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Welcome to the Post Graduate Department Of Microbiology, GMC, Srinagar, Kashmir. Our department is home to multidisciplinary sections of microbiology.

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Publications

  1. Farhana, A., Bali, N., Kanth, F., Farooq, R., Haq, I. U., & Shah, P. (2016). Serological Evidence of Scrub Typhus among Cases of PUO in the Kashmir Valley- A Hospital Based Study. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 10(5), DC24–DC26. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/18471.7825

 

  1. Wani S, Farhana A, Pattnaik S, Nasir R, Fazli T, ZahoorD, Mohiuddin Z, Rashid K. Seroprevalence of Herpes simplex virus 1 & 2 in high risk behavior individuals in a tertiary care centre. JK-Practitioner2019;24(3-4):23-27
  2. Evaluation of smear microscopy and geneXpert for the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in North India: a descriptive prospective study Danish Zahoor*, Anjum Farhana, Farhat Kanth, Munazah Manzoor.International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Zahoor D et al. Int J Res Med Sci. 2018 May;6(5):1756-1760
  3. Humaira Bashir and Asifa Nazir * Clinico-microbilogical Profile of Chronic Osteomyelitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India.[MRJI, 30(2): 11-18, 2020; Article no. MRJI.55027]
  4. Mariya Rouf, Asifa Nazir*. Aerobic Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern of Bacteria Isolated from Sterile Body Fluids: A Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India.[MRJI 2019: 28(1): 1-10]
  5. Humaira Bashir, Asifa Nazir* Actinomycotic lacrimal canaliculitis: a rare case report.[Int J Adv Med. 2019 Jun;6(3):973-975]
  6. . Nazir A*, Peerzada BY, Sana I. Spectrum of non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with blood stream infections in a tertiary care hospital in North India.[Int J Res Med Sci. 2019 May;7(5):1762-1766]
  7. . Asifa Nazir Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter septicemia in neonates: A study from a teaching hospital of Northern India. [J Lab Physicians 2019; 11:23-8.]
  8. Asifa Nazir. Neonatal sepsis due to coagulase negative Staphylococci: a study from Kashmir valley, India. [Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2019;6(2):650-655]
  9. Nazir A*, Sana I, Peerzada BY, Farooq T. Study of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of blood culture isolates from a tertiary care hospital of North India. [Int J Res Med Sci 2018; 6:4046-52.]
  10. Nazir A, * Masoodi T. Spectrum of candidal species isolated from neonates admitted in an Intensive Care Unit of teaching hospital of Kashmir, North India.  [J Lab Physicians 2018; 10:255-9.]
  11. Nazir Asifa*, Kanth Farhath Current mycological profile of onychomycosis in Kashmir valley: A hospital based study. [J Lab Physicians 2017 Jul-Sep; 9(3): 190–194]
  12. . Asifa Nazir*, Farhath Kanth"and Anjum Farhana “Species Distribution and Drug Susceptibility of Candida Isolates from Various Clinical Specimens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kashmir.”[BMRJ 2016, 13(5): 1-6]
  13. . Asifa Nazir “Non-albicans Candida in Neonatal Septicemia - An emerging clinical entity”. International Journal of Biomedical Research 2016; 7(2): 047-050.]
  14. Asifa Nazir*, Farhath Kanth"“Identification and speciation of candida isolates using CHROM agar- a hospital-based study.”[Int J Health Sci Res. 2016; 6(3):80-86].
  15. Asifa Nazir*, Rumana Farooq, Nahid Nahvi“A rare case of bacteremia due to Acinetobacter junii in an immunocompetent adult”[Int J Res Med Sci. 2016 Mar;4(3):969-971]
  16. Asifa Nazir, Farhath Kanth“Rhodotorula glutinis and Stephanoascus ciferrii as causes of Onychomycosis: Two rare case presentations.”[IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 2016 Jan ;1(3):49-52].
  17. Asifa Nazir, S. M. Kadri*“Aerobic bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media: a hospital based study. [Int J Res Med Sci. 2014 Nov;2(4):1521-1525]
  18. A Nazir, A Shah, D Kakru, S M Kadri*.“Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Clinically Significant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci”[NJOG 2014 Jul-Dec; 18 (2):73-78]
  19. Asifa Nazir, S. M. Kadri* “An overview of hospital acquired infections and the role of the microbiology laboratory” [Int J Res Med Sci. 2014 Feb;2(1):21-27]
  20. Nazir,Dr S.M.Kadri*,Dr A.Rukhsana, Dr S.Rubina,Dr G.Bashir,Dr T.Abdoel & Dr H.Smit “Diagnosis of Brucellosis in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin” [Clin Lab Intern 2006(8):19-21]
  21. Dr Shaika Farooq, Dr Sanam Rasool and Dr Umar Rasheed (2019) 'Listeriosis. A Cause for Concern', International Journal of Current Medical And Pharmaceutical Research, 05(05), pp 4200-4201.
  22. Nipah Virus: Outbreaks, Diagnosis and Prevention .Sanam Wani, Anjum Farhana*, Riyaz Nasir, Sasmita Pattnaik, Tawhida Fazli and Danish Zahoor . Journal of Research and Development Vol. 19 (2019) ISSN 0972-5407
  23. Yaeen A, Ahmad Q, Farhana A, Shah P, Hassan I. Diagnostic value of Tzanck smear in various erosive, vesicular, and bullous skin lesions. Indian Dermatol. Online J. 2015;6:381. doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.169729
  24. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV 1 / 2 in patients undergoing surgery in a tertiary care hospital in north India (a hospital based study)Nahid Nahvi, Sanah Farooq. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 8 (2020) 45–48
  25. Nosocomial Candidemia In Burn Care Unit At A Tertiary Care HOSPITAL IN NORTH INDIA.Nahid Nahvi,Saqib Reshi, Iqra Majid. IJSR,VOL-8/Issue 4/April2019
  26. Yousuf Ul Bashir, Nahid Nahvi, Shoaib Khan, Tabindah Jahan. Diagnostic utility of bronchoalveolar lavage xpert MTB/RIF assay in suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research 2019;6(6):F8-F11.
  27. Majid I, Nehvi N, Rishi S, Saleem SM. An overview of common organisms associated with community-acquired urinary tract infections and their antibiotic sensitivity: Experience from government medical college and associated SMHS Hospital. Curr Med Issues 2020;18:290-5.
  28. Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas and Klebsiella spp dual isolate, causing hospital acquired burn wound infection in burn care unit of a tertiary care hospital in North India. Iqra Majid,Nahid Nahvi, Saqib reshi . International Journal Of Current Microbiology And Applied Sciences ISSN:2319-7706. VOL 9 Number 12 (2020)
  29. Farooq, S., Farooq, R., & Nahvi, N. (2017). Comamonas testosteroni: Is It Still a Rare Human Pathogen?. Case reports in gastroenterology, 11(1), 42–47. https://doi.org/10.1159/000452197
  30. Farooq S, Saleem M. Prevalence of constitutive and inducible clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of staph aureus in Kashmir valley: a hospital based study. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2016; 5(17):828-831, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2016/191
  31. Farooq S, Kawoosa AA, Mumtaz MU. Current sensitivity pattern of MRSA (methicillin resistant staph aureus) in a tertiary care orthopaedic hospital in Kashmir (J&K). J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2016;5(12):503-505, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2016/115