Submissions from 2017
Serious fungal infections in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Sajjad Mirza, D Denning, and Afia Zafar
Experience with the quantitative lytA gene real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from pediatric whole blood in Pakistan, Furqan Kabir, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Ana Sami, Shahida Qureshi, Aneeta Hotwani, Atif Riaz, Syed Mohiuddin, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sara Hussain, Syed Asad Ali, and Sadia Shakoor
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in efflux pumps genes in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan, Akbar Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Asho Ali, Ambreen Zaver, Ying Zhang, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Wanliang Shi, Taane G. Clark, Ruth McNerney, and Jody Phelan
Eliminating wrong blood transfusions - recent advances, Farheen Karim and Salman Naseem Adil
Transfusion transmitted dengue: one donor infects two patients, Farheen Mahar Karim, Nadia Nasir, and Bushra Moiz
CXC chemokines exhibit bactericidal activity against multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens, Erum Khan; Matthew A. Crawford; Debra J. Fisher; Lisa M. Leung; Sara Lomonaco; Christine Lascols; Antonio Cannatelli,; Gian Maria Rossolini; Yohei Doi; and David R. Goodlett
Comparative transcriptomics of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars provide insights of biochemical pathways involved in flavor and color, Waqasuddin Khan, Safina Abdul Razzak, and M. Kamran Azim
High burden of subclinical lead toxicity after phase out of lead from petroleum in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
High burden of subclinical lead toxicity after phase out of lead from petroleum in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
Burden of zinc (Zn) deficiency: A high volume clinical laboratory data analysis, Hafsa Majid, Shabnum Khawaja, Aysha Habib Khan, Imran Siddqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR): A Better Marker for Evaluating Insulin Resistance Than Fasting Insulin in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Hafsa Majid, Qamar Masood, and Aysha Habib Khan
Pelvic abscess caused by a slow growing anaerobic bacterium, Eggerthella lenta: First case report from Pakistan, Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Irum Rafiq, Irim Iftikhar, and Seema Irfan
Transient abnormal myelopoiesis in down syndrome, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Natasha Bahadur Ali
A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Paolo Miotto, Belay Tessema, Elisa Tagliani, Leonid Chindelevitch, Angela M. Starks, Claudia Emerson, Debra Hanna, Peter S. Kim, Richard Liwski, Matteo Zignol, and Rumina Hasan
Homocysteine as a biomarker for thrombosis: what is the learning curve?, Bushra Moiz
Frequency of G6PD mediterranean in individuals with and without malaria in southern Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Haroon Muhammad Arshad, Ahmed Raheem Raheem, Hasan Hayat, Najia Karim Ghanchi, and M Asim Beg
Anthropometric measurements in children having transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, Bushra Moiz, Aysha Habib, Sobiya Sawani, Ahmed Raheem, Bilal Hasan, and Manesh Gangwani
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a patient with undiagnosed factor VII deficiency, Hira Qadir, Anila Rashid, and Salman Naseem Adil
Phenotypic low-level isoniazid resistance as a marker to predict ethionamide resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salima Qamar, Joveria Q. Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Frequency of colistin and fosfomycin resistance in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Salima Qamar, Najma Shaheen, Sadia Shakoor, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Knowledge, attitude and perceptions of Muslim cancer patients regarding cancer treatment during Ramadan: Results from a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Afshan Asghar Rasheed, Yasmin Abdul Rashid, Farah Tahir Pirzada, Fawad Haroon, Adnan Jabbar, and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
Role of mesenchymal stem cells in acquisition of metaplasia in AKU-BC42 breast metaplastic carcinoma cell line, Nazia Riaz, Sadia Habib, Azhar Hussain, and El Nasir Lalani
Readiness for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Pakistan; a model for laboratory strengthening, Dania Khalid Saeed, Rumina Hasan, Mahwish Naim, Afia Zafar, E. Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Mohammad Zeeshan, Zabin Wajidali, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Abdul Chagla, and Jason Rao
Readiness for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Pakistan; a model for laboratory strengthening, Dania Khalid Saeed, Rumina Hasan, Mahwish Naim, Afia Zafar, E. Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Mohammad Zeeshan, Zabin Wajidali, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Abdul Chagla, and Jason Rao
Readiness for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Pakistan; a model for laboratory strengthening, Dania Khalid Saeed, Rumina Hasan, Mahwish Naim, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Mohammad Zeeshan, Zabin Wajidali, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Abdul Chagla, and Jason Roy
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase protein positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma; a developing world experience, Huzaifah Sala, Nasir Ud Din, tariq moatter, Naila Kayani, and Arsalan Ahmed
Susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin and other alternate agents: report from a private sector hospital laboratory, Faryal Saleem, 1 Naima Fasih, and Afia Zafar
Susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin and other alternate agents: Report from a private sector hospital laboratory, Faryal Saleem, Naima Fasih, and Afia Zafar
Enterobius vermicularis in tubo-ovarian abscess: A rare and interesting incidental finding - A case Report, Faryal Saleem, Faizan Malik, and Saira Fatima
Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immuno-competent young male: Role of bone marrow examination in rapid diagnosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Ayesha Majeed Memon
BK polyomavirus virus hemorrhagic cystitis following allogeneic bone marrow transplant with haploidentical related donor: Case reports from two patients, Danish Shakeel, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Salman Adil
Strategies for management of latent tuberculosis in endemic settings: building evidence, Sadia Shakoor and Rumina Hasan
Measles cases among adolescents in southern Pakistan 2012-2015: The case for revisiting vaccination strategies, Sadia Shakoor, Erum Khan, Muhammad Imran Rajput, and Wali Muhammad Rahimoon
Selective screening for organic acidurias and amino acidopathies in Pakistani children, Noreen Abbas Sherazi, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Azeema Jamil, Nasir Ali Khan, and Bushra Afroze
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, C19MC-altered: Report of an extremely rare malignant pediatric central nervous system neoplasm, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Khurram Minhas, Aisha Memon, Noreen Mushtaq, and Cynthia Hawkins
Papillary craniopharyngioma: A clinicopathologic study of a rare entity from a major tertiary care center in Pakistan, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Wasim Memon
Transfusion-related acute lung injury in a paediatric intensive care unit of Pakistan, Muhammed Tariq, Zehra Dhanani, Qalab Abbas, Humaira Jurair, Farheen Karim Mahar, and Anwarul Haque
Hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumors: report of five cases and detailed review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Rashida Ahmed
Atypical teratoid/ rhabdoid tumor of brain: a clinicopathologic study of eleven patients and review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Abrar Barakzai, Aisha Memon, Sheema Hasan, and Zubair Ahmad
Practical guide and atlas for the diagnosis of fungal infections, Afia Zafar, Kauser Jabeen, and Joveria Farooqi
Submissions from 2016
Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels, phosphate Intake and its association with Indices of renal handling of phosphate in healthy volunteers, Noreen Abbas, Aysha Habib Khan, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Healthcare Personnel Regarding the Transmission of Pathogens via Fomites at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Hassaan Bin Aftab, Bushra Zia, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Ahmed Raheem, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Central, extraventricular and atypical neurocytomas: a clinicopathologic study of 35 cases from Pakistan plus a detailed review of the published literature, Zubair Ahmad, Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Mohammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idrees, and Sheema Hasan
Errors in surgical pathology reports: a study from a major center in Pakistan, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idrees, Nasir Uddin, Arsalan Ahmed, and Saira Fatima
Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma of Appendix Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: An Exceptionally Rare Case Report, Arsalan Ahmed, Nasir Ud Din, Abdur Rehman Alvi, and Brian P. Rubin
117P: Classification of EGFR mutations in Pakistani lung adenocarcinoma for predicting response to targeted therapy, Z A. Ahmed, S Pervez, and T Moatter
Assessment of WT1 expression as a marker of treatment outcome in karyotype normal acute myeloid leukemia patients in Pakistan, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, and Tariq Moatter
Secretory paraspinal paraganglioma of thoracolumar spine: Case report and review of literature, Saad Akhtar, Sidra Sattar, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Naila Kayani, and Sarosh Moeen
Frequency of varicella zoster virus infection in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients: Case series from a single centre, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Hayatullah Haji, and Salman Adil
Autologous transplant in lymphomas in current era of immunotherapy, Natasha Ali and Mohammad Khurshid
Effect of steroids on inflammatory markers and clinical parameters in congenital open heart surgery: a randomised controlled trial, Muhammad M. Amanullah, Mohammad Hamid, Hashim M. Hanif, Marium Muzaffar, Maria T. Siddiqui, Fatima Adhi, Khabir Ahmad, Shahjahan Khan, and Zahra Hasan
Glomus tumor of trachea in an adult male, Sidra Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, and Nasir Ud Din
Stars in cytoplasm: Pediatric neuroblastoma, Monazza Chaudhary, Shahzad Sarwar, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Fast dissemination of new HIV-1 CRF02/A1 recombinants in Pakistan, Yue Chen, Bhavna Hora, Todd DeMarco, Sharaf Ali Shah, Manzoor Ahmed, Ana M. Sanchez, Chang Su, Meredith Carter, Mars Stone, Rumina Hasan, Zahra Hasan, Michael P. Busch, Thomas N. Denny, and Feng Gao
Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma of salivary glands: a clinicopathologic study of 11 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis associated with public water supply, Pakistan, 2014, Najia Ghanchi, Erum Khan, Azam Khan, Wali Muhammad, Faisal Riaz Malik, and Afia Zafar
Current situation and challenges in implementing Malaria control strategies in Pakistan, N K. Ghanchi, S Shakoor, A M. Thaver, M S. Khan, A Janjua, and M A. Beg
Primary angiosarcoma of breast, Saroona Haroon, Naveen Faridi, and Faisal Rashid Lodhi
Collaboration between tuberculosis control programs and the action plan for tackling antimicrobial resistance: An opportunity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Samiha Baghdadi, Alireza Mafi, and Mohammad Aziz
Effective testing for pulmonary tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF assay for stool specimens in immunocompetent Pakistani children, Zahra Hasan, Fehmina Arif, Sadia Shakoor, Aisha Mehnaz, Alnoor Akber, Akbar Kanji, Mussarat Ashraf, and Rumina Hasan
Massive pulmonary embolism presenting as seizures, Shahrukh Hashmani, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Murtaza Kazmi, and Amammarah Yasmeen
Malignant phyllodes tumor in an 11-year-old girl with fatal clinical outcome A case report, Sidra Hassan, Nasir Ud Din, and Naila Kayani
Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae in South and Southeast Asia, Li-Yang Hsu, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Erum Khan, Nuntra Suwantarat, Abdul Ghafur, and Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma, Farah Idress, Saulat Fatimi, and Shahid Pervez
Assessment of diabetes among tuberculosis patients presenting at a tertiary care facility in Pakistan, Muhammad Irfan, Naseem Salahuddin, Qamar Masood, Owais Ahmed, Umme Salama Moosajee, and Zahra Hasan
Isolation frequency and susceptibility pattern of non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae in a tertiary health care laboratory, 1999-2012, S Irfan, N Fasih, N K. Ghanchi, and Erum Khan
Infection Surveillance Protocol for a Multicountry Population-based Study in South Asia to Determine the Incidence, Etiology and Risk Factors for Infections Among Young Infants of 0 to 59 Days Old, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Abdullah H. Baqui, Anita K. Zaidi, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Pinaki Panigrahi, Anuradha Bose, Sajid B. Soofi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Dipak K. Mitra, and Rita Isaac
Antimicrobial resistance and Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) genotypes in N. gonorrhoeae during 2012-2014 in Karachi, Pakistan, Kausar Jabeen, Bhawan Mal P, Khan E, Chandio S, Jacobsson S, and Unemo M
Pulmonary infections after tuberculosis, Kauser Jabeen
Agreement of direct antifungal susceptibility testing from positive blood culture bottles with the conventional method for candida species, Kauser Jabeen, Haresh Kumar, Joveria Farooqi, Raunaq Mehboob, Mary E. Brandt, and Afia Zafar
Diagnostic accuracy of anti-endomysial antibody in celiac disease, Arslaan Javaeed, Walayat Shah, Saaniya Khan Gauri, and Rizwan Akhtar
Alternate efflux pump mechanism may contribute to drug resistance in extensively drug-resistant isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis, Akbar Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Ambreen Zaver, Asho Ali, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Mussarat Ashraf, Taane G. Clark, Ruth Mc Nerney, Samreen Shafiq, and Zahra Hasan
Increased expression of efflux pump genes in extensively drug-resistant isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis, Akbar Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Ying Zhang, Wanliang Shi, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Kiran Iqbal, Samreen Shafiq, and Zahra Hasan
Biosafety Initiatives in BMENA Region: Identification of Gaps and Advances, Erum Khan, Nayla Ahmed, Khalid R. Temsamani, Atef El-Gendy, Murray Cohen, Ariba Hasan, Hilliard Gastfriend, and Jennifer Cole
Flaviviruses as a cause of undifferentiated fever in Sindh province, Pakistan: A preliminary report, Erum Khan, Joveria Q. Farooqi, Kelli L. Barr, Dhani Prakoso, Amna Nasir, Akbar Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, Faisal Riaz Malik, Rumina Hasan, and John A. Lednicky
Dissemination and spread of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 superbugs in hospital settings, Erum Khan, Seema Irfan, Binish Arif Sultan, Amna Nasir, and Rumina Hasan
Nigella sativa oil reduces extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)-like behavior in haloperidol-treated rats, Tafheem Malik, Sheema H Hasan, Shahid Pervez, and Darakhshan Haleem
Nigella sativa oil reduces extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)-like behavior in haloperidol-treated rats, Tafheem Malik, Sheema Hasan, Shahid Pervez, Tasneem Fatima, and Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem
Nigella sativa oil Reduces extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)-like behavior in haloperidol-treated rats, Tafheem Malik, Sheema Hasan, Shahid Pervez, Tasneem Fatima, and Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem
Reduced susceptibility to chlorhexidine disinfectant among New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 positive Enterobacteriaceae and other multidrug-resistant organisms: Report from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, P B. Mal, J Farooqi, S Irfan, M A. Hughes, and E Khan
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Isolates in Pakistan by Etest Compared to Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity and Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute Disc Diffusion Techniques., Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Magnus Unemo, and Erum Khan
Delta beta thalassemia: a rare hemoglobin variant, Huma Mansoori, Sidra Asad, Anila Rashid, and Farheen Karim
Extensive marrow infiltration in epidural Ewing sarcoma, Huma Mansoori and Bushra Moiz
Complex cytogenetics in a patient with mixed-phenotype acute leukemia, Huma Mansoori and Anila Rashid
Increased mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-induced gene expression of interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 in patients with diabetes, Kiran I. Masood, Muhammad Irfan, Qamar Masood, Bushra Jamil, Shoaib Rao, Maryam Rahim, and Zahra Hasan
Simplified antibiotic regimens for treatment of clinical severe infection in the outpatient setting when referral is not possible for young infants in Pakistan (Simplified Antibiotic Therapy Trial [SATT]): a randomised, open-label, equivalence trial, Fatima Mir, Imran Nisar, Shiyam S. Tikmani, Benazir Baloch, Sadia Shakoor, Fyezah Jehan, Imran Ahmed, Simon Cousens, and Anita K M Zaidi
Carotid intima media thickness evaluation by ultrasound comparison amongst healthy, diabetic and hypertensive Pakistani patients, Waseem Mirza, Vaqar Bari, Mirza Kazim, Kainat Fatima, Zafar Sajjad, Aziz Jiwani, Nadeem Ahmad, Mubashir Arain, and Arif Ali
Intraleucocytic haemozoin--a biomarker for severe malaria, Bushra Moiz and Syed S. Ali
Gray-zone lymphoma: a complex reality, Bushra Moiz and Ayesha Majeed
Erratum to: neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in infants with G6PD c.563C>T variant, Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Sarosh Ahmed Khan, Saleema Amin Kherani, and Maqbool Qadir
Bone turnover markers for osteoporosis status assessment at baseline in postmenopausal Pakistani females, Syed Talha Naeem, Ahmed Raheem, Imran Siddiqui, Riffat Hussain, Farooq Ghani, and Aysha Habib
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of breast: clinicopathologic study of seven cases, Raabia Nizamuddin, Nasir Ud Din, Romana Idress, and Naila Kayani
Recombination in pe/ppe genes contributes to genetic variation in mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages, Jody E. Phelan, Francesc Coll, Indra Bergval, Richard M. Anthony, Rob Warren, Samantha L. Sampson, Judith R. Glynn, Amelia C. Crampin, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
Triad of Intraspinal Meningioma, Schwannoma, and Ependymoma: Report of an Extremely Rare Case, Faiza Rasheed, Saira Fatima, and Zubair Ahmad
Use of ISTH bleeding assessment tool to predict inherited platelet dysfunction in resource constrained settings, Anila Rashid, Bushra Moiz, Farheen Karim, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Huma Mansoori, and Ahmed Raheem
Three siblings with familial non-medullary thyroid carcinoma: a case series, Muhammad Owais Rashid; Naeemul Haq; Saad Farooq; Zareen Kiran,; Sabeehuddin Siddique; Shahid Pervez; and Najmul Islam
Lack of androgen receptor expression correlates with high expression of ALDH1 and poor overall and 5-year disease free survival in patients with invasive breast cancer, Nazia Riaz, Romana Idress, Sadia Habib, Syed Zulfiqar Naqvi, Shaista Masood Khan, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, and El Nasir Lalani
Mycobacterial contamination of bronchoscopes: Challenges and possible solutions in low resource settings, Dania Khalid Saeed, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, and Rumina Hasan
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria type III presenting as portal and mesenteric vein thrombosis in a young girl, Shahzad Sarwar, Monazza Chaudhry, and Natasha Ali
Effect of time duration of digestion/decontamination technique on yield of mycobacteria and contamination rates from sterile body fluids (pleural and ascitic fluid) and pus specimens, Samreen Shafiq, Faryal Saleem, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Warda Alam, Sadia Hanif, Shazia Ali, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan