Bashir A. Fomda

Prevalence of AmpC Beta-lactamase in Gram Negative Bacilli by Different Phenotypic Methods in a Tertiary Care Institute in Kashmir

Roohi Shagufta, Bashir A. Fomda, Bashir Gulnaz, Samad Lubna, Abiroo Jan, Suhail Mohd & Ahmad Junaid · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Context: AmpC type cephalosporinases are Ambler class C β-lactamases. They hydrolyze penicillins, cephalosporins; except the fourth-generation compounds and monobactams. To the best of our knowledge prevalence of AmpC in our hospital is not known.    Aims: With this background th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30462

Flummoxed Presentation of Paratyphoid Fever: A Case Report

Shadan Akhtar, Lenah Bashir, Bashir A. Fomda & Yawar Nissar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2020

Enteric fever remains a major disease burden in developing countries. Paratyphoid fever has been described as a less severe infection than typhoid fever. Salmonella serovar Paratyphi A has been however seen as an increasing problem in many areas in Asia and can cause a disease wi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i1030329

Molecular Identification of Candida dubliniensis among Candida albicans Isolated from Oral Cavity of Cancer Patients using PCR-RFLP, in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kashmir, India

Abiroo Jan, Gulnaz Bashir, Bashir A. Fomda, Akeela Fatima, Mohammad Suhail Lone & Shugufta Roohi · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: To retrospectively evaluate 186 stock strains of C. albicans strains isolated from oral cavity of HIV negative patients with various malignancies for the presence of C. dubliniensis isolates among them by PCR-RFLP. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Sh...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25465

Direct Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci: Comparison of Phenotypic Methods with Multiplex PCR and Direct Susceptibility Testing

Lenah Bashir, Yawar Nissar, Nayeem U Din Wani & Bashir A. Fomda · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2020

Bloodstream infections are augean diseases characterized by a high morbidity and mortality, related with the lag in administration of the first adequate anti-infectious agent. Clinical and epidemiological data guide the clinicians towards empirical anti-infectious treatments whos...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i230219