Publications by authors named "Syed Zahid Bukhari"
Prospective multicentre study in intensive care units in five cities from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional approach on rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection.
J Infect Prev
January 2017
Objective: To analyse the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Multidimensional Approach (IMA) and INICC Surveillance Online System (ISOS) on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates in five intensive care units (ICUs) from October 2013 to September 2015.
Design: Prospective, before-after surveillance study of 3769 patients hospitalised in four adult ICUs and one paediatric ICU in five hospitals in five cities. During baseline, we performed outcome and process surveillance of CLABSI applying CDC/NHSN definitions.
Objective: To determine the frequency and epidemiological characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection, HIV disease progression, immune status and viral activity.
Study Design: Descriptive study.
Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Microbiology, University of the Punjab and Institute of Public Health, Lahore, from September 2005 to August 2008.
Background: The global problem of increasing trend in antimicrobial resistance is particularly pressing in the developing countries, where the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is often the severe casual agent in hospital-acquired infections.
Methods: This multi-centre surveillance prospective study was planned to define the magnitude of problem of MRSA among clinical isolates from four teaching hospitals of Lahore Pakistan; Mayo, Services, Jinnah and Shaikh Zayed Hospitals during April 2006-March 2008. Identification of organisms was done by the standard Microbiology methods.
Article Synopsis
- A 46-year-old male non-Saudi resident of Makkah presented with unusual symptoms, including gastroenteritis and bloody diarrhea, rather than the typical malaria symptoms like fever.
- Initial tests showed anemia and a negative blood film for malaria, despite the patient’s recent travel to Pakistan, which is an endemic area for the disease.
- After several days and a repeat blood examination, a sexual form of Plasmodium falciparum was finally detected, highlighting the need for repeated malaria testing in patients with recent travel history to endemic regions.