Submissions from 2019
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
Dermoid cyst with no intracranial extension: A case report and literature review, Asra Tanwir, Noor Malik, Gohar Javed, and Romana Idress
Vitamin D and bone metabolism in breast cancer patients in Karachi, Pakistan, Shamsa Kanwal Udani, Shamim Akhtar Qureshi, Tooba Lateef, Lena Jafri, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, Bushra Akram, Mohammad Alvi, Shaista Khan, and Farooq Ghani
Orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC): Clinicopathological and radiological features of a series of 10 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Maha Zubair, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Zia Ullah Khan, and Zubair Ahmad
Incidentally found metastatic prostatic carcinoma in a therapeutic orchiectomy specimen, Zeeshan Uddin, Muhammad Bilal, and Mohammad Ayaz Khan
Atypical lipomatous tumour/well-differentiated liposarcoma and de-differentiated liposarcoma in patients aged ≤ 40 Years: A study of 116 patients, Rebecca Waters, Andrew Horvai, Patricia Greipp, Ivy John, Elizabeth G. Demicco, Brendan C. Dickson, Munir R. Tanas, Brandon T. Larsen, and Nasir Ud Din
Ceftriaxone-resistant salmonella typhi outbreak in hyderabad city of sindh, Pakistan: High time for the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccine, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Farah Qamar, Sadia Shakoor, Khalid Saleem, Heeramani Lohana, Sultan Karim, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida Qureshi, Naveed Masood, Mudasir Rauf, Jamshed Ahmed Khanzada, Abdul Momin Kazi, and Rumina Hasan
Infections in patients with multiple myeloma treated with conventional chemotherapy: A single-center, 10-year experience in Pakistan, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Natasha Ali, Myra Nasir, Maria Haider Baig, Mustafa Iftikhar, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Arhama Malik, Sara Atif, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Outcome of hairy cell leukemia patients treated with cladribine – A 10-year single-center experience in Pakistan, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Mohammad Qasim Mehdi, and Natasha Ali
Validation and impact of the use of automated urine culture streak system in a diagnostic laboratory on surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at a tertiary care setting, Mohammad Zeeshan, Joveria Farooqi, Saeeda Chandio, Zohra Rafiq, Rozina Roshan, and Seema Irfan
Submissions from 2018
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Clinicopathological spectrum of an intriguing neoplasm, Mariam Abid, Saroona Haroon, Aisha Hassan Memon, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema Habib Hasan
Complete genome sequence of buffalopox virus, Babak Afrough, Afia Zafar, Rumina Hasan, and Roger Hewson
Mixed IgM cold and IgG warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia complicated by acral gangrene, Imran Ahmad, Ayesha Majeed Memon, and Bushra Moiz
Fatal invasive gastrointestinal fungal infection in three non-immunocompromised patients, Zubair Ahmad, Sidra Arshad, Romana Idress, Nasir Uddin, and Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar
Meningeal solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma: emphasizing on STAT 6 immunohistochemistry with a review of literature, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Nasir Ud Din
Prospective evaluation of serum procalcitonin in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis- experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Lena Jafri, Madiha Hashmi, Aysha Habib, and Farooq Ghani
Novel therapies and immunotherapeutic approaches to treat childhood leukemia, Natasha Bahadur Ali
Non O1, non O139 vibrio cholerae bacteraemia in an infant; case report and literature review, Mirza Zain Baig, Umme Hani Abdullah, Yusra Shafquat, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, and Afia Zafar
Evidence of chikungunya virus disease in Pakistan since 2015 with patients demonstrating involvement of the central nervous system, Kelli L. Barr, Erum Khan, Joveria Farooqi, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Dhani Prakoso, Faisal Malik, John A. Lednicky, and Maureen T. Long
Neurological complications in patients with plasmodium vivax malaria from Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Asim Beg, A Akhlaq, Najia Karim Ghanchi, B Usmani, R Shahzad, A Rahim, and Mohammad Wasay
Trends, associations, and antimicrobial resistance of salmonella typhi and paratyphi in Pakistan, Jai K. Das, Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar, Imran Ahmed, Aamer Ikram, Summiya Nizamuddin, Saleel Fatima, Nauman Akbar, Faisal Sultan, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Case definition of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in resource-constrained settings, David W. Denning, Iain D. Page, Jeremiah Chakaya, Kauser Jabeen, Cecilia M. Jude, Muriel Cornet, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Felix Bongomin, Paul Bowyer, and Muhammad Irfan
Safe water – Basic human right, Joveria Farooqi
Antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical characteristics of Nocardia isolates from a tertiary care centre diagnostic laboratory in Pakistan, Fizza Farooqui, Seema Irfan, Sadia Shakoor, and Afia Zafar
Lipoblastoma: a clinicopathologic review of 23 cases from a major tertiary care center plus detailed review of literature, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Naila Kayani Naila Kayani, and Nasir Ud Din
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of glycated hemoglobin (HBA1C) and 2-hour post glucose for diabetes using American Diabetic Association (ADA) cut offs in Pakistani population, Aysha Habib, Sheharbano Imran, Saira Furqan, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, and Najmul Islam
Association of plasma leptin with coronary artery calcium (CAC) in adults, Aysha Habib, Sheharbano Imran, Zainab Hussain, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, and Zaffar Sajjad
Evaluation of quality of warfarin therapy by assessing patient's time in therapeutic range at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Haris Hakeem, Ammar Zaman Khan, Kashif Aziz, Ayesha Abbasi, Anam Haider, Bushra Moiz, and Mohammad Wasay
Integrating standardized whole genome sequence analysis with a global mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic resistance knowledgebase, Rumina Hasan, Matthew Ezewudo, Amanda Borens, Álvaro Chiner-Oms, Paolo Miotto, Leonid Chindelevitch, Angela M. Starks, Debra Hanna, Richard Liwsk, and Matteo Zignol
Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rumina Hasan, Zahra Hasan, Taane G. Clark, Francesc Coll, Mridul B. Nair, Grant A. Hill-Cawthorne, Saad Alghamdi, Abdallah O. Ahmed, Stephanie Portelli, and Adriana Alves
Emergence of an extensively drug-resistant salmonella enterica serovar typhi clone harboring a promiscuous plasmid encoding resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Farah Naz Farid, Dania Khalid Saeed, Ghazala Shaheen, Shahida Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Khalid Salim, Zahra Hasan, Elizabeth J. Klemma, Andrew J. Page, Kim Judge, Vanessa K. Wong, Timothy J. Dallman, Satheesh Nair, Stephen Baker, and Gordon Dougan
Integrating tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance control programmes, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Johanna Hanefeld, and Mishal Khan
Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infections in high-risk groups in Karachi, Pakistan, Zahra Hasan, Sharaf Shah, Rumina Hasan, Shoaib Rao, Manzoor Ahmed, Mars Stone, and Michael Busch
Clinicopathologic features of invasive metaplastic and micropapillary breast carcinoma: comparison with invasive ductal carcinoma of breast, Atif Ali Hashmi, Saher Aijaz, Raeesa Mahboob, Saadia Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Narisa Iftikhar, Mariam Nisar, Maham Siddiqui, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Naveen Faridi, and Amir Khan
Clinicopathologic features and prognostic grouping of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Pakistani patients: An institutional perspective, Atif Ali Hashmi, Mahrukh Faraz, Zareeha Nauman, Mohammad Usman Qureshi, Shumaila Kanwal Hashmi, Hira Fatima Waseem, Muhammad Muzzammil Edh, Naveen Faridi, and Amir Khan
Inherited bleeding disorders-experience of a not-for-profit organization in Pakistan, Shabneez Hussain, Shahida Baloch, Azra Parvin, Akbar Najmuddin, Farhana Musheer, Mubashra Junaid, Rab Nawaz Memon, Fareeda Bhanbhro, Hayat Ullah, and Bushra Moiz
Cancer prevalence in Pakistan: Meta-analysis of various published studies to determine variation in cancer figures resulting from marked population heterogeneity in different parts of the country, Romana Idress, Saira Fatima, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Ahmed Raheem, and Zubair Ahmad
Diversity unsupported is diversity derailed, Kauser Jabeen and Kulsoom Ghias
Relationship of serum procalcitonin, c-reactive protein, and lactic acid to organ failure and outcome in critically Ill pediatric population, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Qalab Abbas, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Anwar Ul Haque
Tuberculous granuloma on bone marrow trephine, Farheen Karim and Hira Qadir
Seven decades of vitamin D research in Pakistan : Too little, too much or just right!, Aysha Habib Khan
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for analysis of kidney stones, Aysha Habib Khan, Sheharbano Imran, Jamsheer Talati, and Lena Jafri
Osteoporosis and its perspective in Pakistan: A review of evidence and issues for addressing fragility fractures, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, and Shahryar Noordin
Frequency of macroprolactin in hyperprolactinemia, Aysha Habib Khan, Noreen Abbas Sherazi, and Mirza Zain Baig
Human west nile virus disease outbreak in Pakistan, 2015–2016, E. Khan, Kelli L. Barr, Joveria Farooqi, Dhani Prakoso, Alizae Abbas, Zain Y. Khan, Shanze Ashi, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Z Aziz, and Faisal Malik
Neurological involvement associated with plasmodium vivax malaria from Pakistan, Yousaf Abdullah Khan, Usman Hameed Mian, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Low grade mullerian adenosarcoma of pouch of douglas recurring as bilateral ovarian high grade mullerian adenosarcoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous overgrowth after 11 years, Sandeep Kumar, Muhammad Raza, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Patient and physician perspective on sperm banking to overcome post-treatment infertility in young cancer patients in Pakistan, Nida Latif and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Direct detection of shigella in stool specimens by use of a metagenomic approach, Jie Liu, Mathieu Almeida, Furqan Kabir, Sadia Shakoor, Shahida Qureshi, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shan Li, Boubou Tamboura, Samba O. Sow, and Inacio Mandomando
Resistome of carbapenem- and colistin-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates, Sara Lomonaco, Matthew A. Crawford, Christine Lascols, Ruth E. Timme, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Debra J. Fisher, Segaran P. Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, and Erum Khan
Global distribution of invasive serotype 35D streptococcus pneumoniae isolates following introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Stephanie W. Lo, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. van Tonder, Paulina A. Hawkins, Brenda Kwambana Adams, Jennifer E. Cornick, Shabir A. Madhi, Susan A. Nzenze, Mignon du Plessis, Rama Kandasamy, Philip E. Carter, and Sadia Shakoor
Diagnostic dilemma of patients with methylmalonic aciduria: Experience from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Azeema Jamil, Nasir Yousufzai, Midhat Fatima, Zeba Zulfiqar Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Role of TNF α, IL-6 and CXCL10 in dengue disease severity, Kiran I. Masood, Bushra Jamil, Maryam Rahim, Muniba Islam, Muhammad Farhan, and Zahra Hasan
Cold agglutinins in peripheral blood with atypical cells with an owl-eye appearance in bone trephine, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Farheen Karim
Frequency of ALK rearrangement by FISH testing and its correlation with ALK-IHC in adenocarcinoma of primary lung origin, Samar Moattar, Namrah Anwar, Tariq Moatter, and Shahid Pervez
Paradigm shift in anti-coagulating patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, Bushra Moiz
Spoon nails: still seen in today's world, Bushra Moiz
Fulminant hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, Bushra Moiz and Sidra Asad Ali
No risk reduction for plasmodium vivax malaria in sickle cell disease, Bushra Moiz and Ayesha Majeed Memon
Prospective comparison of point-of-care device and standard analyzer for monitoring of international normalized ratio in outpatient oral anticoagulant clinic, Bushra Moiz, Ahmed Raheem, Anila Rashid, Muhammad Hasan, and Lena Jafri
Prenatal diagnosis of dystrophin gene mutations using multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA) for duchene muscular dystrophy, Asghar Nasir, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Kahkashan Imam, Zahra Hasan, and Shama Munim
Amniotic fluid embolism, Nadia Nawaz and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
HER2 basolateral versus circumferential IHC expression Is dependent on polarity and differentiation of epithelial cells in gastric/GE adenocarcinoma, Shahid Pervez, Sidra Arshad, and Brooj Abro
Methylation in mycobacterium tuberculosis is lineage specific with associated mutations present globally, Jody Phelan, Paola Florez de Sessions, Leopold Tientcheu, Joao Perdigao, Diana Machado, Rumina Hasan, Zahra Hasan, Indra L. Bergval, Richard Anthony, and Ruth McNerney
Invasive mediastinal aspergillosis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome in an immunocompetent patient, Yasmin Rahim, Aisha Memon, and Javaid Khan
Upshaw-Schulman syndrome with c.2728C>T Mutation in ADAMTS13 Gene, Shahzadi Resham, Zehra Fadoo, and Bushra Moiz
Identification of candida species by direct inoculation of cornmeal tween™ 80 agar from blood culture bottles: Rapid and cost-effective approach, Noureen Saeed, Madiha Sattar, Sadia Shakoor, Joveria Farooqi, Raunaq Mehboob, Afia Zafar, and Kauser Jabeen
Microbiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis patients: an observational study experience from tertiary care center Karachi Pakistan, Uzma Shahid, Hasanat Sharif, Joveria Farooqi, Bushra Jamil, and E. Khan
Distribution of chromosomal abnormalities commonly observed in adult acute myeloid leukemia in Pakistan as predictors of prognosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, salman adil, Mohammad Khurshid, tariq moatter, Anila Rashid, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and N. Ali
Distribution of chromosomal abnormalities commonly observed in adult acute myeloid leukemia in Pakistan as predictors of prognosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Khurshid, Tariq Moatter, Anila Rashid, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem, and Natasha Ali
Performance evaluation of a coagulation laboratory using sigma metrics, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sidra Asad Ali, Anila Rashid, Farheen Kareem, and Bushra Moiz
Adequacy of platelet counting by automated haematology analyzers: An insight on current methodologies, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Noor Rahman Khan, and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immuno-competent young male: role of bone marrow examination in rapid diagnosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Ayesha Majeed Memon
Clinicopathological prognostic factors of oral squamous cell carcinoma: An experience of a tertiary care hospital, Muhammad Usman Shaikh, Ahmed Raheem Baksh, Sayed Akbar Abbas, Javeria Saeed, and Salman Hashmi
High heterotrophic counts in potable water and antimicrobial resistance among indicator organisms in two peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Imran Ahmed, Saima Mukhtiar, Israr Ahmed, Farzeen Hirani, Shazia Sultana, and Rumina Hasan
A case report of triple-positive micropapillary carcinoma of the male breast, Jamila Shuja, Iftikhar Ahmad, Sidra Arshad, Hina Manzoor, Shahwali Kakar, and Khushnaseeb Ahmad
Pattern of bone marrow involvement in non hodgkin's lymphoma classified according to WHO classification: report of a developing country Pakistan, Sadia Sultan, Naseer Baloch, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Syed Mohammad Irfan, and Saira Parveen
Serous cystadenoma of pancreas : A clinicopathologic experience of 23 cases from a major tertiary care center, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Zubair Ahmad, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Nasir Ud Din
Expression analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 in patients suffering from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, Shahida Tasneem, Muhammad Tahir Sarwa, Muhammad Rizwan Bashi, Hamid Hussain, Jawad Ahmed, and Shahid Pervez
Abdominopelvic and retroperitoneal low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 13 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, Riyam Zreik, Andrew Horvai, Andrew L. Folpe, and Karen Fritchie
Frequency and Impact of Cerebral Infarctions in Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis, Mohammad Wasay, Maria Khan, Salman Farooq, Zubair Ali Khowaja, Zeeshan Ali Bawa, Shehzad Mansoor Ali, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Association of helicobacter pylori and protozoal parasites in patients with chronic diarrhoea, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Kanwal Tariq, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Ectopic enterobius vermicularis Iinfestation; an extremely rare cause of mesenteric lymphadenopathy mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis, Summaya Zafar, Muhammad Usman, and Zubair Ahmad
Genetic sequencing for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis in highly endemic countries: A multi-country population-based surveillance study, Matteo Zignol MD, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Anna S. Dean, Philippe Glaziou, Natavan Alikhanova, Cecilia Ama, Sönke Andres, Anna Barbova, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
Submissions from 2017
Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma mimicking hydatid cyst of liver: A clinicopathologic study of six cases, Zubair Ahmad, Nasir Uddin, Wasim Memon, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Arsalan Ahmed
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Pakistan – Country report, Parvez Ahmed, Tahir Sultan Shamsi, Salman Adil, Tariq Mahmood Satti, Qamar un Nisa Chaudhry, Tahir Sultan Shamsi, Syed Kamran Mahmood, Saqib Ansari, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Tariq Ghafoor
Evaluation of 'CKD-EPI Pakistan' equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR): a comparison of eGFR prediction equations in Pakistani population, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, and Ayesha Habib Khan
An analysis of blood utilization for stem cell transplant patients in a tertiary care hospital, Natasha Ali
Iron overload assessment in beta thalassemia major - is T2* magnetic resonance imaging the answer?, Natasha Ali