and post-denosumab-treated giant cell tumor of bone, Nasir Ud Din, Masood Umer, and Yong-Koo Park
Histopathology of urinary system, Zeeshan Uddin, Aisha Memon, and Muhammad Arif
Encapsulated papillary carcinoma of breast; a clinicopathological study of 25 cases and literature review with emphasis on high grade variant, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idress, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, and Naila Kayani
Correction to: Cryo-nanoscale chromosome imaging-future prospects, Mohammed Yousuf, Safana Farooq, Ian Robinson, and El Nasir Lalani
Cryo-nanoscale chromosome imaging-future prospects, Mohammad Yusuf, Safana Farooq, Ian Robinson, and El Nasir Lalani
Intra-abdominal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS): Series of 18 cases of a rare entity from Pakistan, Maha Zubair, Nasir Ud Din, Sidra Arshad, Khurram Minhas, Romana Idress, and Zubair Ahmad
Submissions from 2019
Synchronous well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma and leiomyosarcoma of the uterus with pulmonary metastasis in a 50-yr-old woman: A case report and review of literature, Alizeh Abbas, Nasir Ud Din, and Naila Kayani
Expression of cyclin D1 in clear cell sarcoma of kidney. Is it useful in differentiating it from its histological mimics?, Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Khurram Minhas, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Performance evaluation of cardiac troponin I assay: A comparison between the point-of-care testing radiometer AQT90 FLEX and the central laboratory siemens advia centaur analyzer, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, Shahid Shakeel, and Imran Siddiqui
Retrospective study of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia: Experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Zeba Zulfiqar Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Establishment of reference intervals for alkaline phosphatase in Pakistani children using a data mining approach, Sibtain Ahmed, Jakob Zierk, and Aysha Habib
Characteristics of BCR-ABL rearrangement variants in Pakistani patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Amna Nasir, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, A. Q. Rizvi, and Tariq Moatter
MLPA analyses reveal a spectrum of dystrophin gene deletions/duplications in Pakistani patients suspected of having duchenne/becker muscular dystrophy: A retrospective study, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Asghar Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Sara Khan, Salman Kirmani, S. H. Ibrahim, Kahkashan Imam, Anif Ather, Azra Samreen, and Zahra Hasan
Vitamin D status and risk of incident tuberculosis disease: A nested case-control study, systematic review, and individual-participant data meta-analysis, Omowunmi Aibana, Chuan-Chin Huang, Said Aboud, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Mercedes C. Becerra, Juan Bautista Bellido-Blasco, Ramesh Bhosale, Roger Calderon, Rabia Hussain, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Chimeric antigen T cell receptor treatment in hematological malignancies, Natasha Ali
Better get moving on laboratory quality assurance, Sidra Asad Ali and Muhammad Shariq Shaikh
Worldwide network for blood and marrow transplantation recommendations for establishing a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program in countries with limited resources, part II: Clinical, technical, and socioeconomic considerations, Mahmoud Aljurf, Daniel Weisdorf, Shahrukh Hashmi, Amr Nassar, Eliane Gluckman, Mohamad Mohty, Doug Rizzo, Marcelo Pasquini, Mehdi Hamadani, and Salman Adil
Prevalence of malaria reported during summer and winter at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Fazal M. Arain, Aisha Memon, Roohi Jamal, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Assessing nutritional status of critically Ill patients using serum prealbumin levels, Khushbakht Arbab, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib, Ahmed Raheem, Bushra Jamil, Bushra Akram, and Madiha Hashmi
Narrowing the gap for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the east-Mediterranean/African region: comparison with global HSCT indications and trends, Helen Baldomero, Mahmoud Aljurf, Syed Z A Zaidi, Shahrukh K. Hashmi, Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh, Alaa Elhaddad, Rose-Marie Hamladji, Parvez Ahmed, Lamia Torjemane, and Salman Adil
Essential in vitro diagnostics for advanced HIV and serious fungal diseases: International experts' consensus recommendations, Felix Bongomin, Nelesh P. Govender, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Florence Robert-Gangneux, David R. Boulware, Afia Zafar, Rita O. Oladele, Malcolm D. Richardson, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, and Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo
Factors leading to meconium aspiration syndrome in term- and post-term neonates, Saroop Chand, Aamna Salman, Razia Mustafa Abbassi, Abdul Rehman Siyal, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Abdul Lateef Leghari, Ashmal Sami Kabani, and Sajid Ali
Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Shahil Feroz, Anum Shiraz Ali, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, and Sarah Saleem
Perceptions of parents and religious leaders regarding minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Shahil Feroz, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Anum Shiraz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Jamal Raza, Haleema Yasmin, Khadija Bano, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Sarah Saleem
Hematological profile and gametocyte carriage in malaria patients from southern Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Mohammad Hassaan Khan, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Mustafa Bin Ali Zubairi, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, Muhammad A. Khan, and Mohammad A. Beg
Polymorphisms in the GC gene for vitamin D binding protein and their association with vitamin D and bone mass in young adults, Aysha Habib, Lena Jafri, Siddiqui Siddiqui, Ghazala Naureen, Howard Morris, and tariq moatter
Best practices in the implementation of a point of care testing program: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, Aysha Habib, Shahid Shakeel, Khairunnissa Hooda, Kashif Siddiqui, and Lena Jafri
Solitary brain metastasis: A rare initial presentation of prostate carcinoma, Asim Hafiz, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Adnan Jabbar, and Zubair Ahmad
Determinants of campylobacter infection and association with growth and enteric inflammation in children under 2 years of age in low-resource settings, Md Ahshanul Haque, James A. Platts-Mills, Estomih Mduma, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Pascal Bessong, Sadia Shakoor, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Aldo A M Lima, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Raised levels of IFN-gamma and IL-13 are associated with pre-diabetes amongst newly diagnosed patients with tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Muhammad Irfan, Qamar Masood, Owais Ahmed, Shoaib Rao, Umme Salama Moosajee, and Naseem Salahuddin
Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage, Rene S. Hendriksen, Patrick Munk, Patrick Njage, Bram Van Bunnik, Luke McNally, Oksana Lukjancenko, Timo Röder, David Nieuwenhuijse, Rumina Hasan, and Sadia Shakoor
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Farida Lalani, Naureen Anjum, Nadia Mohammad, Maria Owais, and Afia Zafar
Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern, demographic findings and risk factors amongst meningitis and non-meningitis invasive streptococcus pneumoniae at aga khan university hospital clinical laboratory, Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, and Haresh Kumar
A case report on isolation of linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium species from cerebrospinal fluid of a patient suffering from ventriculoperitoneal shunt-associated meningitis, Seema Irfan and Salima Qamar
Utility of the microcolony method for evaluation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Nisar Rao, Muhammad Irfan, Irim Iftikhar, Zahida Azizullah, Kausar Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Antimicrobial susceptibility against metronidazole and carbapenem in clinical anaerobic isolates from Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Yusra Shafquat, Joveria Farooqi, Kiran Mehmood, Seema Irfan, Rumina Hasan, and Afia Zafar
Iodine deficiency in neonates: Where do we stand after a quarter century of initiating iodization programs?, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, and Farooq Ghani
Blended learning mediated fostering of students’ engagement in an undergraduate medical education module, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Salman Siddiqi, Najmul Islam, and Faraz Khurshid
Value of dedicated research time for IMGs in obtaining surgical residency training positions: A 10-year review of applicants from a medical college in Pakistan, Mohammad Raheel Jajja, Marvi Tariq, Salila Shoaib Hashmi, Thomas F. Dodson, and Rashida Ahmed
Efflux pump as alternate mechanism for drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis, Akber Kanji, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
Thrombocytopenia and its outcome in a cohort of 350 pregnant women in a tertiary care setting, Farheen Karim and Bushra Moiz
Are serum leptin levels predicted by lipoproteins, vitamin D and body composition?, Aysha Habib Khan, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Ahmed Raheem, and Lena Jafri
Corrigendum: Human west nile virus disease outbreak in Pakistan, 2015–2016, Erum Khan, Joveria Qais Farooqi, Alizeh Abbas, Zain Yar Khan, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Shanze Ashi, Z Aziz, Faisal Malik, Kelli L. Barr, and Dhani Prakoso
LMICs as reservoirs of AMR: A comparative analysis of policy discourse on antimicrobial resistance with reference to Pakistan, Mishal S. Khan, Anna Durrance-Bagale, Helena Legido-Quigley, Ana Mateus, Rumina Hasan, Julia Spencer, and Johanna Hanefeld
Beyond sequencing: Re-visiting annotations for PJL as a test case, Waqasuddin Khan, Aisha Ghani, Muhammad Bilal Azmi, and Safina Abdul Razzak
The utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a marker of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically Ill patients, Shabnum Khawaja, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Madiha Hashmi, and Farooq Ghani
Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: An international whole-genome sequencing study, Stephanie W. Lohanie, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. Van Tonder, John A. Lees, Mignon du Plessis, Rachel Benisty, Noga Givon-Lavi, Paulina A. Hawkins, Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium, and Sadia Shakoor
Draft genome sequences of antimicrobial-resistant shigella clinical isolates from Pakistan, Sara Lomonaco, Christine Lascols, Matthew A Crawford A. Crawford, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Debra J. Fisher, Segaran Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, Erum Khan, and Molly A. Hughes
Intractable cough due to endobronchial chondroma, Talha Mahmud, Zanobia Nasim, Muhammad Saqib, and Saira Fatima
Unique classification of parathyroid dysfunction in patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia major using nomogram: A cross sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Sibtain Ahmed, Bushra Moiz, and Aysha Habib Khan
Blood film says it all! Rare case of congenital TTP misdiagnosed as ITP, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Natasha Ali
Plasma cell leukemia mimicking hairy cell leukemia: Extended role of immunophenotyping in correct diagnosis, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Natasha Ali
Development and pilot testing of a novel tool for evaluating practical skills in hematopathology residents in Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Syeda Kauser Ali, Anila Rashid, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, and Farheen Karim
Safety and efficacy of bendamustine in the conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma, Munira Moosajee, Samad Jehangir, Sobia Sawani, Tariq Muhammed, N. Ali, Usman Shaikh, and salman adil
Aneurysmal bone cyst of the pelvis and extremities: Contemporary management, Shahryar Noordin, Tashfeen Ahmad, Msood Umer, Salim Allana, Kiran Hilal, Nasir uddin, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Most cancers are caused by bad luck mutations: Scientific explanation?, Shahid Pervez
High grade encapsulated papillary carcinoma of breast in a young female, Madiha Bilal Qureshi and Naila Kayani
Frequency of transducer-like enhancer of Split 1 immunohistochemical expression in synovial sarcoma: An institution-based cross-sectional study, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, Nasir Ud Din, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Shahid Pervez
LMP1 expression in bone marrow trephines of patients with multiple myeloma confers a survival advantage, Sheerien Rajput, Khurram Minhas, Iqbal Azam Syed, Usman Shaikh, Azhar Hussain, and El Nasir Lalani
Is it T3 thyrotoxicosis? A case of falsely elevated tri-iodothyronine (T3) levels leading to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, Nanik Ram, Saira Furqan, and Sibtain Ahmed
Impact of diabetes on mechanisms of immunity against mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shoaib Rao, Maryam Rahim, Kiran I. Masood, Fatima Haroon, and Zahra Hasan
Poster # 052 Risk stratification and outcomes based on cytogenetic profile in acute myeloid leukemias in Pakistan, Shahzadi Resham, Bilal Mehmood, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, and Sadaf Altaf
Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy with brain metastasis: First reported case, Amna Afzal Saeed, Quratulain Riaz, Nasiruddin Ahmed, and Sadaf Altaf
Survival and treatment outcomes of metaplastic breast carcinoma: Single tertiary care center experience in Pakistan, Zarka Samoon, Madiha Beg, Romana Idress, and Adnan Jabbar
Comparison of risk factors and outcomes of candida auris candidemia with non-candida auris candidemia: A retrospective study from Pakistan, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Biosecurity-related biomedical laboratory practices in Pakistan: Educating personnel regarding transportation of biohazardous substances, Humaira Shafaq, Shahida Qureshi, and Sadia Shakoor
Comparison of two methods for direct susceptibility testing of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi a from blood cultures in a high-burden laboratory setting, Yusra Shafquat, Ghazala Shaheen, Farah Qamar, and Sadia Shakoor
Polymicrobial cerebral abscess in a child with uncorrected tetralogy of fallot, Yusra Shafquat, Mohammed Zeeshan, Saeeda Chandio, and Zain Mumtaz
C-Kit (CD-117) expression in malignant phyllodes tumors of breast, Ruqaiya Shahid, Rubina Gulzar, and Shahid Pervez
Current laboratory techniques commonly used for the detection of molecular biomarkers and potential technologies on the horizon, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Common alternative diagnoses among a pediatric hospital-based cohort evaluated for tuberculosis in karachi, pakistan: The need for facilitated referral in tuberculosis clinics, Sadia Shakoor, Fatima Mir, and Rumina Hasan
Nosocomial and healthcare-associated NTM infections and their control, Sadia Shakoor, Maria Owais, Rumina Hasan, and Seema Irfan