Submissions from 2016
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, 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
Analytical performance evaluation of a high-volume hematology laboratory utilizing sigma metrics as standard of excellence, M S. Shaikh and B Moiz
Clinical utility of immature platelet fraction - an advanced parameter in laboratory hematology, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Sidra Asad Ali
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia presenting with neurological symptoms after chemotherapy, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Bushra Moiz
Clinico-pathological profile and outcomes of patients with polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia and idiopathic myelofibrosis: a tertiary care center experience from southern Pakistan, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Khurshid, and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Tuberculosis in vulnerable populations in eastern mediterranean region-implications for control, Sadia Shakoor and Rumina Hasan
Bacterial aetiology of otitis media in children in Pakistan aged 0-59 months; laboratory surveillance data from 2004 to 2013: comparison between before and after the introduction of Hib vaccination, Sadia Shakoor, Faisal Riaz Malik, and Erum Khan
Fluoroquinolone consumption and -resistance trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other respiratory pathogens: Ecological antibiotic pressure and consequences in Pakistan, 2009-2015, S Shakoor, S Tahseen, K Jabeen, R Fatima, F R. Malik, A H. Rizvi, and R Hasan
Sporadic early onset colorectal cancer in Pakistan: A case- control analysis of microsatellite instability, Sabeehuddin Siddique, Kanwal Tariq, Sobia Rafiq, Ahmed Raheem, Rashida Ahmed, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, and Kulsoom Ghias
Update on diagnostic value of breath test in gastrointestinal and liver diseases, Imran Siddiqui, Sibtain Ahmed, and Shahab Abid
Induction process of trainees in pathology residency, Imran Siddiqui and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Pathology residency programme of a developing country–Landscape of last 25 years, Imran Siddiqui, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Naila Kayani
Schwannomas with pseudoglandular elements: clinicopathologic study of 61 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Arsalan Ahmed
Post-chemotherapy neuroblastoma-like differentiation in ewing sarcoma of humerus: report of a rare case with review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Amna Qasim, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hasan
Spindle Cell Lipomas Arising at Atypical Locations, Nasir Ud Din, Pingchuan Zhang, William R. Sukov, Christopher A. Sattler, Sarah M. Jenkins, Leona A. Doyle, Andrew L. Folpe, and Karen J. Fritchie
Cerebral aspergillosis and pulmonary tuberculosis in a child with chronic granulomatous disease, Muhammad Waqas, Sidra Zafar, Tooba Rehman, Muhammed Riyaz, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Romana Idress
Antibiotic susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pyogenes in Pakistan: a review of results from the Survey of Antibiotic Resistance (SOAR) 2002-15, A Zafar, R Hasan, S Nizamuddin, N Mahmood, S Mukhtar, F Ali, I Morrissey, K Barker, and D Torumkuney
Population-based resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fluoroquinolones: results from a multicountry surveillance project, Matteo Zignol, Anna S. Dean, Sönke Andres, Natavan Alikhanova, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Andrei Dadu, Andries Dreyer, Michèle Driesen, Christopher Gilpin, Rumina Rumina, Zahra Hasan, Sven Hoffner, Ashaque Husain, Alamdar Hussain, Nazir Ismail, Mostofa Kamal, Mikael Mansjö, Lindiwe Mvusi, Stefan Niemann, Shaheed V. Omar, Ejaz Qadeer, Leen Rigouts, Sabine Ruesch Gerdes, Marco Schito, Mehriban Seyfaddinova, Alena Skrahina, Sabira Tahseen, William A. Wells, Ya Diul Mukadi, Michael Kimerling, Katherine Floyd, Karin Weyer, and Mario C. Raviglione
Submissions from 2015
Environmental and food allergens reactivity and its association with total IgE, age and gender in Karachi, Pakistan, Noreen Abbas, Ahmed Raheem, and Farooq Ghani
Mammary-type myofibroblastoma of the right thigh: A case report and review of the literature, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Steven D. Billings
Epidemiologic Data, Tumor Size, Histologic Tumor Type and Grade, Pathologic Staging and Follow Up in Cancers of the Ampullary Region and Head of Pancreas in 311 Whipple Resection Specimens of Pakistani Patients, Zubair Ahmad, Nasir Ud Din, Khurram Minhas, Sarosh Moeen, and Arsalan Ahmed
Whole genome sequencing based characterization of extensively drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Ruth McNerney, Kim Mallard, Grant Hill Cawthorne, Francesc Coll, Mridul Nair, Arnab Pain, Taane G. Clark, and Rumina Hasan
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-10 years of data from a developing country, Natasha Ali, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
A rare haemoglobin variant identified as K Woolwich in a Pakistani male, Sidra Asad Ali and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Reduced-intensity conditioning hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Looking forward to an international consensus, Monazza Chaudhry and Natasha Ali
Rapid determination of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance from whole-genome sequences, Francesc Coll, Ruth McNerney, Mark D. Preston, Andrew Warry, Kim Mallard, Mridul Nair, Anabela Miranda, Adriana Alves, Zahra Hasan, and Rumina Hasan
Symptomatic surgically treated non-neoplastic cysts of the central nervous system: a clinicopathological study from Pakistan, Nasir Ud Din, Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, Sheema H Hasan, and Mohammad Ehsan Bar
Assessment of blood donation intention among medical students in Pakistan--An application of theory of planned behavior, Anadil Faqah, Bushra Moiz, Fatima Shahid, Mariam Ibrahim, and Ahmed Raheem
Differential expression of Cytokeratin 13 in Non-Neoplastic, Dysplastic and Neoplastic oral Mucosa in a high risk Pakistani population, Sanniya Farrukh, Serajuddaula Syed, and Shahid Pervez
Lymphangioma circumscriptum: clinicopathological spectrum of 29 cases, Saira Fatima, Nasir Uddin, Romana Idrees, Khurram Minhas, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmad, Naila Kayani, and Muhammad Arif
Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Pharynx: A Series of Five Cases and Literature Review, Syeda Samia Fatima, Nasir Ud Din, and Zubair Ahmad
MAD 20 alleles of merozoite surface protein-1 (msp-1) are associated with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Zahra Hasan, Muniba Islam, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Consensus report: preventive measures for crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever during Eid-al-Adha festival, Hakan Hakan Leblebicioglu, Mustafa Sunbu, Ziad A. Memish, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Hurrem Bodur, Aykut Ozkul, Ali Gucukoglu, Sadegh Chinikar, and Zahra Hasan
Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical experience of 12 cases, Saroona Haroon, Romana Idrees, Saira Fatima, Aisha Memon, and Naila Kayani
Ependymal tumors with oligodendroglioma like clear cells: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Fauzan Alam Hashmi, Muhammad Faheem Khan, Saad Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Arsalan Ahmed
An audit of clinical laboratory data of 25OHD at Aga Khan University as reflecting Vitamin D deficiency in Pakistan, Sidra Hassan, Syeda Maria Muzammil, Lena Jafri, and Aysha Habib Khan
Quality indicators for critical international normalized ratio measurements in a hemostatic laboratory, Shabneez Hussain, Bushra Moiz, and Bushra Afaq
Monitoring and reporting transfusion reactions as a quality indicator – a clinical audit, Shabneez Hussain, Bushra Moiz, Fatima Azra Ausat, and Mohammad Khurshid
Response and Adverse Effects of Nilotinib in Imatinib-resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients: Data From a Developing Country, Shabneez Hussain and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Suppressor of Cytokine signaling-1 and Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) receptor 3 expressions are associated with caseous Necrosis in Granulomas from patients with Tuberculous Lymphadenitis, Masood K. I, Shahid Pervez, Rottenberg M. E, Umar B, and Hasan Z
Clinical isolates of salmonella enterica serovar agona producing NDM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase: first report from Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Pushpa Bhawan, Katie L. Hopkins, Martin Day, Amna Nasir, Daniele Meunier, and Neil Woodford
Fluoroquinolone resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan 2010-2014: Implications for disease control, Kausar Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Faisal Malik, and Rumina Hasan
Fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis: implications in settings with weak healthcare systems, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Evaluating laboratory performance in external quality assessment schemes for urine organic acids by GCMS, Lena Jafri, Noreen Sherazi, Azeema Jamil, Farhat Jehan, Rakshanda Mehar, Nasir Yousufzai, Bushra Afroze, and Aysha Habib
Application of Sigma Metrics for the Assessment of Quality Assurance for Plasma Amino Acid Analysis in Biochemical Genetics Laboratory in Pakistan, Lena Jafri, Nasir Yousufzai, Noreen Sherazi, Azeema Jamil, Rakshanda Mahar, Farhat Jahan, Bushra Afroze, and Aysha Habib Khan
Neurofibromatosis type 2 patient presenting with medulloblastoma, Jan Kalimullah, Abdul Malik Amir Humza Sohail, Rai Shahjehan, Sabeehuddin Siddique, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Characterization of genomic variations in SNPs of PE_PGRS genes reveals deletions and insertions in extensively drug resistant (XDR) M. tuberculosis strains from Pakistan., Akber Kanji; Zahra Hasan; Ruth Mcnerney; Mridul Nair; Asho Ali; Kim Mallard; Taane G. Clark; Ambreen Zaver; Sana Jafri,; and Rumina Hasan
Risk of maternal alloimmunization in Southern Pakistan - a study in a cohort of 1000 pregnant women, Farheen Karim, Bushra Moiz, and Nausheen Kamran
Rhesus and kell phenotyping of voluntary blood donors: foundation of a donor data bank, Farheen Karim, Bushra Moiz, Fahmida Jan Muhammad, Fatima Ausat, and Mohammad Khurshid
Error identification in a high-volume Clinical Chemistry laboratory: five-year experience, Jafri L, Aysha Habib Khan, Ghani F, Shakeel S, Raheem A, and Siddiqui I
R990G Polymorphism of calcium sensing receptor gene Is associated with high Parathyroid Hormone levels in subjects with Vitamin D deficiency: a cross-sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, and Tariq Moatter
HIV prevalence in blood donors and recipients in Pakistan: a meta-analysis and analysis of blood-bank data, Bushra Moiz, Barkat Ali, Muhammad Hasnain Chatha, Ahmed Raheem, and Hasan Abbas Zaheer
Frequent anemic blood donors: What should we do?, Bushra Moiz, Muhammad Salman, and Madeeha Anwar
“Looks can be deceiving”: Adrenal teratoma causing diagnostic difficulty, Mehwash Nadeem, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M Nasir Sulaiman, and Shahid Pervez
Ki-67 labeling indices in 'Classic' versus 'Blastoid' Mantle Cell Lymphomas--proposed cutoff values for routine diagnostic workup, Shahid Pervez and Haroon S. Awan D
Dusty trephine, Hira Qadir, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, and Natasha Ali
P064 expression of Tumor initiating markers in Metaplastic Carcinoma of the breast, N. Riaz, Z. Naqvi, R. Idress, S M. Khan, A A. Siddiqui, and El-Nasir Lalani
Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland: A Third World Country Perspective-A Case Series, Huzaifah Salat, Ramiz Mumtaz, Mubasher Ikram, and Nasir Ud Din
Cryptococcus neoformans and streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection in post-traumatic meningitis in a patient with unknown HIV status, Faryal Saleem, Naima Fasih, and Afia Zafar
A T-Cell/Histiocyte-rich large B-cell Lymphoma involving only the bone marrow, Maria Shafiq and Farheen Karim
Red cell antigen loss in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case of ABO discrepancy, Maria Shafiq and Farheen Karim
Establishing quality control values for hematology parameters: an insight, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh
Iron chelation in patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia: an insight on response to deferasirox, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Salman Naseem Adil
Aleukemic myeloid sarcoma of the breast, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Naila Kayani