Dr. Fizza Farooqui

Name

Dr. Fizza Farooqui

Designation

Assistant Professor

Email

fizza.farooqui@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Consultant office, 4th floor, laboratory building, Sindh infectious diseases hospital and research centre, Gulshan e Iqbal block 10, near chase up, NIPA, Karachi

Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • FCPS (Microbiology)

Research

  1. Published paper “Antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical characteristics of Nocardia isolates from a tertiary care centre diagnostic laboratory in Pakistan
  2. J Glob Antimicrob Re. Volume 15, December 2018, Pages 219-221 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2018.06.021
  3. Published paper “Diagnostic accuracy of the Carba NP in clinical isolates at a tertiary care centre from Pakistan – a cross sectional study” Infectious Disease Journal Pakistan. Volume 28, Issue 02, Pages 34-36
    https://www.mmidsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IDJ-Pages-Apr-Jun-2019.pdf
  4. Published paper “Microbiological and antimicrobial pattern of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) at a tertiary care center in North West, Pakistan” J Pak Med Assoc. Volume 71, Issue 6, pages 1566-1569
  5. Published paper “Diagnostic Accuracy and Agreement between Four Phenotypic Carbapenemase Detection Tests among Enterobacterales from Pakistan” J. Glob. Infect. Dis. Volume 13, Issue 3, pages 133-138
  6. Published paper “Demographics And Socio-Economic Characteristics Of Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis In Karachi” Infectious Disease Journal Pakistan. Volume 31, Issue 01, Pages 1-5
  7. Published paper “Frequency Of Raised Cardiac Biomarkers In Patients With Covid-19 Infection And Its Association With Mortality” Infectious Disease Journal Pakistan. Volume 31, Issue 04, Pages 103-107
  8. Published paper “Comparison of the Disease Severity and Outcome of Vaccinated COVID-19 Patients with Unvaccinated Patients in a Specialized COVID-19 Facility: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Karachi, Pakistan” Vaccines 2023, 11, 1178