Submissions from 2019
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
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
Integrating tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance control programmes, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Johanna Hanefeld, and Mishal Khan
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 Qamar, 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
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