| Metabolism and gene sequence variation in Turicella otitidis implies its adaptability and pathogenicity in extra-otic infection: a systematic review. |
Ahamad Afrinash, Yuan Cuishan, Chung Casey, Blair Briana, Tran Amy, Tehreem Bushra |
BMC infectious diseases |
2023 |
Turicella otitidis belongs to the Corynebacteriaceae family and is a normal inhabitant of the ear and exists in a commensal relationship with its host. In children, T. otitidis is frequently associate |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
37891485 |
PubMed |
Corynebacterium
Extra-otic
Otitis media
Turicella otitidis
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| Extra-urogenital infection by Mycoplasma hominis in transplant patients: two case reports and literature review. |
Ahamad Afrinash, Zervou Fainareti N, Aguero-Rosenfeld Maria E |
BMC infectious diseases |
2023 |
Mycoplasma hominis is a facultative anaerobic bacterium commonly present in the urogenital tract. In recent years, M. hominis has increasingly been associated with extra-urogenital tract infections, p |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
37710154 |
PubMed |
Beta-lactam resistance
Diagnostic microbiology laboratory
Extragenital infection
Heart and lung transplant
Mycoplasma hominis
Solid organ transplant patients
Thioglycolate broth
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| A historical perspective on diversity in Clinical Laboratory Sciences Programs. |
Ahamad Afrinash, Guglielmo Jeannie |
Laboratory medicine |
2023 |
Diversity is integral for an effective learning environment and pedagogy. In this study, we aim to determine the student and faculty diversity in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences programs at Stony Bro |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
36282278 |
PubMed |
Clinical Laboratory Science program
NAACLS
Stony Brook University
diversity
lab medicine
medical laboratory
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| Case report and literature review: double jeopardy - <i>Exophiala dermatitidis</i> and <i>Mycobacterium canariasense</i> central line-associated bloodstream infection in a patient. |
Ahamad Afrinash, Tehreem Bushra, Farooqi Maaz, Maramara Bennadette |
Access microbiology |
2022 |
Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is the most common nosocomial-acquired infection, affecting 38 000 patients in the USA annually. Approximately 8-10 % of inserted catheters lead |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
35812706 |
PubMed |
Exophiala dermatitidis
MALDI-TOF- MS
Mycobacterium canariasense
blood culture
catheter-associated infection (CLABSI)
irritable bowel syndrome
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| Early Dendritic Morphogenesis of Adult-Born Dentate Granule Cells Is Regulated by FHL2. |
Ahamad Afrinash, Wang Jia, Ge Shaoyu, Kirschen Gregory W |
Frontiers in neuroscience |
2020 |
Dentate granule cells (DGCs), the progeny of neural stem cells (NSCs) in the sub-granular zone of the dentate gyrus (DG), must develop and functionally integrate with the mature cohort of neurons in o |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
32256309 |
PubMed |
dendritic growth
dentate gyrus
four and a half LIM domain protein 2
hippocampal neurogenesis
sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P)
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| Genetic dissection of the neuro-glio-vascular machinery in the adult brain. |
Kirschen Gregory W, Kéry Rachel, Liu Hanxiao, Ahamad Afrinash, Chen Liang, Akmentin Wendy, Kumar Ram |
Molecular brain |
2018 |
The adult brain actively controls its metabolic homeostasis via the circulatory system at the blood brain barrier interface. The mechanisms underlying the functional coupling from neuron to vessel rem |
Afrinash Ahamad
|
29335006 |
PubMed |
Adeno associated virus
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Astrocyte
Canine adenovirus
Dentate granule cell
Neurovascular coupling
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