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Zara Rafaque

Lecturer, Hazara University, Mansehra
Verified email at pgr.reading.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence, healthcare, clinical genomics, and pharmacogenomics approaches in precision medicine

…, D Menna, M Paliwal, N Patel, T Patel, Z Rafique… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Precision medicine has greatly aided in improving health outcomes using earlier diagnosis
and better prognosis for chronic diseases. It makes use of clinical data associated with the …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of multi-drug resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Potohar region of Pakistan

I Ali, Z Rafaque, S Ahmed, S Malik, JI Dasti - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To scrutinize patterns of multi-drug-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC)
strains and particularly of fluoroquinolone-resistance this is an alternative choice for the …

Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Traits (Genetic and Phenotypic) in Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates from Pakistan: Identification of Significant …

W Imtiaz, Z Syed, Z Rafaque, SC Andrews… - Infection and drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background The emergence of carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent hypermucoviscous
Klebsiella pneumoniae strains poses a significant public health challenge. We determined …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogeny, sequence-typing and virulence profile of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains from Pakistan

I Ali, Z Rafaque, I Ahmed, F Tariq, SE Graham… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
… Work of Zara Rafaque was funded by HEC indigenous PhD scholarships covering monthly
stipend University fee and lab reagents that helped us to screen VF and ESBL genes (HEC-…

In-vitro Investigation of Antibiotics Efficacy Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Biofilms and Antibiotic Induced Biofilm Formation at Sub-Minimum Inhibitory …

Z Rafaque, N Abid, N Liaqat, P Afridi… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Community-acquired urinary tract infections are associated with significant
morbidity, and uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) alone causes 90% of urinary tract …

[HTML][HTML] Miniaturised broth microdilution for simplified antibiotic susceptibility testing of Gram negative clinical isolates using microcapillary devices

SH Needs, N Saiprom, Z Rafaque, W Imtiaz… - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibiotic resistance is a major global challenge. Although microfluidic antibiotic susceptibility
tests (AST) offer great potential for rapid and portable testing to inform correct antibiotic …

Synergistic Effects of Gentamicin, Cefepime, and Ciprofloxacin on Biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

…, S Bashir, S Masood, Z Rafaque… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen involved in number of
hospital-acquired infections such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections, bacteremia, …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the Role of Antibiotics on Induction, Inhibition and Eradication of Biofilms of Poultry Associated Escherichia coli Isolated from Retail Chicken …

A Noreen, H Masood, J Zaib, Z Rafaque, A Fatima… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Widespread use of antibiotics as growth promoters and prophylactic agents
has dramatic consequences for the development of antibiotic resistance. In this study, we …

Draft genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant CTX-M-15 β-lactamase-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolate (ST131-O25b-H30) from Pakistan exhibiting …

Z Rafaque, JI Dasti, SC Andrews - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the leading cause of urinary tract
infections (UTIs). The pandemic sequence type 131 (ST131) clonal group is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Draft genome sequence of a uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolate (ST38 O1: H15) from Pakistan, an emerging multidrug-resistant sequence type with a high …

Z Rafaque, JI Dasti, SC Andrews - New Microbes and New Infections, 2019 - Elsevier
Sequence type 38 is considered a uropathogenic Escherichia coli/enteroaggregative E. coli
hybrid associated with multidrug resistance and urinary tract infections. The draft genome …