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Sadia Shakoor

Researcher at Aga Khan University

Publications -  120
Citations -  3247

Sadia Shakoor is an academic researcher from Aga Khan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 97 publications receiving 2326 citations. Previous affiliations of Sadia Shakoor include The Aga Khan University Hospital & Aga Khan University Hospital.

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High proportion of multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among children in Pakistan

TL;DR: Although pediatric specimens comprise only a small proportion of specimens received for mycobacterial culture, the culture positivity rate is much higher among children than in adults, reflecting a need to encourage culture testing of suspected pediatric TB patients.
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Clinical features and outcomes of pneumococcal bacteremia among children at a tertiary care hospital

TL;DR: Sepsis and occult bacteremia (without an underlying focus) were associated with mortality in a pediatric cohort at a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan and no association was found between choice of antibiotics administered, penicillin minimum inhibitory concentration, and poor outcome at discharge.
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'Breakpoint broth microdilution plate' for susceptibility testing of Gram negative bacilli against colistin sulfate.

TL;DR: This BBMD plate is a high through-put and practical method that could reliably be utilized in a routine microbiology laboratory for colistin susceptibility testing of CRE, A. bauamanii complex and P. aeruginosa.
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Author Correction: Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

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