Ayesha Aftab

Multi Drug Resistance: A Continuous Challenge by a Century Old Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Nasreen Qazi, Shah Nawaz Jamali, Ayesha Aftab, Imran Ahmed, Sadat Memon & Gunesh Kumar · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2022

Background: Tuberculosis is a mycobacterial infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculous bacillus. Anti-tuberculous drugs are drugs used to treat tuberculosis which include first line anti-tuberculosis drugs used to treat tuberculosis initially when the infection is non-resistan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i45A36354

Accuracy of GeneXpert in Diagnosis of Smear Negative Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Muhammad Kashif Munir, Sana Rehman, Ayesha Aftab, Naeem Asghar, Akhtar Ali, Netasha Nazar, Muhammad Amer Nazir & Asif Hanif · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2022

Objective: This study was aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of GeneXpert in smear negative as compared to smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Methods: This comparative cross sectional study was undertaken at Health Research Institute (National Institute of Heal...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i24B35947