Dr. Fouzia Zeeshan Khan

Research

Antimicrobial resistance

PUBLICATIONS:

• Current Rise of Extensive Drug Resistant Salmonella Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. Medical Forum. 2023;34(9):32-36
• Frequency of Bacterial Coinfections isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients from Tertiary care hospital of Karachi. Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College.2023 Vol. 27 (Issue 2)
• Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae among uropathogens isolated in a referral laboratory of Karachi. Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute. 2022;36 (4):230-234
• Comparison between efficacy of Tygecycline and Minocycline in Multidrugresistant Acinetobacter baumanii isolated from Respiratory Tract Infections. Liaquat Medical Research Journal. 2022;4(4).
• Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) antibodies in tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. Rawal Medical Journal. 2023 Mar 3;48(1):70-.
• Evaluation of Spectrum of Laboratory Hematological Manifestations in Dengue Fever. Liaquat Medical Research Journal. 2022;4(4).
• Nano tubes formation in P.aeruginosa. Cells 2022, 11, 3374. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11213374
• Frequency of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infections at Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi from 2017-2019.Pak J Med Dent. 2022;11(3): 17-23. doi: 10.36283/PJMD11-3/004OPEN
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Response to Acidic Stress and Imipenem Resistance. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 8357. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168357
• Installation and implementation of automation and its impact on clinical chemistry laboratory productivity, RMJ. 2021; 46(1): 228-231
• Frequency of Chikungunya Virus in the Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi. JIIMC 2021 Vol. 16, No.3
• Antimicrobial activity of phenolic compounds isolated from Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Submitted)
• Roles of phenotypic switching in stability and persistence of pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 10(1)(1):10-17 · March 2020
• Estimation of vitamin D deficiency among patients of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. RMJ. 2019; 44(2): 248-250
• Prevalence of candidiasis in surgical ICU patients of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan RMJ. 2019; 44(4): 761-764
• Emerging Trends of Antibiotic Resistance pattern of Salmonella Typhi. Int.j.pathol.2018;16(2)
• Study of class 1 integrons in multidrug-resistant uropathogenic E.coli isolated from different hospitals of Karachi. Iran.J. Basic Med Sci. 2018;21:1039-1082
• Immunomodulatory activities of extracts of Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Journal of herbs, spice and medicinal plants.2018;24(3):245-256
• Ascorbic acid augments colony spreading by reducing biofilm formation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2018 Feb; 21(2): 175–180.
• Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae, isolated from invasive and non-invasive infections in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi. International Journal of Advanced Research. 2017 Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(4), 825-831
• Antibacterial fatty acids destabilize hydrophobic and multicellular aggregates of biofilm in S. aureus. Journal Of Antibotics. 29 June 2016, doi:10.1038/ja.2016.76
• In vitro inhibition of MDR bacterial isolates by extracts of different parts of Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science & Research. 2015;5(3):199-204
• Prevalence and susceptibility pattern of multi drug resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Karachi. Pak J Med Sci. 2014; 30(5):951-954
• In vitro antifungal sensitivity of Fluconazole, Clotrimazole and Nystatin against vaginal candidiasis in females of childbearing age. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2010 Oct-Dec;22(4):197-200 (Medline Indexed)
• Microbial Infections in females of childbearing age and therapeutic interventions. RMJ. 2011; 36(3): 178-181
• Vaginal Infections in women of childbearing age.