Research Articles By ESCM Board Members

Scientific Publications by ESCM members

  1. Talath S, Farooq Wali A, K Hemalatha, Menezes GA. Ultrasound assisted extraction, anti-oxidant, cytotoxic and anti-microbial studies of Moringa oleifera flowers. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2022 Jul;35(4):1109-1116. PMID: 36008909.
  2. Fayad HM, Chowdhury F, Menezes GA, Sadhu S, Hossain SA. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in an 18-months-old Child: A Case Report. J Clin of Diagn Res.2022;16(8):SD01-SD03.
  3. V Bose, SD Tayade, A Ameer, PM, Sikotra, GA Menezes. Checkpoint Inhibitors: A novel approach in the avenues for cancer therapy. Journal Bioscience Research. 2022;19(1): 250-256.
  4. Ramakrishna PJ, Wali AF, Menezes GA, Rehman MU, Wani TA, Arafah A, Zargar S, Mir TM. Chemical Composition Analysis, Cytotoxic, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Physalis angulata L.: A Comparative Study of Leaves and Fruit. Molecules 2022; 27:1480. 
  5. Munk P, Brinch C, Moller FD et al. and the Global Sewage Consortium. Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Communications (2022), 13:7251.
  6. Tibor Pál, Aqdas Bilal Butt, Akela Ghazawi, Jens Thomsen, Tahir A. Rizvi, Agnes Sonnevend. The early years of the carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales epidemic in Abu Dhabi. Antibiotics (2022), 11, 1435.
  7. Sonnevend A, Abdulrazzaq N, Ghazawi A, Thomsen J, Bharathan G, Makszin L, Rizvi TA, Pal T, UAE CRE Study Group. The first nation-wide surveillance of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United Arab Emirates – increased association of Klebsiella pneumoniae CC14 clone with Emirati patients. Int J Infect Dis 120 (2022);103-112.
  8.  Aloba BK, Kinnevey PM, Monecke S, Brennan GI, O’Connell B, Blomfeldt A, McManus BA, Schneider-Brachert W, Tkadlec J, Ehricht R, Senok A, Bartels MD, Coleman DC. An emerging Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive CC5-meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-IVc clone recovered from hospital and community settings over a 17-year period from 12 countries investigated by whole-genome sequencing. J Hosp Infect. 2022 Dec 5:S0195-6701(22)00369-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.11.015.
  9. Jalaleddine N, Bouzid A, Hachim M, Sharif-Askari NS, Mahboub B, Senok A, Halwani R, Hamoudi RA, Al Heialy S. ACE2 polymorphisms impact COVID-19 severity in obese patients. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 13;12(1):21491. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26072-7.
  10. Prakash A, Nourianpour M, Senok A, Atiomo W. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Endometrial Cancer: A Scoping Review of the Literature on Gut Microbiota. Cells, 2022;11(19):3038. doi: 10.3390/cells11193038
  11. Boucherabine S, Nassar R, Mohamed L, Olsen M, Alqutami F, Zaher S, Hachim M, Alkhajeh A, McKirdy S, Alghafri R, Tajouri L, Senok A. Healthcare Derived Smart Watches and Mobile Phones are Contaminated Niches to Multidrug Resistant and Highly Virulent Microbes. Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022;15:5289-5299. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S378524
  12. Albastaki A, Olsen M, Almulla H, Nassar R, Boucherabine S, Mohamed L, Almheiri R, Kachigunda B, McKirdy S, Alghafri R, Tajouri L, Senok A. Mobile phones as fomites for pathogenic microbes: A cross-sectional survey of perceptions and sanitization habits of health care workers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Infection, Disease and Health, 2022;S2468-0451(22)00045-1. doi:10.1016/j.idh.2022.07.001
  13. Jalaleddine N, Hachim M, Al-Hroub H, Saheb Sharif-Askari N, Senok A, Elmoselhi A, Mahboub B, Samuel Kurien NM, Kandasamy RK, Semreen MH, Halwani R, Soares NC, Al Heialy SN6-Acetyl-L-Lysine and p-Cresol as Key Metabolites in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19 in Obese Patients. Frontiers in Immunology 2022;13:827603; doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.827603
  14. Olsen M, Nassar R, Senok A, Moloney S, Lohning A, Jones P, Grant G, Morgan M, Palipana D, McKirdy S, Alghafri R, Tajouri L. Mobile phones are hazardous microbial platforms warranting robust public health and biosecurity protocols. Scientific Report 2022;12(1):10009; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-14118-9
  15. Boucherabine S, Nassar R, Zaher S, Mohamed L, Olsen M, Alqutami F, Hachim M, Alkhaja A, Campos M, Jones P, McKirdy S, Alghafri R, Tajouri L, Senok A. Metagenomic Sequencing and Reverse Transcriptase PCR Reveal That Mobile Phones and Environmental Surfaces Are Reservoirs of Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs and SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022;12:806077, doi:10.3389/fcimb.2022.806077
  16. Ayoub Moubareck C, Hammoudi Halat D. The Collateral Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Status of Carbapenemase-Producing Pathogens. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Mar 17;12:823626. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.823626.
  17. Abou-Samra M, Venema K, Ayoub Moubareck C, Karavetian M. The Association of Peptide Hormones with Glycemia, Dyslipidemia, and Obesity in Lebanese Individuals. Metabolites. 2022 Nov 1;12(11):1051. doi: 10.3390/metabo12111051.
  18. Steenblock C, Hassanein M, Khan EG, Yaman M, Kamel M, Barbir M, Lorke DE, Rock JA, Everett D, Bejtullah S, Heimerer A, Tahirukaj E, Beqiri P, Bornstein SR. Diabetes and COVID-19: Short- and Long-Term Consequences. Horm Metab Res. 2022 Aug;54(8):503-509
  19. Steenblock C, Hassanein M, Khan EG, Yaman M, Kamel M, Barbir M, Lorke DE, Everett D, Bejtullah S, Lohmann T, Lindner U, Tahirukaj E, Jirjees FJ, Soliman SSM, Quitter F, Bornstein SR. Obesity and COVID-19: What are the Consequences? Horm Metab Res. 2022 Aug;54(8):496-502.
  20. Ndlangisa KM, du Plessis M, Lo S, de Gouveia L, Chaguza C, Antonio M, Kwambana-Adams B, Cornick J, Everett DB, et al. The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium. A Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage usually associated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) serotypes is the most common cause of serotype 35B invasive disease in South Africa, following routine use of PCV. Microb Genom. 2022 Apr;8(4):000746. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000746.
  21. Gladstone RA, Siira L, Brynildsrud OB, Vestrheim DF, ……… Dean B Everett; Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium. International links between Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotype 4 sequence type (ST) 801 in Northern European shipyard outbreaks of invasive pneumococcal disease. Vaccine. 2022 Feb 11;40(7):1054-1060.
  22. Lo SW, Mellor K, Cohen R, Alonso AR……..Dean Everett; Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium. Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Oct;3(10):e735-e743.
  23. Al Bataineh MT, Künstner A, Dash NR, Abdulsalam RM, Al-Kayyali RZA, Adi MB, Alsafar HS, Busch H, Ibrahim SM. Altered Composition of the Oral Microbiota in Depression Among Cigarette Smokers: A Pilot Study. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 19;13:902433. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.902433
  24. Bataineh MTA, Cacciatore S, Semreen MH, Dash NR, Soares NC, Zhu X, Mousa MK, Salam JSA, Zerbini LF, Hajjo R, Hamad M. Exploring the effect of estrogen on Candida albicans hyphal cell wall glycans and ergosterol synthesis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Sep 21;12:977157. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.977157.