Skip to content
Topic

Pakistan

Papers (5)

Perceptions Regarding Occupational Health and Safety Attitudes of Hospital Pharmacists in Ambulatory Care in Pakistan

Ayisha Hashmi, Nida Nadeem, Khulda E. Zahra, Madeeha Malik & Azhar Hussain · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Background: Standards for assessing and monitoring occupational health risks and safety measures for hospital pharmacists have been given prime importance in developed countries. However, occupational health and safety has often been neglected in developing countries. Lack of kno...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i8849

Isolation, Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility of Dermatophytes Isolated from Clinically Suspected Cases of Tinea Infections in Pakistan

Shumaila Shakir, Sidrah Saleem, Wajhiah Rizvi, Abdul Waheed & Javid Iqbal · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Dermatophytosis or tinea is a type of cutaneous infection caused by keratinophilic fungi, infecting the skin, nails and hair. A correct diagnosis is important for epidemiological purposes and initiating appropriate treatment. An increase in the prevalence of fungal infection worl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i530178

Past & Current Status of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pakistan

Azra Ayoub & Atia Iqbal · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been emerging rapidly all over the world. Along with the developed countries, this agent has been spreading drastically among developing countries. Pakistan is one of these targeted countries where the spreading of MRSA is al...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/13349

Assessment of Medication Adherence among Non-communicable Chronic Disease Patients in Quetta, Pakistan: Predictors of Medication Adherence

Hummara Shaheen, Noman Ul Haq, Sohail Riaz, Aqeel Naseem & Muhammad Samsoor Zarak · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the level of medication adherence among patients with different non-communicable chronic diseases in Quetta, Pakistan. Moreover this study has also evaluated the factors affecting medication adherence. Methodology: A cross-sectional...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34300

Lower Education Status Predicts Higher Seropositivity for Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pakistan

Khalid Mehmood, Abdul Nadir & Fariha Hasan · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: We intended to report H. pylori seroprevalence and identify socio-demographic risk factors in dyspeptic patients and non-dyspeptic control subjects of Islamabad, Pakistan. Methodology: Subjects were analyzed in two study groups; Dyspeptic patients on the basis of Rome III c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10788