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  • Lassa Fever – Un Peacekeepers’ Nightmare in West Africa 
    Irfan Ali Mirza, Muhammad Azmat Khan; Abdul Hakim (Pak Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2005)
    Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus belonging to Arenaviridae family and is endemic in West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria. The virus is present in a multi-mammate ...
  • Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C in Young Adults Seeking Recruitment in Armed Forces 
    Irfan Ali Mirza, Sajjad Hussain Mirza; Sabahat Irfan, Rashad Siddiqi; Waheed Uz Zaman Tariq, Asif Nawaz (Pak Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2006)
    Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the commonest causes of chronic liver disease all over the world including Pakistan. According to the Pakistan Armed Forces policy, all the military ...
  • Frequency of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and Anti- HCV in Young Adults - Experience in Southern Punjab 
    Irfan Ali Mirza, Syed Mathar Hussain Kazmi; Asif Nawaz Janjua (Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2006-12-26)
    HBV and HCV infections are a constant source of threat to the younger population. It is thus imperative that public campaign be launched to create awareness to masses. General education of the public can be very helpful ...
  • Nosocomial Infections Due to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Hospitalized Patients 
    Arif Maqsood Ali, Shahid Ahmed Abbasi; Shazia Arif, Irfan Ali Mirza (Pak Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2007-04-16)
    Objective: This study was carried out to find out the extent of MRSA in hospitalized patients in Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Methodology: It is a prospective cross sectional descriptive study based on the records ...
  • Microbiology Of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media - Experience at Bahawalpur 
    Irfan Ali Mirza, Liaquat Ali; Muhammad Arshad (Pak Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2008)
    Objective: To determine the aerobic microorganisms involved and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) to provide a guideline for making a protocol for empirical ...
  • Pattern of Nosocomial Infection in Two Intensive Care Units of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi 
    Irfan Ali Mirza (Journal of The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2008)
  • Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern in a Tertiary Care Institution 
    Humaira Zafar, Misbah Zaheer; Kausar Izhar, Mobina Dhodhy; Abbas Hayat (Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC), 2008)
    Background: Isolation of different types of organisms from urine, high vaginal swab (HVS), pus and blood and determining their sensitivity and resistance pattern. Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of ...
  • The Culture and Sensitivity Pattern of Uropathogens Detected at Benazir Bhutto Hospital 
    Sumaira Zaree, Kausar Izhar; Humaira Zafar, Abbas Hayat (Ann. Pak. Inst. Med. Sci., 2009)
    Objective: To find out the frequency and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of various pathogens causing urinary tract infections in patients referred for urine culture and sensitivity. Materials and Methods: In this cross ...
  • Surveillance Of Rubella in Female Students in Medical Colleges 
    Bahram Mazhari, Wajiha Raza; Humaira Zafar; Muhammed Umer Awan, Abbas Hayat (Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC), 2009)
    Background: Rubella virus infection is normally not a serious infection in childhood, but if it occurs during pregnancy it can be a very serious threat to the developing fetus. It may lead to Congenital Rubella Syndrome ...
  • Thrombocytopenia a Presenting Feature Of Hepatitis C 
    Mobina Ahsan Dodhy, Humaira Zafar; Ali Mujtaba (Annals of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, 2010)
    Background: Hepatitis C is now a very common disease in our setup. A majority of patients suffering from this illness present with thrombocytopenia while being investigated for any other medical or surgical illness. Objective: ...
  • Evaluation of BACTEC MGIT 960 system for recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Pakistan 
    Luqman Satti, Aamer Ikram; Shahid Abbasi, Tariq Butt; Nasarullah Malik, Irfan Ali Mirza (Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 2010-03-04)
    We evaluated the performance of MGIT 960 system in terms of recover rate, detection time of mycobacteria and contamination rate from various human clinical specimens and compared it with already in use BACTEC 460 TB ...
  • Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care setting 
    Abdul Sattar, Shahid Ahmad Abbasi; Farah Faqir, Irfan Ali Mirza; Javaid Usman, Ali Faraz (Pak Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2010-04-08)
    Objective: To determine the in vitro efficacy of tigecycline against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Place and Duration of study: Department of Microbiology Army Medical College and Armed Forces Institute ...
  • Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Sepsis in An Acute Myeloid Leukemic Patient 
    Abdul Sattar, Shahid Ahmad Abbasi; Irfan Ali Mirza, Nasrullah Malik; Pervaiz Ahmad, Farah Faqir (Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2010-05-21)
    Neutropenic fever is an important cause of morbidity and mortality during therapy of acute myeloid leukemia. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia are at increased risk of acquiring vancomycin resistant enterococcal infection ...
  • Frequency of Intestinal Parasites in Stool Samples 
    Sumaira Zareef, Humaira Zafar; Rubina Mansoor, Mobeena Ehsan; Bahram Mazhari, Umar Awaan; Abbas Hayat (Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC), 2010-07)
    Background: To study the frequency of intestinal parasites in the stool specimens Method: In this cross sectional study, 643 samples of stool were collected. Each stool sample was analyzed grossly and microscopically. ...
  • REFERENCE RANGES OF PROTHOMBIN TIME AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL THOMBOPLASTIN TIME IN HEALTHY INFANT (< 1 year) 
    Kiran Tauseef, Nadir Ali, Sohaib Ahmed, Humaira Zafar, Jaleel Anwar (Isra Medical Journal, 2011)
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the reference values of PT and APTT amongst the healthy infants of < 1 year of age. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: It was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out at Haematology department of Armed ...
  • STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF RHEUMATIC FEVER AND ITS COMPLICATIONS 
    Humaira Zafar, Kiran Tauseef Bukhari (Isra Medical Journal, 2011)
    Rheumatic fever (RF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) continues to be a global health problem since long. Moreover, it is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality especially in younger age group i.e. 3–18 years. RF ...
  • MEDICAL IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MUSHROOMS 
    Abdul Qadar Khan Mohmand, Muhammad Waseem Kousar, Humaira Zafar, Kiran Tauseef Bukhari, Mudassira Zahid Khan (Isra Medical Journal, 2011)
    Fungi are playing a vital role in the Biological world. Their three forms (Yeasts, Molds and Mushrooms) are important in the preparation of certain foods (cheese, bread, liquors), antibiotics and anti-fungal drugs. They are ...
  • Sea Blue Histiocytosis Secondary to Niemann Pick Disease 
    Mobina Ahsan Dodhy, Wardah Aslam; Amna Nazir, Masooma Shaheen; Maryam Habib, Humaira Zafar (International Journal of Pathology, 2011)
    Sea blue histiocytosis is a rare disorder, characterized by the presence of atypical macrophages (sea blue histiocytes) in the bonemarrow detectable by May-Giemsa staining. We report a case of a 3 years old female ,whose ...
  • Ambu Bag as a Source of Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak in an Intensive Care Unit 
    Irfan Ali Mirza, Aamir Hussain; Shahid Ahmed Abbasi, Nasrullah Malik; Luqman Satti, Umme Farwa (Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2011-01-10)
    This case report describes an outbreak of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital. Three patients were infected on the same day from an Ambu bag which was used ...
  • Variation in Reference Values of Haematological Parameters Between Regional and International Literature Amongst the Neonates 
    Kiran Tauseef, Nadir Ali; Sohaib Ahmed, Humaira Zafar; Jaleel Anwar (Isra Medical Journal, 2011-04)
    OBJECTIVES: To assess the variation in reference values of Haematological parameters i.e Haemoglobin (Hb), Total Leucocyte Count (TLC), Red Blood Cells (RBC) and Platelet Counts (PLT) in neonates of Rawalpindi and to ...

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