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Suhail Ahmad

Suhail Ahmad

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Overview

Suhail Ahmad is a researcher affiliated with Kuwait University in Kuwait specializing in Medicine with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, surgery, and public health, environmental and occupational health. Their research contributions are particularly concentrated in antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, and tuberculosis research and epidemiology among other topics.

They have published extensively in various scientific journals, particularly in the fields of mycology and infectious diseases. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Medical Principles and Practice
  • Microorganisms
  • Mycoses
  • PLoS ONE

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Candida auris: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Infection Control Measures to Combat the Spread of Infections in Healthcare Facilities" (2021), published in Microorganisms
  • "Strategies to Prevent Transmission of Candida auris in Healthcare Settings" (2023), published in Current Fungal Infection Reports

The research topics addressed in these works emphasize the epidemiology and management of fungal infections, specifically concerning Candida auris, highlighting the clinical challenges posed by antifungal resistance.

Suhail Ahmad collaborates frequently with several coauthors including Mohammad Asadzadeh, Wadha Alfouzan, Eiman Mokaddas, Ziauddin Khan, and Leena Joseph, reflecting a research network engaged in similar infectious disease and microbiology themes.

The main topics of their research portfolio encompass:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Within the broader scope of Medicine, their subfields of activity concentrate on:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Best Publications

  • Pathogenesis, immunology, and diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

    Suhail Ahmad

  • Seminested PCR for Diagnosis of Candidemia: Comparison with Culture, Antigen Detection, and Biochemical Methods for Species Identification

    Suhail Ahmad;Zaiba Khan;Abu S. Mustafa;Zia U. Khan

  • Candida auris: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Infection Control Measures to Combat the Spread of Infections in Healthcare Facilities

    Suhail Ahmad;Wadha Alfouzan

  • Candida auris candidemia in Kuwait, 2014.

    Maha Emara;Suhail Ahmad;Ziauddin Khan;Leena Joseph

  • Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas

  • New approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection

    Suhail Ahmad

  • Outbreak of Fungemia among Neonates Caused by Candida haemulonii Resistant to Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Fluconazole

    Zia U. Khan;Noura A. Al-Sweih;Suhail Ahmad;Nawal Al-Kazemi

  • Tobacco Agar, a New Medium for Differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans

    Zia U. Khan;Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas;Rachel Chandy

  • Current status and future trends in the diagnosis and treatment of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

    Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas

  • Current Status and the Epidemiology of Malaria in the Middle East Region and Beyond

    Mohammad Al-Awadhi;Suhail Ahmad;Jamshaid Iqbal

  • Frequency of embB codon 306 mutations in ethambutol-susceptible and -resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait

    S. Ahmad;A.-A. Jaber;E. Mokaddas

  • Increasing prevalence, molecular characterization and antifungal drug susceptibility of serial Candida auris isolates in Kuwait.

    Ziauddin Khan;Suhail Ahmad;Noura Al-Sweih;Leena Joseph

  • Invasive candidiasis: a review of nonculture-based laboratory diagnostic methods.

    S Ahmad;Z Khan

  • The occurrence of rare rpoB mutations in rifampicin-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Kuwait.

    Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas

  • Discordance across phenotypic and molecular methods for drug susceptibility testing of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in a low TB incidence country.

    Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas;Noura Al-Mutairi;Hanaa S. Eldeen

  • Development and evaluation of a multiplex PCR for rapid detection and differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members from non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

    Eiman Mokaddas;Suhail Ahmad

  • Characterization of rpoB mutations in rifampin-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Kuwait and Dubai.

    Suhail Ahmad;Eiman Mokaddas;Esther Fares

  • Occurrence of triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with TR34/L98H mutations in outdoor and hospital environment in Kuwait.

    Suhail Ahmad;Ziauddin Khan;Ferry Hagen;Jacques F. Meis

  • Characterization of Trichosporon species isolated from clinical specimens in Kuwait.

    Suhail Ahmad;Manal Al-Mahmeed;Zia U Khan

  • Candida dubliniensis: an appraisal of its clinical significance as a bloodstream pathogen.

    Ziauddin Khan;Suhail Ahmad;Leena Joseph;Rachel Chandy

Frequent Co-Authors

Abu Salim Mustafa
Abu Salim Mustafa Kuwait University
Roy A. Jensen
Roy A. Jensen University of Florida
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Ferry Hagen
Ferry Hagen Utrecht University
Harald G. Wiker
Harald G. Wiker University of Bergen
Anuradha Chowdhary
Anuradha Chowdhary University of Delhi
Morten Harboe
Morten Harboe Oslo University Hospital
Josep Guarro
Josep Guarro Rovira i Virgili University
Teun Boekhout
Teun Boekhout University of Amsterdam
Deanna A. Sutton
Deanna A. Sutton The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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