Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

SR Lockhart, KA Etienne, S Vallabhaneni… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes invasive infections, was
first described in 2009 in Japan and has since been reported from several countries …

COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in patients admitted with severe COVID‐19 pneumonia: an observational study from Pakistan

N Nasir, J Farooqi, SF Mahmood, K Jabeen - Mycoses, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Invasive aspergillosis is a well‐known complication of severe influenza
pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, recent studies are …

Serious fungal infections in Pakistan

K Jabeen, J Farooqi, S Mirza, D Denning… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The true burden of fungal infection in Pakistan is unknown. High-risk populations for fungal
infections [tuberculosis (TB), diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, asthma, cancer …

Invasive candidiasis in Pakistan: clinical characteristics, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility

JQ Farooqi, K Jabeen, N Saeed… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
This study reports for the first time, to our knowledge, descriptive epidemiological data for
188 invasive Candida isolates from Pakistan, including species identification and antifungal …

[HTML][HTML] Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections—a neglected and emerging problem

I Ahmed, S Tiberi, J Farooqi, K Jabeen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous dwellers of environmental niches and
are an established cause of natural and nosocomial infections. The incidence of NTM …

C. auris and non-C. auris candidemia in hospitalized adult and pediatric COVID-19 patients; single center data from Pakistan

S Moin, J Farooqi, S Rattani, N Nasir, S Zaka… - Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We compared candidemia due to Candida auris and other non-C. auris cases in
hospitalized COVID-19 patients over a period of 9 months at our institution. Candidemia …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical spectrum and factors impacting outcome of Candida auris: a single center study from Pakistan

MA Sayeed, J Farooqi, K Jabeen, S Awan… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background An outbreak of Candida auris began globally in 2014 including
Pakistan and since then it has emerged as a nosocomial multi-drug resistant pathogen. The …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial susceptibility against metronidazole and carbapenem in clinical anaerobic isolates from Pakistan

Y Shafquat, K Jabeen, J Farooqi, K Mehmood… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Background Globally metronidazole and carbapenem resistance in anaerobic organisms is
increasing necessitating continuous surveillance to guide selection of empirical treatment. In …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance among GLASS priority pathogens from Pakistan: 2006–2018

DK Saeed, J Farooqi, S Shakoor, R Hasan - BMC infectious diseases, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2018 Pakistan initiated its national antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
surveillance aligned with Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS). To …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical features of co-circulating dengue viruses and the absence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan

E Khan, D Prakoso, K Imtiaz, F Malik… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most common and widespread arboviral infection worldwide.
Though all four DENV serotypes cocirculate in nature, the clinicopathological framework of …