​​​P​ublications For The Year 2024

​​​​​​​​​​Chemical Pathology Publications​​

  • ​Diagnostic Accuracy of Creatinine-Based Equations for eGFR Estimation in Pakistanis: Evaluation of the European Kidney Function Consortium Equation v​s the CKD-EPI Pakistan Equation. Ahmed S, Subash T, Ahmed H, Sadiqa A, Yaqub S, Jafri L. EJIFCC. 2024 Dec 30;35(4):285-293. PMCID: PMC11726330. ​


  • ​Navigating the Vast Landscape of Academic Research Databases: A Guide for Researchers. Farooq M, Majid H, Effendi MUN. ​​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Sep;34(9):1143-1144. DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.09.1143


  • ​Adolopment of Recommendations for Standardized Reporting of Protein Electrophoresis in Pakistan. ​Ahmed S, Siddiqui A, Khan AH, Jafri L, M​ajid H, Abbas G, Rehman AA, Kh​an MD, Khan MQA, Iqbal S, Khan S, Kausar R, Siddiqui I.​ EJIFCC. 2024 Dec 30;35(4):314-323. PMCID: PMC11726325.


  • ​An Audit of Temperature Influence on Urine Specimens with Glutaric Acidemia Type 1 via GC-MS - Is there a Missing Link? Temat. ​Ahmed S, Sarfaraz Y, Rayyan A, Mateen SA and​ Jafri L. ​Clin Lab. 2024 Dec 1;70(12). ​DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2024.240718.


  • Point of Care Tests - The Future of Diagnostic Medicine. Ahmed S and Jafri R.​ EJIFCC. 2024 Oct 30;35(3):140-141. ​​PMCID: PMC11536277.


  • Serum 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Analysis- Performance Evaluation of Maglumi® X-8 Chemiluminescence Immunoassay. Ahmed, S., Siddiqui, A., Lakhani, S., Khan, S., Kausar, R., & Siddiqui, I. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-024-01277-x​.


  • Analytical Validation of Mass Spectrometric Plasma Oxysterol Measurement. Büşra Zülfa Harmancık, Bilge Karatoy Erdem, İkbal Özen Küçükçetin, Sibtain Ahmed, Sadıka Halide Akbaş. Türk Klinik Biyokimya Derg 2024; 22(2): 100-112.​ ​https://tkb.dergisi.org/pdf/pdf_TKB_487.pdf​.


  • Metabolomics in Pakistan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Availability, Practices, and Challenges in Clinical Laboratories. Majid H, Ijaz A, Jafri L, Siddiqui I, Ahmed S, Khan A​H.​ J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Sep;34(9):1117-1121. ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.09.1117


  • Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug ​28;24(1):938. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x


  • ​Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and molecular spectrum of Cobalamin C (CblC) defect in 33 patients from Pakistan. Ahmed S, Cai L, Akbar F, Siddiqui A, DeBerardinis RJ,​ Ni M, Vu H, and Afroze B.​ ​Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2024 Sep 3:1-7. DOI: 10.1080/00365513.2024.2394983.​


  • ​​Reference Intervals for Blood Chemistry Parameters in the Pakistani Population: A Systematic Review of Published Literature. Afzal N, and Ahmed S.​ EJIFCC. 2024 Aug 8;35(2):71-82. PMCID: PMC11380145


  • ​From Practice to Proficiency: Evaluation of a Novel Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA) in a Postgraduate Chemical Pathology Residency Program in Pakistan. Sibtain A, Muhammad Asad KF, Hafsa M, Habib KA, Imran S, Farooq G, and Lena J. EJIFCC. 2024 Aug 8;35(2):111-119. ​PMCID: PMC11380148


  • Choosing the right equation for calculating indirect LDL-Cholesterol (LDL-C) in adult Pakistani population: Evaluation of seven equations using big data analytics. Hashmi SB, Ahmed S, Hashmi S, Bux R, and Siddiqui I.​ Pract Lab Med. 2024 Jul 10;41:e00418.​DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2024.e00418.​ 


  • Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with CT-based central adiposity measures: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.​ Hussain Z, Habib A and Sajjad Z.​ BMJ Open. 2024 Jul 23;14(7):e082095.​ ​DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082095


  • Harnessing the Power of Big Data Analytics-Estimation of Reference Intervals for Neonatal Serum TSH in Pakistan Using RefineR Algorithm.​ Muneer S, Ahmed S, Agravatt AK and Siddiqui I.​ Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Jul;34(7):775-779. ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.07.775.​​


  • ​​Vitamin D and Calcium Pharmaceutical Supplements: All we Need to Know to Choose the Right One. Majid, H., Zehra, N., Khan, A., Jafri, L., & Khan, A. H. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal. 2024 June; 74(3), 884​.  ​​https://www.pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/7361/6311​. 


  • Guiding postmenopausal care for osteop​orosis: First evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Pakistan. ​Pervez A, Chandran M and Khan AH.​ J Pak M​ed Assoc. 2024 Jun;74(6):1202-1203. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.10632


  • ​Network Pharmacolo​gy and Experimental Validation to Explore the Potential Mechanism of Nigella sativa for the Treatment of Breast Cancer.​ Arif R, Bukhari SA, Mustafa G, Ahmed S, and Albeshr MF. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024 May 10;17(5):617. DOI: 10.3390/ph17050617


  • ​Clinico-Biochemical Spectrum of Pakistani Patients with Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA1): Experience from a Specialised Biochemical Genetics Laboratory in Pakistan. Bilal M, Jafri L, Majid H, Khan AH, and Ahmed S.​ J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Jun;34(6):646-649.​​​ ​​​​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.06.646


  • Artificial Intelligence - Perception of Clinical Laboratories' Technical Staff a Nationwide Multicentre Survey in Pakistan.​ Ahmed S, Kapadia A, Ahmed Siddiqui I, Shaukat A, Khan​ MD, Alam Khan MQ, Iqbal S, Abbas G, Zubairi AM, Nawaz Naqvi SH, Sadiqa A, Jafri L and Siddiqui I.​ ​EJIFCC. 2024 Apr 11;35(1):23-30.​​ PMCID: PMC11063789


  • ​Spurious Hyperphosphatemia in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease - a Rare Case of Alteplase Contamination.​ ​Khan ZUN, Ahmed S, Siddiqui A and Siddiqui I. ​Clin Lab. 2024 Apr 1;70(4). ​​​DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2023.231101.​


  • ​Vitamin D supplementation in polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized open-label delayed-start design: study protocol. Khan AH, Khan U, Khan HN, Zahid N and Rehman R. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-2558/v1.


  • Insights from semi-structured interviews on integrating artificial intelligence in clinical chemistry laboratory practices. ​​Jafri L, Farooqui AJ, Grant J, Omer U, Gale R, Ahmed S, Khan AH, Siddiqui I, Ghani F and Majid H. ​​​BMC Med Educ. 2024 Feb 22;24(1):170.​​ ​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05078-x.


  • Reporting Practices of Serum Protein Electrophoresis in Pakistan - ​a Multicenter Survey. Ahmed S, Afzal N, Jafri L, Khan MD, Khan MQA, Iqbal S, Abbas G, Imran K, Ali U and Siddiqui I. Clin Lab. 2024 Feb 1;70(2). ​DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2023.230652​. 


  • Developing and piloting an online course on​ osteoporosis using a multidisciplinary multi-institute approach- a cross-sectional qualitative study. ​Jafri L, Majid H, Farooqui AJ, Ahmed S, Effendi MUN, Zaman MU, Riaz Q, Nasir N, Fatima S, Nadeem S, Rashid RH, Ejaz A, Alvi N, Aslam F and Khan AH.​ PLoS One. 2024 Feb 15;19(2):e0291617.​​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291617.​


  • ​​​Enhancing specimen collection skills for dried blood spots through an immersive virtual learning environment: a cross-sectional study.​ ​Majid H, Jafri L, Rehman S, Jamil A, Khanam F, Shah N, Khan NA and Khan AH. ​​BMC Res Notes. 2024 Jan 4;17(1):16.​​​​​DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06584-9.

Haematology and ​Transfusion Medicine Publications​​​

  • ​​Correction: IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic blood donors at two time points in Karachi. Hasan MMoiz B, Qaiser S, Masood KI, Ghous Z, Hussain A, Ali N, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Alves P, Abidi SH, Ghias K, Khan E, Hasan Z. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 12;19(12):e0315960. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960


  • ​Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital. Kumari B, Hasan M, Irfan S, Khalid A, Moiz B. Transfus Apher Sci. 2024 Dec;63(6):104018. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2024.104018


  • ​Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Hematological Disorders: A Decade of Experience. Arif S, Ali NShaikh UAdil S, Jehanzeb H. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2024 Oct 1;18(4):344-357. ​DOI: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i4.16759


  • Frequency of Deletion 13q14.3 and Its Impact on Outcome in Patients of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; Single-Centered Institutional Study from Pakistan. Drs. Nabiha Saeed, Zurrya Fasih Khan, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Hammad Atif Irshad, Usman ShaikhSalman Naseem Adil, Taha Shaikh, Dahir Ashfaq Faryal Jahangir, Saqib Raza Khan, Nawazish Zehra, Natasha Ali. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-08-06 issue Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): January-June. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/108​

  • ​Outcomes of Patients with NPM1 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia, An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Drs. Maria Zulfiqar, Natasha AliUsman Shaikh, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Salman Arif, Nabiha Saeed, Zurrya Fasih Khan, Zeeshan Ansar. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-01-01 issue Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): July-December. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/88

  • Pure Biclonal Hairy​​ Cell Leukemia-Apt Diagnosis with Multicolor Flow Cytometry.​ Adnan S, Farrukh S, Ahmed A, Shaikh MS.​​​​ Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2024 Oct 1;18(4):400-402. ​​​DOI: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i4.16764


  • ​Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug ​28;24(1):938. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x


  • Clinical Outcome of Patients Receiving Rituximab in Combination with Bendamustine in Indolent B-cell Lymphomas: A Single-center Institutional Study. Khan ZF, Saeed N, Jehanzeb H, Jahangir F, Shaikh UAdil S, Khan MA, Daniyal M, Jamshed MM, Ali M, and Ali N. J Cancer Allied Spec. 2024 Aug 16;10(2):677. DOI: 10.37029/jcas.v10i2.677.​


  • ​​Mass online training of health care workers during COVID-19: approach, impact, and outcomes for over 10,000 health care providers. Latif A, Zaki M, Shahbaz H, Hussain SA, Daudpota AA, Imtiaz B, Asghar F, Hassan MM, Asghar MA, Aqeel M, Khan MF, Khan R, Mahmood F, Nawab S, Sabeen A, Sohaib M, Sultan SF, Tariq M, Thawer H, Ali N, Jawwad M, Niazi K, Noorali AA, Amin SK, Atiq H, Samad Z, Haider AH. Public Health. 2024 Jun 27;233:193-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.05.006​.


  • Correction: Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. ​​Lahmer T, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, El-Ashwah S, Nucci M, Besson C, Itri F, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Weinbergerová B, Seval GC, Adžić-Vukičević T, Szotkowski T, Sili U, Dargenio M, van Praet J, van Doesum J, Schönlein M, Ráčil Z, Žák P, Poulsen CB, Magliano G, Jiménez M, Bonuomo V, Piukovics K, Dragonetti G, Demirkan F, Blennow O, Valković T, Gomes Da Silva M, Maertens J, Glenthøj A, Fernández N, Bergantim R, Verga L, Petzer V, Omrani AS, Méndez GA, Machado M, Ledoux MP, Bailén R, Duarte RF, Del Principe MI, Farina F, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Valls J, Marchetti M, Bilgin YM, Fracchiolla NS, Cattaneo C, Espigado I, Cordoba R, Collins GP, Labrador J, Falces-Romero I, Prezioso L, Meers S, Passamonti F, Buquicchio C, López-García A, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Cuccaro A, Garcia-Vidal C, Busca A, Navrátil M, de Jonge N, Biernat MM, Guidetti A, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Anastasopoulou A, de Ramón C, González-López TJ, Hoenigl M, Finizio O, Pinczés LI, Ali N, Vena A, Tascini C, Stojanoski Z, Merelli M, Emarah Z, Kohn M, Barać A, Mladenović M, Mišković B, Ilhan O, Çolak GM, Čerňan M, Gräfe SK, Ammatuna E, Hanakova M, Víšek B, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Zambrotta GPM, Wolf D, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Arellano E, Aiello TF, García-Sanz R, Prattes J, Egger M, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Cvetanoski M, Dibos M, Rasch S, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry​​. Infection. 2024 Jun;52(3):1191-1194. ​​DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02240-x


  • Real-World Outcomes in Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Treated With Bortezomib/Cyclophosphamide/Dexamethasone and Bortezomib/Lenalidomide/Dexamethasone as Upfront Treatment. Shaikh UAdil S, Ali N, Saeed N, Khan Z, Jehanzeb H, et al. April 25, 2024​. 10.7759/cureus.58999​


  • Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA Registry.​ ​Aiello TF, Salmanton-Garcia J, Marchesi F, Weinbergerova B, Glenthoj A, Van Praet J, Farina F, Davila-Valls J, Martin-Perez S, El-Ashwah S, Schonlein M, Falces-Romero I, Labrador J, Sili U, Buquicchio C, Vena A, Plantefeve G, Petzer V, Biernat MM, Lahmer T, Espigado I, Van Doesum J, Blennow O, Piukovics K, Tascini C, Samarkos M, Bilgin YM, Fianchi L, Itri F, Valković T, Fracchiolla NS, Dargenio M, Jimenez M, Magyari F, Lopez-Garcia A, Prezioso L, Čolović N, Shumilov E, Abu-Zeinah G, Krekeler C, Lavilla-Rubira E, Papa MV, Gonzalez-Lopez TJ, Pinczes LI, Demirkan F, Ali N, Besson C, Fouquet G, Romano A, Hernandez-Rivas JA, Del Principe MI, Aujayeb A, Merelli M, Lamure S, De Almeida JM, Da Silva MG, Eisa N, Meletiadis J, Rinaldi I, Finizio O, Jaksic O, Delia M, Nizamuddin S, Marchetti M, Ijaz M, Machado M, Bailen-Almorox R, Čerňan M, Coppola N, Gavriilaki E, Cattaneo C, Groh A, Stojanoski Z, Erben N, Pantic N, Mendez GA, Di Blasi R, Meers S, De Ramon C, Bahr NC, Emarah Z, Varricchio G, Cvetanoski M, Garcia-Sanz R, Mitrovic M, Lievin R, Hanakova M, Račil Z, Vehreschild M, Tragiannidis A, Rodrigues RN, Garcia-Bordallo D, Cordoba R, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Ammatuna E, Arellano E, Wolf D, Prin R, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Colak GM, Grafe S, Hersby DS, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Garcia-Vidal C, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA study group. ​​​Haematologica. 2024 Apr 4.​​​DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284678


  • Decoding the historical tale: COVID-19 impact on haematological malignancy patients-EPICOVIDEHA insights from 2020 to 2022. Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Farina F, Weinbergerová B, Itri F, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Glenthøj A, Hersby DS, Gomes da Silva M, Nunes Rodrigues R, López-García A, Córdoba R, Bilgin YM, Falces-Romero I, El-Ashwah S, Emarah Z, Besson C, Kohn M, Van Doesum J, Ammatuna E, Marchetti M, Labrador J, Zambrotta GPM, Verga L, Jaksic O, Nucci M, Piukovics K, Cabirta-Touzón A, Jiménez M, Arellano E, Espigado I, Blennow O, Nordlander A, Meers S, van Praet J, Aiello TF, Garcia-Vidal C, Fracchiolla N, Sciumè M, Seval GC, Žák P, Buquicchio C, Tascini C, Gräfe SK, Schönlein M, Adžić-Vukičević T, Bonuomo V, Cattaneo C, Nizamuddin S, Čerňan M, Plantefeve G, Prin R, Szotkovski T, Collins GP, Dargenio M, Petzer V, Wolf D, Čolović N, Prezioso L, Valković T, Passamonti F, Méndez GA, Sili U, Vena A, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Duarte RF, Ledoux MP, Cvetanoski M, Stojanoski Z, Machado M, Batinić J, Magliano G, Biernat MM, Pantić N, Poulsen CB, Cuccaro A, Del Principe MI, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Busca A, Demirkan F, Ijaz M, Klimko N, Stoma I, Khostelidi S, Fernández N, Omrani AS, Bergantim R, De Jonge N, Fouquet G, Navrátil M, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Maertens J, De Ramón C, Guidetti A, Magyari F, González-López TJ, Lahmer T, Finizio O, Ali N, Pinczés LI, Lavilla-Rubira E, Romano A, Merelli M, Delia M, Calbacho M, Meletiadis J, Antić D, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Marques de Almeida J, Al-Khabori M, Hoenigl M, Tisi MC, Khanna N, Barać A, Eisa N, Di Blasi R, Liévin R, Miranda-Castillo C, Bahr NC, Lamure S, Papa MV, Yahya A, Aujayeb A, Novák J, Erben N, Fernández-Galán M, Ribera-Santa Susana JM, Rinaldi I, Fazzi R, Piedimonte M, Duléry R, Gonzaga Y, Soto-Silva A, Sapienza G, Serris A, Drgoňa Ľ, Groh A, Serrano L, Gavriilaki E, Tragiannidis A, Prattes J, Coppola N, Otašević V, Mladenović M, Mitrović M, Mišković B, Jindra P, Zompi S, Sacchi MV, Krekeler C, Infante MS, García-Bordallo D, Çolak GM, Mayer J, Nygaard M, Hanáková M, Ráčil Z, Bonanni M, Koehler P, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Mar 18;71:102553. ​​​​DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102553.


  • ​​Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. Lahmer T, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, El-Ashwah S, Nucci M, Besson C, Itri F, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Weinbergerová B, Seval GC, Adžić-Vukičević T, Szotkowski T, Sili U, Dargenio M, van Praet J, van Doesum J, Schönlein M, Ráčil Z, Žák P, Poulsen CB, Magliano G, Jiménez M, Bonuomo V, Piukovics K, Dragonetti G, Demirkan F, Blennow O, Valković T, Gomes Da Silva M, Maertens J, Glenthøj A, Fernández N, Bergantim R, Verga L, Petzer V, Omrani AS, Méndez GA, Machado M, Ledoux MP, Bailén R, Duarte RF, Del Principe MI, Farina F, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Valls J, Marchetti M, Bilgin YM, Fracchiolla NS, Cattaneo C, Espigado I, Cordoba R, Collins GP, Labrador J, Falces-Romero I, Prezioso L, Meers S, Passamonti F, Buquicchio C, López-García A, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Cuccaro A, Garcia-Vidal C, Busca A, Navrátil M, de Jonge N, Biernat MM, Guidetti A, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Anastasopoulou A, de Ramón C, González-López TJ, Hoenigl M, Finizio O, Pinczés LI, Ali N, Vena A, Tascini C, Stojanoski Z, Merelli M, Emarah Z, Kohn M, Barać A, Mladenović M, Mišković B, Ilhan O, Çolak GM, Čerňan M, Gräfe SK, Ammatuna E, Hanakova M, Víšek B, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Zambrotta GPM, Wolf D, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Arellano E, Aiello TF, García-Sanz R, Prattes J, Egger M, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Cvetanoski M, Dibos M, Rasch S, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry.  Infection. 2024 Feb 22. ​​​DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02169-7



  • Fibrin glue in managing intractable gingival bleeding in patients with inherited bleeding disorders-a quasi-experimental pilot study. ​Hussain S, Ali Zaidi SA, Sawani S and Moiz B.​ ​J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Feb;74(2):378-383.​ ​​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.9378


  • Maham Vaqar, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sadaf Khan, Qamar Riaz, Sana Mahmood, Natasha Ali, Adil H Haider, A Journey of Innovation: 40 years of Pioneering Medical Education at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, Postgraduate Medical Journal, Volume 100, Issue 1183, May 2024, Pages 350–357, https://doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgad139​​. 

Histopathology Publications​​​​​​

  • ​Abdominal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma presenting as volvulus and recurring intestinal obstruction in a neonate: a case report. Ahmed S, Dilawar B, Moeen S, Dilawar S, Sheikh H and Arain MA. J Med Case Rep. 2024 Dec 22;18(1):619. DOI: 10.1186/s13256-024-04976-4. ​




  • Reappraisal of soft tissue myoepithelial tumors by DNA methylation profiling reveals an epigenetically distinct group of mostly fusion-driven neoplasms. Malik F, Koo SC, Din NU et al. Virchows Arch (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-024-03977-4


  • YAP1::KMT2A-rearranged sarcomas harbor a unique methylation profile and are distinct from sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma and low-grade ​fibromyxoid sarcoma. Warmke LM, Ameline B, Fritchie KJ, Dehner CA, Agaimy A, Din NU, Miettinen MM, Dermawan JK, Gross JM, Thangaiah JJ, Chrisinger JSA, Suster DI, Perret R, Le Loarer F, Charville GW, Buehler D, Yeung MCF, Smith BF, Baumhoer D and Davis JL. ​​​Virchows Arch. 2024 Dec 6. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-024-03995-2​. 


  • ​TFE3-rearranged Head and Neck Neoplasms: Twenty-two Cases Spanning the Morphologic Continuum Between Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma and PEComa and Highlighting Genotypic Diversity. Agaimy A, Michal M, Abdelsatir A, Abdelsatir AA, Abdulrahim S, Laco J, Ihrler S, Tögel L, Stoehr R, Bishop JA, Din NU, Michal M. Am J Surg Pathol. 2024 Nov 27. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002334. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39593216. ​DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002334


  • High grade B-cell lymphoma presenting as gastrointestinal polyposis. Khandwala K, Mushtaq MA, Hilal K and Minhas K. ​BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Nov 13;17(11):e261113. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-261113


  • ​Spinal and posterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma mimicking neurenteric cyst. Khandwala K, Ali H, Hilal K and Asghari T. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Nov 5;17(11):e263055. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-263055. PMID: 39500583. ​​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-263055​. 


  • ​​Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Case report. Maqbool N, Pal KMB, Uddin Z and Safdar F. ​​Int J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Nov;124:110438. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2024.110438


  • Factors associated with the survival of oral cavity cancer patients: a single institution experience from Karachi, Pakistan. Shamsi U, Khan MAA, Qadir MS, Rehman SS​​U, Azam I, Idress R. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Nov 22;24(1):1427. ​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-04920-4


  • ​​​​Sensitivity and Predictive Value of the Frozen Section of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Post-neoadjuvant Setting: Experience From a Tertiary Care Hospital in a Resource-Limited​​​ Country. Safdar F, Vohra L and Idress R. Cureus. 2024 Oct 26;16(10):e72412. ​DOI: 10.7759/cu​​reus.72412


  • ​Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Background of Non-neoplastic Toxic Nodular Goiter. Rizwan A, Saad M, Fatima S, Ameen A, Akh​ter S. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2024 Sep 2;10(6):249-252. DOI: 10.1016/j.aace.2024.08.008. ​​


  • ​​Clinicopathological characteristics of extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease: A retrospective case series of 25 patients. ​Tran PTC, Din NU, Xu Z and Ahsan BU. ​Ann Diagn Pathol. 2024 Sep 27;73:152377. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152377. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39366206. DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152377


  • ​​Model for detecting metastatic deposits in lymph nodes of colorectal carcinoma on digital/ non-WSI images. Zehra T, Moeen S, Shams M, Raza M, Khurshid A, Jafri A and Abdul-Ghafar J.​ Diagn Pathol. 2024 Sep 16;19(1):125. ​DOI: 10.1186/s13000-024-01547-5


  • Chromoblastomycosis: A Single Centre Clinical Labora​tory Experience of Seven Years (2016-2022) and Literature Review From Pakistan. Zeeshan M, Fatima S, Farooqi J, Owais R, Ahmed A, Jabeen K, Zafar A.​ Mycoses. 2024 Sep;67(9):e13796. ​DOI: 10.1111/myc.13796


  • A fetus with a mass in the or​al cavit​y: A rare case of large oral immature teratoma. Anjum S, Siddiqui HF and Arshad S.​ SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2024 Sep 14;12:2050313X241275027. DOI: 10.1177/2050313X241275027​. 


  • Extra-abdominal and intra-abdominal FET::CREM fusion mesenchymal neoplasms: comparative clinicopathological study of 9 new cases further supporting a distinct potentially aggressive sarcoma and report of novel sites.​ Agaimy A, Blakely M, Breimer GE, Hölsken A, Koppes SA, Meidenbauer N, Rijken JA, Schad A, Simon AG, Stoehr R, Bishop JA, and Din NU.​ Virchows Arch. 2024 Sep 9.​DOI: 10.1007/s00428-024-03917-2.​ 


  • ​Xanthogran​​ulomatous epithelial tumors/keratin-positive giant cell-rich tumors involving the head and neck: report of seven cases and review of the literature. Whaley RD, Agaimy A, Bridge JA, Stoehr R, Din NU, Gagan J, Rampisela D, Folpe AL, and Bishop JA.​ Virchows Arch. 2024 Aug 20. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-024-03892-8


  • ​Accuracy and Comparison of Core Needle Biopsy Diagnoses With Excision Specimen for Diagnosing Fibroepithelial Lesions of the Breast. ​​​Tariq MU, Rani A, Kayani N, Sattar AK, Vohra L, and Idress R​​. Cureus. ​2024 Jul 20;16(7):e64997. ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64997


  • ​​Extensive Cytomegalovirus Gastroduodenitis Ca​using Gastric Outlet Obstruction in an Immunocompetent Patient. Jalil Z, Zaman Z, Lund S, Seetlani NK and Arshad S.​ ACG Case Rep J. 2024 Jul 20;11(7):e01420. DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001420.​ 


  • ​​​Spinal Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in a 14-Year-old Child With Down Syndrome: A Case Report.​​ Zahid S, Bashir F, Minhas K, Anwar SS, Javed G, Hawkins C, Bouffet E and Mushtaq N.​​​​ J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2024 Aug 1;46(6):e433-e438. ​​​​DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002919


  • ​​The current status and challenges of bioethics education in undergraduate medical education in Karachi, Pakistan. Shirazi B, Riaz Q, Jafarey AM, Ahmed R and Shamim MS.​​ MC Med Educ. 2024 Jul 9;24(1):737.​​​​​ ​DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05599-5.​


  • ​Assessing Morphological Diversity of Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan​​​​​. Suleman S, Fatima S and Ud Din N.​ ​​Cureus. 2024 Jun 25;16(6):e63134. ​​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63134


  • ​​​​A Comprehensive Clinicopathologic and Molecular Reappraisal of GLI1-altered Mesenchymal Tumors with Pooled Outcome Analysis Showing Poor Survival in GLI1- amplified Versus GLI1-rearranged Tumors. ​Saoud C, Agaimy A, Dermawan JK, Chen JF, Rosenblum MK, Dickson BC, Dashti N, Michal M, Kosemehmetoglu K, Din NU, Albritton K, Agaram NP and Antonescu CR. ​​Am J Surg Pathol. 2024 Jun 27.​ DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002272.​ 


  • Diagnostic utility of anti-thyroid peroxidas​e immunohistochemistry in the identification of papillary thyroid carcinoma. ​​Suleman S, Fatima S and Tariq MU. ​Diagn Pathol. 2024 Jun 25;73:152358. DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152358.​


  • ​Duodenal stricture secondary to IgG4-related chronic sclerosing duodenitis-A case report with review of the literature. Anns KM, Salar M, Salar H, Khan F, Memon WA, Aman M, Zafar U, Minhas K, Zafar H, and Shahid J. Clin Case Rep. 202​4 May 27;12(6):e8980. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8980


  • A shared group of bacterial taxa in the duodenal microbiota of undernourished Pakistani children with environmental enteric dysfunction. ​​​Iqbal NT, Chen RY, Griffin NW, Hibberd MC, Khalid A, Sadiq K, Jamil Z, Ahmed K, Iqbal J, Hotwani A, Kabir F, Rahman N, Rizvi A, Idress R, Ahmed Z, Ahmed S, Umrani F, Syed S, Moore SR, Ali A, Barratt MJ and Gordon JI.​  mSphere. 2024 Jun 25;9(6):e0019624.​​ DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00196-24​.


  • ​Pediatric neuropathology practice in a low- and middle-income country: capacity building through institutional twinning.​ ​​Gilani A, Mushtaq N, Shakir M, Altaf A, Siddiq Z, Bouffet E, Tabori U, Hawkins C, and Minhas K. ​​​Front Oncol. 2024 May 3;14:1328374.​​ ​​​DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1328​374​.


  • Case of embryonal tum​or multilayered rosettes in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1. Zahid S, Bashir F, Minhas K, Hilal K, and Mushtaq N. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 May 7. DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06442-4


  • ​Myoepi​​thelial tumors of soft tissue and bone in children and young adults: A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases occurring in patients ≤ 21 Years of age.​ Lo​gan SJ, Dehner CA, Alruwaii FI, Din NU, Olson DR, Fritchie KJ, Charville GW, Blessing MM, and Folpe AL.​​ ​Hum Pathol. 2024 May 21;149:10-20.​​​ DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2024.05.007.​


  • ​​Differential analysis of histopatho​logical and genetic markers of cancer aggressiveness, and survival difference in EBV-positive and EBV-negative prostate carcinoma. Ahmed K, Sheikh A, Fatima S, Ghulam T, Haider G, Abbas F, Sarria-Santamera A, Ghias K, Mughal N, and Abidi SH​​. Sci Rep. 2024 May 5;14(1):10315. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60538-0.​


  • ​Colorectal Cancer Survival and Its Prognostic Factors in Karachi, Pakistan.​ Shamsi U, Qureshi S, Moosaji M, Azam I, and Idrees R. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Jun;34(6):688-692.​ ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.06.688.​


  • ​Association Between Ki-67 Proliferative Index and Oncotype-Dx Recurrence Score in Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Early Breast Cancers. A Systematic Review of the Literature. Mooghal M, Khan MAA, Samar MR, Shaikh H, Valimohammad AT, Idrees R, Abdul Rashid Y, and Sattar AK. Breast Cancer (Auckl). 2024 May 20;18:11782234241255211. ​​​​DOI: 10.1177/11782234241255211


  • Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in oral squamous cell car​cinoma with or without chewing habits. Anwar N, Chundriger Q, Awan S, Moatter T, Ali TS, Abdul Rasheed M and Pervez S.​ ​​PLoS One. 2024 May 1;19(5):e0300354.​​​ ​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300354.​

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  • ​Role of​ SOX10 Immunohistochemical Expression in Diagnosing Triple Negative Breast Can​cer and Its Correlation With Clinicopathological Features. Tariq MU, Siddiqui MA, Ud Din N and Kayani N. ​Cureus. 2024 Apr​ 29;16(4):e59276.​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.59276.​​



  • Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the breast. ​​Qadir M, Fatima S, Shaikh S and Zeeshan S.​​​ BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Apr 11;17(4):e258846. ​​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-258846.​


  • ​StresSense: Real-Time detection of stress-displaying behavi​ors.​ Saddaf Khan N, Qadir S, Anjum G and Uddin N. ​​Int J Med Inform. 2024 May;185:105401. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105401


  • ​Clinical and biological landscape of constitutional mismatch-repair deficiency syndrome: an International Replication Repair Deficiency Consortium cohort study. Ercan AB, Aronson M, Fernandez NR, Chang Y, Levine A, Liu ZA, Negm L, Edwards M, Bianchi V, Stengs L, Chung J, Al-Battashi A, Reschke A, Lion A, Ahmad A, Lassaletta A, Reddy AT, Al-Darraji AF, Shah AC, Van Damme A, Bendel A, Rashid A, Margol AS, Kelly BL, Pencheva B, Heald B, Lemieux-Anglin B, Crooks B, Koschmann C, Gilpin C, Porter CC, Gass D, Samuel D, Ziegler DS, Blumenthal DT, Kuo DJ, Hamideh D, Basel D, Khuong-Quang DA, Stearns D, Opocher E, Carceller F, Baris Feldman H, Toledano H, Winer I, Scheers I, Fedorakova I, Su JM, Vengoechea J, Sterba J, Knipstein J, Hansford JR, Gonzales-Santos JR, Bhatia K, Bielamowicz KJ, Minhas K, Nichols KE, Cole KA, Penney L, Hjort MA, Sabel M, Gil-da-Costa MJ, Murray MJ, Miller M, Blundell ML, Massimino M, Al-Hussaini M, Al-Jadiry MF, Comito MA, Osborn M, Link MP, Zapotocky M, Ghalibafian M, Shaheen N, Mushtaq N, Waespe N, Hijiya N, Fuentes-Bolanos N, Ahmad O, Chamdine O, Roy P, Pichurin PN, Nyman P, Pearlman R, Auer RC, Sukumaran RK, Kebudi R, Dvir R, Raphael R, Elhasid R, McGee RB, Chami R, Noss R, Tanaka R, Raskin S, Sen S, Lindhorst S, Perreault S, Caspi S, Riaz S, Constantini S, Albert S, Chaleff S, Bielack S, Chiaravalli S, Cramer SL, Roy S, Cahn S, Penna S, Hamid SA, Ghafoor T, Imam U, Larouche V, Magimairajan Issai V, Foulkes WD, Lee YY, Nathan PC, Maruvka YE, Greer MC, Durno C, Shlien A, Ertl-Wagner B, Villani A, Malkin D, Hawkins C, Bouffet E, Das A, Tabori U. ​Lancet Oncol. ​​​DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00026-3


  • Management of Breast Intraductal Papilloma Diagnosed on Core Needle Biopsy: Excision or Follow-up?​ Gillani M, Idress R, Afzal S, Khan M, Shahzad H and Sattar AK.​ ​Cureus. 2024 Feb 22;16(2):e54716.​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54716


  • ​​Immune mapping of human tuberculosis and sarcoidosis lung granulomas.​ ​Carow B, Muliadi V, Skålén K, Yokota C, Kathamuthu GR, Setiabudiawan TP, Lange C, Scheu K, Gaede KI, Goldmann T, Pandita A, Masood KI, Pervez S, Grunewald J, Hasan Z, Levin M and Rottenberg ME.​​ ​Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 7;1​4:1332733.​​ ​​DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1332733


  • Capacity building for pediatric neuro-oncology in Pakistan- a project by my child matters program of Foundation S.​​ Mushtaq N, Qureshi BM, Javed G, Sheikh NA, Bakhshi SK, Laghari AA, Enam SA, Anwar SSM, Hilal K, Kabir A, Ahmad A, Goraya A, Mistry AS, Rashid A, Maaz AUR, Munawar MA, Khan AA, Bashir F, Hashmi H, Saeed K, Khandwala K, Rehman L, Dewan MC, Khan MS, Karim MU, Shaheen N, Zia N, Yasmeen N, Mahmood R, Memon RAR, Kirmani S, Resham S, Kadri S, Riaz S, Hamid SA, Ghafoor T, Imam U, Mushtaq YR, Rana ZA, Bouffet E, and Minhas K.​​ Front Oncol. 2024 Feb 29;14:1325167. ​​​DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1325167


  • ​Comprehensive clinical overview of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Khan AMH, Anwer SH, Sayed S, Mansha MA, Kamran YB, Khursheed A, Haroon F, Soomro NH, Idrees R and Abbasi AN.  Respir Med. 2024 Feb;222:107511. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107511


  • ​Recurrent Wnt Pathway and ARID1A Alterations in Sinonasal Olfactory Carcinoma. Rooper LM, Agaimy A, Bell D, Gagan J, Gallia GL, Jo VY, Lewis JS Jr, London NR, Nishino M, Stoehr R, Thompson LDR, Din NU, Wenig BM, Westra WH and Bishop JA. ​Mod Pathol. 2024 Feb 16:100448. DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100448.​ 


  • ​​​Microscopic Colitis in a Young Male: Unveiling the Rarity. ​​​Shahid Y, Sohail Z, Urrehman A and Uddin Z. ​Cureus. 2024 Jan 4;16(1):e51638. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51638


  • ​A Curious Case of Primary Gastric Mucosal Melanoma. Sohail Z, Samar MR, Qureshi NJ, Arshad S and Zaki A.​​​ ​Korean J Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan 25;83(1):33-36.​ DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2023.136.

​​​​ Microbiology Publicatio​​ns​

  • ​​Early warning systems for identifying severe maternal outcomes: findings from the WHO global maternal sepsis study. Chimwaza Y, Hunt A, Oliveira-Ciabati L, Bonnett L, Abalos E, Cuesta C, Souza JP, Bonet M, Brizuela V, Lissauer D; World Health Organization Global Maternal Sepsis Study Research Group. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Dec 6;79:102981. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102981.​​ Collaborator: Dr Sadia Shakoor.​ 


  • Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital. Kum​ari B, Hasan M, Irfan S, Khalid A and Moiz B. Transfus Apher Sci. 2024 Dec;63(6):104018.​​​​​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2024.104018.​​​


  • Addressing conflict of interest driving irrational prescribing of antibiotics in pluralistic health systems: an interventional study in Pakistan. Dr Rumina Hasan and Dr Sadia Shakoor were p​art of the group that led a recently released JPMA supplement https://jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/issue/view/98.


  • ​Physicians’ inclination towards standard guidelines and regulations on incentive based prescribing practices in Karachi. A mixed methods study design. Khan MS, Shepherd AR, Azizullah Z, Khan SS, Noor MN, Mark NV, Shakoor S, Hasan R, Siddiqui AR​​. A mixed methods study design. J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Nov;74(11 (Supple-12)):S6-S10. ​https://jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/22842​


  • MRI differentiation of CNS fungal infections: correlating imaging features with microbiological and histopathological findings. Khandwala K, Farooqi J, Ali R, Bakhshi SK, Anwar SSM. Neuroradiology​. 2024 Nov 25. DOI: 10.1007/s00234-024-03510-z


  • ​SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expre​​ssion but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains. Merchant M, Ashra, J, Masood KI. et al. ​Sci Rep 14, 25734 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76401-1​


  • Incentive-linked prescribing ​​and the plights of p​atients: a qualitative study in Pakistan. Noor MN, Azizullah Z, Abbasi HS, Mark NV, Shepherd AR, Siddiqui AR, Khan MS, Hasan R, Shakoor S.  J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Nov;74(11 (Supple-12)):S19-S23. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.AKU-EPP-05. ​​


  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990-2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050. ​GBD 2021 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. ​Lancet. 2024 Sep​​​ 28;404(10459):1199-1226. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01867-1. Epub 2024 Sep 16.​​ https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01867-1​. Collaborator: Drs Rumina Syeda Hasan​ and Sadia Shakoor.​​


  • Evaluation of a point-of-care multiplex immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of typhoid: results from a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study. Hasan R, Azizullah Z, Shams H​​, Dittrich S, Andrews JR, Charles RC, Esfandiari J, Gunasekera D, Tetteh KK, and Sapkota J. 2024. Journal of clinical microbiology​​, e0042824. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00428-24


  • A successful UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis. Cirillo D, Anthony R, Gagneux S, Horsburgh CR Jr, Hasan R, Darboe S, Laniado-Laborin R, Probandari A, Tukvadze N, Arcêncio RA, Bimba J, S, Brighenti S, Chesov D, Chiang, C Y, Kalmambetova G, Knight G, Konstantynovska O, Kruse A, Lange C, Mayanja-Kizza H, Hauser J. 2024. The Lancet. Global health, 12(8), e1225–e1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00229-8​


  • Chromoblastomycosis: A Single Centre Clinical Laboratory Experience of Seven Years (2016-2022) and Literature Review From Pakistan. Zeeshan M, Fatima S, Farooqi J, Owais R, Ahmed A, Jabeen K, and Zafar A. 2024. Mycoses, 67(9), e13796. https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13796


  • Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. 2024. BMC medical education, 24(1), 938. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x​


  • Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: a genomic anal​ysis. Nasir SAR, Zeeshan M, Hasan R, Farooqi J, Jabeen K, ​Khan E, Ghanchi N. et al. BMC Microbiol 24, 347. 2​024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03491-2


  • Disparities in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: a retrospective study from Pakistan. Ghanchi NK, Masood KI, Qazi MF, Shahid S, Nasir A, Mahmood SF, Ansar Z, Nisar MI, and Hasan Z. 2024.  BMC public health, 24(1), 2629. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19958-w​


  • Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Schilling WHK, Mukaka M, Callery JJ, Llewelyn MJ, Cruz CV, Dhorda M, Ngernseng T, Waithira N, Ekkapongpisit M, Watson JA, Chandna A, Nelwan EJ, Hamers RL, Etyang A, Beg MA, Sow S, Yavo W, Allabi AC, Basnyat B, Sharma SK, COPCOV Collaborative Group. 2024.  PLoS medicine, 21(9), e1004428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004428


  • Correction: IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic blood donors at two time points in Karachi. Hasan M, Moiz B, Qaiser S, Masood KI, Ghous Z, Hussain A, Ali N, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Alves P, Abidi SH, Ghias K, Khan E, Hasan Z. ​​PLoS One. 2024 Dec 12;19(12):e0315960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960. Erratum for: PLoS One. 2022 Aug 24;17(8):e0271259. ​​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960

  • ​Role of Xpert PCR kit in assessing MRSA colonization in medical and surgical units of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Ashraf MA, Irfan S, Baig A, Zeeshan SM, Khan H, Ahmed I, Virani N, and Roshan R. 2024.  BMC infectious diseases, 24(1), 1096. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09710-5​​.


  • Temporary persistence of bedaquiline-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates under bedaquiline pressure as a model to explore resistance mechanisms. Saeed DK, Shakoor S, Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Ashraf J, Azizullah Z, Kanji A, and Hasan R. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2024. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_121_24


  • ​Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug ​28;24(1):938. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x


  • ​Non-granulomatous meningoencephalitis with Balamuthia mandr​​illaris mi​micking a tumor: First confirmed case from Pakistan. ​Javed Z, Hussain MM, Ghanchi N, Gilani A, and Enam SA.​ Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Jul 12;15:238. DOI: 10.25259/SNI_181_2024


  • ​​Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan. Iqbal I, Shahid S, Kanwar S, Kabir F, Umrani F, Ahmed S, Khan W, Qazi MF, Aziz F, Muneer S, Kalam A, Hotwani A, Mehmood J, Qureshi AK, Hasan Z, Shakoor S, Mirza S, McGee L, Lo SW, Kumar N, Azam I, Bentley SD, Jehan F, Nisar MI. ​Vaccine. 2024 Aug 20;42(23):126238. ​​DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126238.​​


  • WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health. Bertagnolio S, Dobreva Z, Centner CM, Olaru ID, Donà D, Bur​zo S, Huttner BD, Chaillon A, Gebreselassie N, Wi T, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Allegranzi B, Sati H, Ivanovska V, Kothari KU, Balkhy HH, Cassini A, Hamers RL, Weezenbeek KV; WHO Research Agenda for AMR in Human Health Collaborators. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Aug 12:100902. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00134-4. Collaborator: Sadia Shakoor and Joveria Farooqi​


  • ​​The Second International Collaborative Mycology Conference: evidence-informed fight against fungal diseases in Pakistan. Farooqi J, Bongomin F, Hasan R, Nasir N, Irfan M, Mahmood SF, Zafar A, Mir F, Nizamuddin S, and Jabeen K. Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 6;11:20499361241272510.​ ​DOI: 10.1177/20499361241272510


  • ​A successful UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis. ​Cirillo D, Anthony R, Gagneux S, Horsburgh CR Jr, Hasan R, Darboe S, Laniado-Laborin R, Probandari A, Tukvadze N, Arcêncio RA, Bimba JS, Brighenti S, Chesov D, Chiang CY, Kalmambetova G, Knight G, Konstantynovska O, Kruse A, Lange C, Mayanja-Kizza H, McBryde E, Min J, Sanchez-Montalva A, Sulis G, Tsogt B, Van Der Walt M, Yeboah-Manu D and Hauser J. ​Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Aug;12(8):e1225-e1226. ​DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00229-8


  • ​Longevity of immune response following a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine against Salmonella Typhi among children in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Qamar FN, Qureshi S, Haq Z, Yousafzai T, Qazi I, Irfan S, Iqbal N, Amalik Z, Hotwani A, Ali Q, Fatima I, Rahman N, Carter AS and Seidman JC.​ Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 20:107187. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107187.


  • Healthcare consumers' perceptions of incentive-linked prescribing: A scoping review.​ Noor MN, Abbasi HS, van Der Mark N, Azizullah Z, Linton J, Rahman-Shepherd A, Siddiqui AR, Kha​​n MS, Hasan R and Shakoor S.​ ​PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Jun 27;4(6):e0003026. ​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003026.


  • ​Clinical characteris​tics, outcome, and factors associated with mortality of pulmonary mucormycosis: a retrospective single-center study fro​m Pakistan. ​​Khalid R, Khanum I, Habib K, Ali AS, Farooqi J, Iqbal N, Ejaz T, Jabeen K, and Irfan M.​​ Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2024 May 6;11:20499361241251744.​​ DOI: 10.1177/20499361241251744.​


  • ​Microbiological Evaluation of Commercial Hand Sanitisers Available in Pakistan Using European Standard and Membrane Filtration Method.​​​ Ashraf MA, and Irfan S. ​​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Jun;34(6):667-671. ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.06.667.​


  • Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes. ​​Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Kanji A, Shakoor S, and Hasan R.​  J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2024 May 22:S2213-7165(24)00095-X. ​​DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.05.006.​


  • Value of 3‑D‑Printed Swabs for Respiratory Sampling and Testing. Hasan Z, Iqbal A, Ahmed I, Khan MA, Jabeen K,  Islam N, Khan E and Sayani S. ​Received: 28 June 2023 / Accepted: 24 July 2023. Biomedical Materials & Devices. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44174-023-00120-w.


  • ​Temporal changes in SARS-CoV-2 clearance kinetics and the optimal design of antiviral pharmacodynamic studies: an individual patient data meta-analysis of a randomised, controlled, adaptive platform study (PLATCOV). Wongnak P, Schilling WHK, Jittamala P, Boyd S, Luvira V, Siripoon T, Ngamprasertchai T, Batty EM, Singh S, Kouhathong J, Pagornrat W, Khanthagan P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Poovorawan K, Mayxay M, Chotivanich K, Imwong M, Pukrittayakamee S, Ashley EA, Dondorp AM, Day NPJ, Teixeira MM, Piyaphanee W, Phumratanaprapin W, White NJ, Watson JA; PLATCOV Collaborative Group: Najia Ghanchi and M Asim Beg.  Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 24:S1473-3099(24)00183-X. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00183-X.


  • Clinical and nutritional correlates of bacterial diarrhoea aetiology in young children: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial. Somji S, Ashorn P, Manji K, Ahmed T, Chisti M, Dhingra U, Sazawal S, Singa B, Walson JL, Pavlinac P, Bar-Zeev N, Houpt E, Dube Q, Kotloff K, Sow S, Yousafzai MT, Qamar F, Bahl R, De Costa A, Simon​ J, Sudfeld CR, Duggan CP; ABCD Study Group. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Apr 11;8(1):e002448. DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002448. Collaborator: Sadia Shakoor. 


  • ​Azithromycin for Bacterial Watery Diarrhea: A Reanalysis of the AntiBiotics for Children With Severe Diarrhea (ABCD) Trial Incorporating Molecular Diagnostics. Pavlinac PB, Platts-Mills JA, Liu J, Atlas HE, Gratz J, Operario D, Rogawski McQuade ET, Ahmed D, Ahmed T, Alam T, Ashorn P, Badji H, Bahl R, Bar-Zeev N, Chisti MJ, Cornick J, Chauhan A, De Costa A, Deb S, Dhingra U, Dube Q, Duggan CP, Freyne B, Gumbi W, Hotwani A, Kabir M, Islam O, Kabir F, Kasumba I, Kibwana U, Kotloff KL, Khan SS, Maiden V, Manji K, Mehta A, Ndeketa L, Praharaj I, Qamar FN, Sazawal S, Simon J, Singa BO, Somji S, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Tigoi C, Toure A, Walson JL, Yousafzai MT, Houpt ER; AntiBiotics for Children with severe Diarrhea (ABCD) Study Group. J Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 12;229(4):988-998.​​ ​DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad252. Collaborator: Sadia Shakoor​


  • Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-positive and non-HIV patients: a retrospective comparative study from a lower-middle income country. ​​​Ayub M, Bin Ali Zubairi M, Ghanchi N, Awan S, Jabeen K and Zubairi A.​ ​​Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2024 Apr 3. DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2024.2810.


  • Successful Treatment of Confirmed Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis.​ Burqi AMK, Satti L, Mahboob S, Anwar SOZ, Bizanjo M, Rafique M, Ghanchi NK. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):803-805. ​​DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.230979.


  • Identification of Invasive Filamentous Mold Isolates Using DNA Sequencing: Experience of a Clinical Laboratory in a Resource‑limited Setting. Irfan S, Zeeshan M, Ghanchi N, Jabeen K and Zafar A. Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal 8(1):p 67-71, Jan–Mar 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/bbrj.bbrj_3_24​​.


  • Caught In Each Other's Traps: Factors Perpetuating Incentive-Linked Prescribing Deals Between Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Khan MS, Rahman-Shepherd A, Noor MN, Siddiqui AR, Goodman C, Wiseman V, Isani AK, Aftab W, Sharif S, Shakoor S, Siddiqi S and Hasan R. ​Int J Health Policy Manag. 2024 Mar 17. ​​​DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2024.821​​3.​


  • ​Genomic analysis of clinical Aeromonas isolates reveals genetic diversity but little evidence of genetic determinants for diarrhoeal disease. Microb Genom. 2024 Mar;10(3). ​​Klemm EJ, Nisar MI, Bawn M, Nasrin D, Qamar FN, Page A, Qadri F, Shakoor S, Zaidi AK, Levine MM, Dougan G, Kingsley RA.​ Microb Genom. 2024 Mar;10(3).​​​​​ DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001211.​


  • ​GBD 2021 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. ​​Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 19:S1473-3099(24)00007-0.​ ​DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00007-0. Collaborator: Rumina Syeda Hasan​


  • Aetiology and use of antibiotics in pregnancy-related infections: results of the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS), 1-week inception cohort. Ribeiro-do-Valle CC, Bonet M, Brizuela V, Abalos E, Baguiya A, Bellissimo-Rodrigues F, Budianu M, Puscasiu L, Knight M, Lissauer D, Dunlop C, Jacob ST, Shakoor S, Gadama L, Assarag B, Souza JP, Cecatti JG; WHO GLOSS research group.​ Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2024 Feb 24;23(1):21. DOI: 10.1186/s12941-024-00681-8


  • ​WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics: strengthening diagnostics capacity to transform health care for all. Trapani D, Garcia PJ​, Schroeder L, Abdul-Ghani R, Hansali A, Offutalu PN, Sewell W, Shakoor S, Yunfeng L, Hashimoto N, Moussy FG, Aceves Capri A and Fleming K. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Mar;12(3):e364-e365.  DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00568-5​.


  • ​Estimating the subnational prevalence of antimicro​bial resistant Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A infections in 75 endemic countries, 1990-2019: a modelling study. GRAM Typhoid Collaborators. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Mar;12(3):e406-e418.​ ​​​DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00585-5. Collaborators: ​Rumina Hasan an​​d Sadia Shakoor.


  • ​Malaria in Pregnancy: ​Meta-Analyses of Prevalence and Associated Complications. ​​Das JK, Lakhani S, Rahman AR, Siddiqui F, Ali Padhani Z, Rashid Z, Mahmud O, Naqvi SK, Amir Naseem H, Jehanzeb H, Kumar S and Beg MA.​ ​2024 Feb 13:1-130. Epidemiol Infect. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268824000177.​


  • What happens when private general practitioners receive incentivisation offers from pharmaceutical sales representatives? A qualitative study in Pakistan. Noor MN, Rahman-Shepherd A, Khan SS, Hasan R, Siddiqui AR, Azam I, Bhutto F, Isani AK, Siddiqi S, Khan RI, Shakoor S and Khan M.​ 20​24 Feb 1:13558196241230853.  J Health Serv Res Policy. DOI: 10.1177/13558196241230853.​


  • ​Implementation and Long-term Efficacy of a Multifa​ceted Intervention to Reduc​​e Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units of a Low Middle-Income Country. ​Latif A, Ali W, Haleem S, Mahmood F, Munir T, Virani N, Khan H, Qadir M, Roshan R, Hooda K, Khan NM, Zafar A and Pronovost P.​ 2024 Feb 7:S0196-6553(24)00060-9. Am J Infect Control. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.02.001.​


  • ​​Building Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Kilmarx PH, Goraleski KA, Khan E, Lindo JF and Saravia NG.​ 2024 Jan 23:tpmd230675. Am J Trop Med Hyg.​​​DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0675.​


  • ​Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre- and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan.  ​Javaid N, Lo SW, Nisar MI, Basharat A, Jaleel H, Rasool K, Sultana Q, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Breiman RF, Bentley SD, Shakoor S and Mirza S. 2024 Jan;10(1):00​​​1163. ​​Microb Genom. DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001163.​


  • Fluconazo​le-resistant Candida parapsilosis complex candidemia and analysis of mutations in the ERG11 gene from Pakistan. Zeeshan M, Memon S, Malick A, Naqvi SF, Farooqi J, Ghanchi NK and Jabeen K. Mycoses. 2024 Jan;67(1):e13677. ​​DOI: 10.1111/myc.13677


  • Daptomycin MICs by Broth Microdilution Method Against Staphylococcus aureus in Clinical Specimens: A Cross-Sectional Study from Pakistan. Zeeshan M, Ahmed I, Irfan S, Khan MA and Zafar A.​  2024 Jan;34(1):27-31. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak.​​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.01.27.​


Molecular Pathology Publications​​​​

  • Correction: IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic blood donors at two time points in Karachi. Hasan M, Moiz B, Qaiser S, Maso​od KI, Ghous Z, Hussain A, Ali N, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Alves P, Abidi SH, Ghias K, Khan E and Hasan Z. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 12;19(12):e0315960. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960
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  • Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan. Iqbal I, Sh​ahid S, Kanwar S, Kabir F, Umrani F, Ahmed S, Kha​n W, Qazi MF, Aziz F, Muneer S, Kalam A, Hotwani A, Mehmood J, Qureshi AK, Hasan Z, Shakoor S, Mirza S, McGee L, Lo SW, Kumar N, Azam I, Bentley SD, Jehan F, Nisar MI.​ Vaccine. 2024 Oct 3;42(23):126238. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126238

  • ​​Analysis of spinal muscular atrophy patients from the spinal muscular atrophy and muscular dystrophy registry of Pakistan. Aziz B, Arif AA, Ansar Z, Nasir A, Hasan Z, Kazi K, et al. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/22143602241301657


  • SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expression but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains. Merchant M, Ashraf J, Masood KI, Yameen M, Hussain R, Nasir A and Hasan Z. Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 28;14(1):25734. ​​DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-​76401-1


  • ​Outcomes of Patients with NPM1 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia, An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Zulfiqar M, Ali N, Shaikh U, Jehanzeb H, Arif S, Saeed N, Khan ZF and Ansar Z. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-01-01 issue Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): July-December. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/88​.

  • ​Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: a genomic analysis. Nasir SAR, Zeeshan M, Ghanchi N, Saeed N, Ghayas H, Zaka S, Ashraf J, Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Hasan Z, Fatima T, Rezwan F, Mahmood SF, Arshad M, Khan E, Ozer EA and Hasan R. BMC Microbiol. 2024 Sep 14;24(1):347.​​ DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03491-2


  • Dispariti​es in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: a retrospective study from Pakistan. Ghanchi NK, Masood KI, Qazi MF, Shahid S, Nasir A, Mahmood SF, Ansar Z, Nisar MI, Hasan Z. BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):2629. ​DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19958-w.



  • MPN-005 Spectrum of ABL Kinase Variant Analysis to Imatinib Resistance in Different Subsets of BCR ABL1-Positive Patients, in a Major Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan. Ahmed ZA, Shaikh MS, Samra Naz, Hayat H, Ali N​. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2152-2650(24)01384-3.


  • Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in oral squamous cell carcinoma with or without chewing habits. ​Anwar N, Chundriger Q, Awan S, Moatter T, Ali TS, Abdul Rasheed M, and Pervez S. ​PLoS One. 2024 May ​1;19(5):e0300354.​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300354.​


  • ​Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes.​ Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Kanji A, Shakoor S, and Hasan R.​​ J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2024 May 22:S2213-7165(24)00095-X.​ ​​DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.05.006.​

  • ​Shift in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from Delta to Omicron was associated with reduced hospitalizations, increased risk of breakthrough infections but lesser disease severity. Mwendwa F​​, Kanji A, Bukhari AR, Khan U, Sadiqa A, Mushtaq Z, Nasir N, Mahmood SF, Aamir UB, and Hasan Z. ​​J Infect Public Health. 2024 Jun;17(6):1100-1107. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2024.04.025

  • ​​​​Value of 3‑D‑Printed Swabs for Respiratory Sampling and Testing. Hasan Z, Iqbal A, Ahmed I, Khan MA, Jabeen K, Islam N, Khan E and Sayani S. ​Received: 28 June 2023 / Accepted: 24 July 2023. Biomedical Materials & Devices. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44174-023-00120-w.



  • ​​Immune mapping of human tuberculosis and ​​sarcoidosis lung granulomas.​ ​Carow B, Muliadi V, Skålén K, Yokota C, Kathamuthu GR, Setiabudiawan TP, Lange C, Scheu K, Gaede KI, Goldmann T, Pandita A, Masood KI, Pervez S, Grunewald J, Hasan Z, Levin M and Rottenberg ME.​ ​Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 7;14:1332733.​ DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1332733


  • ​Mutation Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer for Selection of Patients Eligible for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy . Ansar Z, Nasir A and Moatter T. J Cancer Allied Spec. 2024 Feb.8;10(1). https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/569​.​​​​​

Research and Education Publications​​​

  • Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug ​28;24(1):938. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x​​