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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Culture and PCR based detection of bacteria causing urinary tract infection in urine specimen.

Ghulam Sarwar Pirkani, Mohammad Arif Awan, Ferhat Abbas, Mohammad Din

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ghulam Sarwar PirkaniGhulam Sarwar Pirkani, M.Phil. Pathology Department, Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan.
Mohammad Arif AwanMohammad Arif Awan, PhD. Center for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
Ferhat AbbasFerhat Abbas, PhD. Center for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
Mohammad DinMohammad Din, M.Phil. Pathology Department, Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan.
Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences · PKUniversity of Balochistan · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesUrinary tract infections are the second most common bacterial infections occurring at all ages and both sexes. The increasing rate of antibiotic resistance is a global concern. The use of routinely used antibiotics is resulting in treatment failure. The objective of this study was to diagnose the urinary tract infections by routine culture sensitivity test and by molecular methods.

methodsThis study was conducted in Microbiology laboratory, Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, from July 1

resultsWe isolated 146 bacterial isolates namely

conclusionThis is the first report on direct molecular detection of bacterial pathogens from urinary tract infected patients in Balochistan. The presence of

Indexed as

Antimicrobial susceptibilityblaNDM1Disc diffusionMulti drug resistanceUrinary Tract Infection (UTI)

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PMID32292440
PMCPMC7150396
OpenAlexW3008932731

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