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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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Distribution of serotypes and antibiotic resistance of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a multi-country collection
Shamima Nasrin,Nicolas Hegerle,Shaichi Sen,Joseph Nkeze,Sunil Sen,Jasnehta Permala-Booth,Myeong Sik Choi,James L. Sinclair,Milagritos D. Tapia,J. Kristie Johnson,Samba O. Sow,Joshua T. Thaden,Vance G. Fowler,Karen A. Krogfelt,Annelie Brauner,Efthimia Protonotariou,Eirini Christaki,Yuichiro Shindo,Andrea L. Kwa,Sadia Shakoor,Ashika Singh-Moodley,Olga Perovic,Jan Jacobs,Octavie Lunguya,Raphael Simon,Alan S. Cross,Sharon M. Tennant +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors collected a total of 413 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients from 10 countries located on 4 continents during 2005-2017 and characterized these isolates to inform vaccine development efforts.
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Mycobacterial contamination of bronchoscopes: Challenges and possible solutions in low resource settings
TL;DR: This minireview reviews published literature of contaminated bronchoscopes causing pseudo-outbreaks of M. Tuberculosis and nontuberculosis mycobacteria in an effort to determine common sources, and possible mitigation strategies in low-resource settings.
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Tropical Bacterial Gastrointestinal Infections
TL;DR: Control through safe drinking water, good sanitation, and vaccination against typhoid and cholera in high-risk populations is recommended and vaccines against other Shigella and diarrheagenic E coli infections are under development.
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Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteremia in Pakistan: analysis of eight cases
TL;DR: Two of the eight patients of V. cholerae O1 bacteremia from Pakistan died and one was lost to follow up and this outcome may be due to prior immunity leading to less severe illness.
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High heterotrophic counts in potable water and antimicrobial resistance among indicator organisms in two peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan.
Sadia Shakoor,Imran Ahmed,Saima Mukhtiar,Israr Ahmed,Farzeen Hirani,Shazia Sultana,Rumina Hasan +6 more
TL;DR: The study is instrumental in attracting the attention of authorities to the state of water resources in peri-urban communities in Karachi with a view to influence improvement of services and effects on human health.