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List of works by Muhammad Irfan

Accuracy of genotype MTBDRplus line probe assay in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion: comparison with clinical and culture based diagnosis

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

Acute respiratory failure in Pakistani patients: risk factors associated with mortality

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

An online method for diagnosis of difficult TB cases for developing countries

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus-Specific IgG Cut-Offs for the Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Pakistan

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Assessing two spirometric criteria of pre-bronchodilator and post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio in detecting air flow obstruction.

scientific article published in December 2011

Assessment of diabetes among tuberculosis patients presenting at a tertiary care facility in Pakistan.

scientific article published on 12 November 2016

Association of hypercapnia on admission with increased length of hospital stay and severity in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational study from Pakistan

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

BCG vaccination is associated with decreased severity of tuberculosis in Pakistan

scientific article published on 15 November 2012

Behaviour change intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation: its development, feasibility and fidelity testing in Pakistan and in the UK.

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Bronchial carcinoid presenting as multiple lung abscesses.

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Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

scientific article published on June 2004

Case Definition of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Resource-Constrained Settings

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP).

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Chest radiographs in acute pulmonary embolism

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Chronic pulmonary mucormycosis: an emerging fungal infection in diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on February 2017

Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Clinical characteristics and factors associated with mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: An experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan.

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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with H1N1 influenza pneumonia admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

scientific article published on 05 July 2020

Clinical characteristics of 110 miliary tuberculosis patients from a low HIV prevalence country.

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Clinical characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

scientific article published in January 2005

Clinical characteristics, management and outcome of major pulmonary embolism: an experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan.

scientific article published in June 2009

Clinical manifestations and outcomes of pulmonary aspergillosis: experience from Pakistan

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Commemorating World TB Day 2020: “IT’S TIME” — It’s time to End the Global TB Epidemic

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Community acquired pneumonia: risk factors associated with mortality in a tertiary care hospitalized patients.

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Community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Compliance with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea among privately paying patients- a cross sectional study.

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Death certificate completion skills of hospital physicians in a developing country

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Diagnostic performance of genoType® MTBDRplus line probe assay in bronchoalveolar lavage for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in sputum scarce and smear-negative patients.

scientific article published on April 2017

Differential Early Secreted Antigen Target (ESAT) 6 kDa-induced IFN-γ and SOCS1 expression distinguishes latent and active tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Drug susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in adult patients with miliary tuberculosis.

scientific article published in July 2007

Endobronchial tuberculosis presented as multiple endobronchial vesicular lesions.

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Endobronchial tuberculosis-a review

scientific article published on December 2016

Etiology and outcome of pulmonary renal syndrome: Retrospective study from a tertiary care hospitaln

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Expression of M. tuberculosis-induced suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 1, SOCS3, FoxP3 and secretion of IL-6 associates with differing clinical severity of tuberculosis

scientific article published on January 15, 2013

Factors associated within 28 days in-hospital mortality of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Factors predicting in-hospital mortality among patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia at a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Increased Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-induced gene expression of interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 in patients with diabetes.

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Knowledge regarding management of tuberculosis among general practitioners in northern areas of Pakistan

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Knowledge, attitude and misconceptions regarding tuberculosis in Pakistani patients.

scientific article published on May 2006

Lung function decrement with arsenic exposure to drinking groundwater along River Indus: a comparative cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 15 July 2010

Microbiological testing of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: an international study

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

Percutaneous embolisation and transverse myelitis: a rare association

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Post tuberculosis treatment infectious complications

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Post-tuberculosis pulmonary function and noninfectious pulmonary disorders

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Prevalence of tobacco use among women: a cross sectional survey from a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Pulmonary functions in patients with diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Pulmonary scedosporiosis mimicking aspergilloma in an immunocompetent host: a case report and review of the literature.

scientific article published on 09 September 2015

Raised levels of IFN-gamma and IL-13 are associated with pre-diabetes amongst newly diagnosed patients with Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Rapidly progressive cryptogenic organising pneumonia presenting as a lung mass.

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Reasons for failure to quit: a cross-sectional survey of tobacco use in major cities in Pakistan.

scientific article published on May 2016

Relationship between circulating levels of IFN-gamma, IL-10, CXCL9 and CCL2 in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis is dependent on disease severity.

scientific article published in March 2009

Sarcoidosis presented as retroperitoneal and lung mass.

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Six-minute walk test performance in healthy adult Pakistani volunteers.

scientific article published in October 2013

Spectrum of interstitial lung disease from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

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Treatment outcome of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi.

scientific article published in October 2009

Underlying Conditions and Clinical Spectrum of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CPA): An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

Variables predictive of outcome in patients with acute hypercapneic respiratory failure treated with noninvasive ventilation

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Visual and treatment outcomes of tubercular uveitis: a prospective case series from a referral hospital in Pakistan

scientific article published on 15 July 2019