Gulnaz Bashir

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

Patterns of Initial Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Kashmir Valley, India

Tehmeena Wani, Gulnaz Bashir, Rubina Lone, V. M. Katoch, D. K. Kakru, Azra Shah, Imtiaz Ali Bhat & Mohammad Muzaffar Mirza · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: We carried out this study to determine the patterns of initial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and prevalence of MDR-TB among category-I pulmonary TB patients in Kashmir Valley. MDR-TB was defined as tuberculosis caused by bacilli showing resistance t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/20234

An Epidemiological Study of Onychomycosis in Kashmir Valley

Farhath Kanth, Tehmeena Wani, Sheikh Manzoor, Iffat Hassan Shah, Gulnaz Bashir, Nargis Bali & Ghulam Mohiuidin · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection of the nails that apart from causing disfigurement of the nails acts as a source of other fungal infections. Prompt diagnosis along with appropriate antifungal therapy can help prevent such complications.  Aims: To find out t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25970