Publications

Dr. Kauser Jabeen

Assistant Professor,
Section of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1. Ahmed I, Jabeen K, Hasan R. Identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated
from clinical specimens at a tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC Infect
Dis. 2013 Oct 22;13:493.
2. Sethi S, Golparian D, Bala M, Dorji D, Ibrahim M, Jabeen K, Unemo M. Antimicrobial
susceptibility and genetic characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from India,
Pakistan and Bhutan in 2007-2011. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 24; 13: 35.
3. Ahmed I, Jabeen K, Inayat R, Hasan R. Susceptibility testing of extensively drug
resistant and pre-extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis against
levofloxacin, linezolid, and amoxicillin-clavulanate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
2013 Jun;57(6):2522-5.
4. Farooqi JQ, Jabeen K, Saeed N, Iqbal N, Malik B, Lockhart S, Zafar A, Brandt ME,
Hasan R. Invasive Candidiasis in Pakistan: Clinical characteristics, species distribution
and antifungal susceptibility. J Med Microbiol. 2013 Feb; 62(Pt 2):259-68.
5. Fasih N, Rafiq Y, Jabeen K, Hasan R. High isoniazid resistance rates in rifampicin
sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis pulmonary isolates from Pakistan. PLoS One
2012;7(11).
6. Farooqi J, Jabeen K, Saeed N, Zafar A, Brandt ME,Hasan R. Species identification of
invasive yeasts including Candida in Pakistan: limitations of phenotypic methods. JPMA
2012: 62: 995-98.
7. Irfan S, Jabeen K, Jilani UA, Ahmed B, Mehraj J, Ahsan T, Zafar A.Is nalidixic acid
screening still valid for the detection of reduced susceptibility of fluoroquinolone with
Salmonella Typhi?J Infect Dev Ctries. 2012 Oct 19;6(10):700-3.
8. Rafiq Y, Jabeen K, Jafri S, Hasan Z, Manghi R, Channa A and Hasan R.
Fluoroquinolone resistance amongst Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Karachi,
Pakistan; Data from community based field clinics. (2011) Antimicrob Agents
Chemotherapy; 55 (2): 929-930.
9. Ali A, Hasan R, Jabeen K, Z Hasan. Characterization of mutations conferring extensive
drug resistance (XDR) to M. tuberculosis isolates in Pakistan. (2011) Antimicrob Agents
Chemotherapy, 55(12):5654-9
10. Shakoor S, Fasih N, Jabeen K, Jamil B. Rothia dentocariosa endocarditis with mitral
valve prolapse: case report and brief review. Infection. 2011 Apr;39(2):177-9

11. Shakoor, S., Jabeen, K., Idrees, R., Jamil, B., Irfan, S., Zafar, A. Necrotising fasciitis due
to Absidia corymbifera in wounds dressed with non-sterile bandages. International
Wound Journal, 2011 8: 651655.
12. Jabeen K, Shakoor S, Chishti S, Ayaz A, Hasan R. Increasing trend of fluoroquinolone
resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan (2005-2009). Emerging
Infect Dis 2011; 17: 564-6.
13. Jabeen K, Nizamuddin S, Irfan S, Khan E, Malik F, Zafar A. Increasing Trend of
Resistance to Penicillin, Tetracycline, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria
gonorrhea from Pakistan (1992-2009). J Trop Med. 2011; 2011:960501.
14. Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Zafar A, Jamil B, Mahmood SF, Ali F, Saeed N, Barakzai A,
Ahmed A, Khan E, Brandt ME, Hasan R. Rhinocladiella mackenziei as an emerging
cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in Pakistan: a case series, Clinical Infectious
Diseases 2011; 52(2): 213-217.
15. Nizamuddin S, Jabeen K, Zafar A .Evaluation of predominant Neisseria gonorrhea strain
types and its correlation with fluoroquinolone resistance in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc
2011; 61: 446-448.
16. Qaiser S, Zeeshan M, Jabeen K, Zafar A. Comparison of chromogenic urinary tract
infection medium with cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient media in a resource limited
setting. J Pak Med Assoc 2011; 61: 632-5.
17. Khan E, Jabeen K, Zafar A, Ejaz M, Siddiqui M, Shehzad MF, Hasan R. Changing
epidemiology and trends in antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species: Report from
Karachi, Pakistan. J Infect Dev Ctries 2010; 3: 798-802.
18. Hasan R, Jabeen K, Tanveer M, Ali A, Rafiq Y, Laiq R, Malik B, Petersson R,
Ghebremichael S, Hoffner S and Hasan Z. Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis,
Pakistan. (2010) Emerg Infect Dis, 16, 1473-75.
19. Shakoor S, Ahsan T, Jabeen K, Raza M, and Hasan R. Use of p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB)
in 7H10 agar for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: a field study. Int
J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010; 14: 1644-6.
20. Jabeen K, Zafar A, E. Khan, Irfan S, Hasan R. Increase in isolation of extended
spectrum beta lactamase producing multidrug resistant non typhoidal Salmonellae in
Pakistan. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:101doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-101.
21. Jabeen K, Siddiqui J, Zafar A, Shakoor S, Ali N, Zaidi AK. Vibrio cholerae O1
bacteremia in Pakistan: analysis of eight cases. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;
104(8):563-5. Epub 2010 Jun 9.

22. Hasan R, Jabeen K, Ali A, Rafiq Y, Laiq R, Malik B, Tanveer M,Groenheit R,

Ghebremichael S, Hoffner S and Hasan Z. Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis; A
Perspective from Pakistan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010; 16:1473-5.
23. Fasih N, Zafar A, Khan E, Jabeen K, Hasan R.Clonal dissemination of vanA positive
Enterococcus species in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan.. J Pak Med
Assoc. 2010 Oct;60(10):805-9
24. Khan E, Ejaz M, Zafar A, Jabeen K, S.Shakoor, Mahboob R, Hasan R: Increased
isolation of ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with emergence of Carbapenam
resistant isolates in Pakistan: Report from a tertiary care hospital laboratory, 2010.
JPMA; 60 (3): 186-189.
25. Hasan R, Jabeen K, Mehraj V, Zafar F, Khan A.Ali, Hassan Q, Azam I, Kadir
M.Masood . Trends of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis resistance in Pakistan (1990-2007).
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 13.
26. Idrees F, Jabeen K, Khan S, Zafar A. Evaluation of in-vitro susceptibility of methicillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from skin and soft tissue infections against
Clindamycin, Cotrimoxazole, Tetracycline, Fusidic Acid, Rifampicin and
Chloramphenicol. J Pak Med Assoc 2009; 59:266-9.
27. Jabeen K, Zafar A, Hasan R. Increased frequency of isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1
serotype Inaba replacing prevailing serotype Ogawa in Karachi, Pakistan. East Mediterr
Health J 2008; 14: 564-70.

Last updated: November 2014