Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Manesh A, Barnabas R, Mani S, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Kannangai R, Varghese GM. Symptomatic HIV CNS viral escape among patients on effective cART. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;84:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.033. Epub 2019 Apr 2. PMID: 30951880. Link
Mathai E, Rolain JM, Verghese GM, Abraham OC, Mathai D, Mathai M, Raoult D. Outbreak of scrub typhus in southern India during the cooler months. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Jun;990:359-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07391.x. PMID: 12860654. Link
Otterdal K, Janardhanan J, Astrup E, Ueland T, Prakash JA, Lekva T, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Damås JK, Mathews P, Mathai D, Aukrust P, Varghese GM. Increased endothelial and macrophage markers are associated with disease severity and mortality in scrub typhus. J Infect. 2014 Nov;69(5):462-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.06.018. Epub 2014 Jul 1. PMID: 24995849. Link
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Ramakrishna K, Sampath S, Chacko J, Chacko B, Narahari DL, Veerendra HH, Moorthy M, Krishna B, Chekuri V, Raju RK, Shanmugasundaram D, Pichamuthu K, Abraham AM, Abraham O, Thomas K, Mathews P, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Peter JV. Clinical Profile and Predictors of Mortality of Severe Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection Needing Intensive Care: A Multi-Centre Prospective Study from South India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;4(3):145-52. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.100569. PMID: 23055645; PMCID: PMC3459431.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Manesh A, Barnabas R, Mani S, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Kannangai R, Varghese GM. Symptomatic HIV CNS viral escape among patients on effective cART. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;84:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.033. Epub 2019 Apr 2. PMID: 30951880. Link
Mathai E, Rolain JM, Verghese GM, Abraham OC, Mathai D, Mathai M, Raoult D. Outbreak of scrub typhus in southern India during the cooler months. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Jun;990:359-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07391.x. PMID: 12860654. Link
Otterdal K, Janardhanan J, Astrup E, Ueland T, Prakash JA, Lekva T, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Damås JK, Mathews P, Mathai D, Aukrust P, Varghese GM. Increased endothelial and macrophage markers are associated with disease severity and mortality in scrub typhus. J Infect. 2014 Nov;69(5):462-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.06.018. Epub 2014 Jul 1. PMID: 24995849. Link
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Ramakrishna K, Sampath S, Chacko J, Chacko B, Narahari DL, Veerendra HH, Moorthy M, Krishna B, Chekuri V, Raju RK, Shanmugasundaram D, Pichamuthu K, Abraham AM, Abraham O, Thomas K, Mathews P, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Peter JV. Clinical Profile and Predictors of Mortality of Severe Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection Needing Intensive Care: A Multi-Centre Prospective Study from South India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;4(3):145-52. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.100569. PMID: 23055645; PMCID: PMC3459431.
Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Ghale BC, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Abraham OC, Kannangai R. Frequency of cross-resistance to rilpivirine and etravirine among HIV-1 subtype C infected individuals failing nevirapine/efavirenz based ART regimen. Infect Dis (Lond). 2019 Jan;51(1):71-74. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1510182. Epub 2018 Oct 29. PMID: 30371136. Link
Varghese GM, Abraham OC, Mathai D. Post-exposure prophylaxis for blood borne viral infections in healthcare workers. Postgrad Med J. 2003 Jun;79(932):324-8. doi: 10.1136/pmj.79.932.324. PMID: 12840120; PMCID: PMC1742734.
Varghese GM, Janardhanan J, Mahajan SK, Tariang D, Trowbridge P, Prakash JA, David T, Sathendra S, Abraham OC. Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi from patients with scrub typhus in 3 regions of India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;21(1):64-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2101.140580. PMID: 25530231; PMCID: PMC4285260.
Varghese GM, Trowbridge P, Janardhanan J, Thomas K, Peter JV, Mathews P, Abraham OC, Kavitha ML. Clinical profile and improving mortality trend of scrub typhus in South India. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;23:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.009. Epub 2014 Mar 21. PMID: 24661931.
Abi M, Chaitra S, Nabarro L, George MV, Balaji V. Hypervirulent, Regulator of Mucoid Phenotype A Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess. J Glob Infect Dis. 2018 Jan-Mar;10(1):30-31. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_86_16. PMID: 29563724; PMCID: PMC5850764.
Ralph R, Prabhakar AT, Sathyendra S, Carey R, Jude J, Varghese GM. Scrub Typhus-Associated Opsoclonus: Clinical Course and Longitudinal Outcomes in an Indian Cohort. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019 Apr-Jun;22(2):153-158. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_198_18. PMID: 31007425; PMCID: PMC6472253.
Deodhar D, Varghese G, Balaji V, John J, Rebekah G, Janardhanan J, Jeyaraman R, Jasmine S, Mathews P. Prevalence of Toxin Genes among the Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and its Clinical Impact. J Glob Infect Dis. 2015 Jul-Sep;7(3):97-102. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.162234. PMID: 26392716; PMCID: PMC4557147.
Varghese GM, John R, Manesh A, Karthik R, Abraham OC. Clinical management of COVID-19. Indian J Med Res. 2020 May;151(5):401-410. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_957_20. PMID: 32611911; PMCID: PMC7530435. Link
Varghese GM, Mathew A, Kumar S, Abraham OC, Trowbridge P, Mathai E. Differential diagnosis of scrub typhus meningitis from bacterial meningitis using clinical and laboratory features. Neurol India. 2013 Jan-Feb;61(1):17-20. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.107919. PMID: 23466834.
Mathuram, A. J., Singh, S., Abraham, O. C., Zachariah, A., Rupali, P., Varghese, G. M., Karthik, R. and Clarence, P. Antiretroviral therapy under the national program: Experience of a single large centre in Southern India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research; 2018, 12 (3): OC05-OC07
Abhilash KP, Jeevan JA, Mitra S, Paul N, Murugan TP, Rangaraj A, David S, Hansdak SG, Prakash JA, Abraham AM, Ramasami P, Sathyendra S, Sudarsanam TD, Varghese GM. Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness in Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India: Clinical Spectrum and Outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2016 Oct-Dec;8(4):147-154. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.192966. PMID: 27942194; PMCID: PMC5126753. Link
Koshy M, Jagannati M, Ralph R, Victor P, David T, Sathyendra S, Veeraraghavan B, Varghese GM. Clinical Manifestations, Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility Patterns, and Outcomes in Melioidosis Cases, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb;25(2):316-320. doi: 10.3201/eid2502.170745. PMID: 30666953; PMCID: PMC6346473.
Peter JV, Sudarsan TI, Prakash JA, Varghese GM. Severe scrub typhus infection: Clinical features, diagnostic challenges and management. World J Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 4;4(3):244-50. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v4.i3.244. PMID: 26261776; PMCID: PMC4524821.
Peter JV, Griffith MF, Prakash JA, Chrispal A, Pichamuthu K, Varghese GM. Anti-nuclear antibody expression in severe scrub typhus infection: preliminary observations. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):195-6. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145260. PMID: 25538461; PMCID: PMC4265838.
Griffith M, Peter JV, Karthik G, Ramakrishna K, Prakash JA, Kalki RC, Varghese GM, Chrispal A, Pichamuthu K, Iyyadurai R, Abraham OC. Profile of organ dysfunction and predictors of mortality in severe scrub typhus infection requiring intensive care admission. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2014 Aug;18(8):497-502. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.138145. PMID: 25136187; PMCID: PMC4134622.
Cherian LM, Varghese L, Panchatcharam BS, Parmar HV, Varghese GM. Nasal conidiobolomycosis: a successful treatment option for localized disease. J Postgrad Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;61(2):143-4. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.153112. PMID: 25766357; PMCID: PMC4943445.
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Astrup E, Janardhanan J, Otterdal K, Ueland T, Prakash JA, Lekva T, Strand ØA, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Damås JK, Mathews P, Mathai D, Aukrust P, Varghese GM. Cytokine network in scrub typhus: high levels of interleukin-8 are associated with disease severity and mortality. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb 6;8(2):e2648. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002648. PMID: 24516677; PMCID: PMC3916254. Link
Janardhanan J, Joseph Martin S, Astrup E, Veeramanikandan R, Aukrust P, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, TLR4 and heat shock protein 70 genes and susceptibility to scrub typhus. J Hum Genet. 2013 Nov;58(11):707-10. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2013.89. Epub 2013 Aug 29. PMID: 23985798. Link
Janardhanan J, Prakash JA, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Comparison of a conventional and nested PCR for diagnostic confirmation and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 May;79(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.11.030. Epub 2014 Jan 24. PMID: 24565850. Link
Bhatt AN, Tharyan P, Michael JS, Christopher DJ, Varghese GM, Sathyendra S, Rajan SJ, George K, Prasad JH. Treatment outcomes with daily self-administered treatment and thrice-weekly directly-observed treatment in two cohorts of newly-diagnosed, sputum-positive adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Jan;67(1):105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2017.05.012. Epub 2017 Jun 24. PMID: 32192603.
Karthik G, Sudarsan TI, Peter JV, Sudarsanam T, Varghese GM, Kundavaram P, Sathyendra S, Iyyadurai R, Pichamuthu K. Spectrum of cardiac manifestations and its relationship to outcomes in patients admitted with scrub typhus infection. World J Crit Care Med. 2018 Feb 4;7(1):16-23. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v7.i1.16. PMID: 29430404; PMCID: PMC5797972.
Janardhanan J, Prakash JA, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Comparison of a conventional and nested PCR for diagnostic confirmation and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 May;79(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.11.030. Epub 2014 Jan 24. PMID: 24565850.
Varghese GM, Abraham OC, Mathai D, Thomas K, Aaron R, Kavitha ML, Mathai E. Scrub typhus among hospitalised patients with febrile illness in South India: magnitude and clinical predictors. J Infect. 2006 Jan;52(1):56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.001. PMID: 16368461.
Varghese GM, Janardhanan J, Trowbridge P, Peter JV, Prakash JA, Sathyendra S, Thomas K, David TS, Kavitha ML, Abraham OC, Mathai D. Scrub typhus in South India: clinical and laboratory manifestations, genetic variability, and outcome. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;17(11):e981-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.05.017. Epub 2013 Jul 26. PMID: 23891643.
Varghese GM, Janardhanan J, Ralph R, Abraham OC. The Twin Epidemics of Tuberculosis and HIV. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Feb;15(1):77-84. doi: 10.1007/s11908-012-0311-3. PMID: 23296510.
Deodhar D, Varghese G, Balaji V, John J, Rebekah G, Janardhanan J, Jeyaraman R, Jasmine S, Mathews P. Prevalence of Toxin Genes among the Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and its Clinical Impact. J Glob Infect Dis. 2015 Jul-Sep;7(3):97-102. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.162234. PMID: 26392716; PMCID: PMC4557147.
Jagannath S, Sachithanandham J, Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Abraham AM, Zachariah A, Varghese GM, Kannangai R. BK virus characterisation among HIV-1-Infected individuals and its association with immunosuppression. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;36(2):172-177. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_54. PMID: 30084406.
Emerson P, Philip A, Varghese GM, Thomas R. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the hyoid bone: a case report. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:549564. doi: 10.1155/2013/549564. Epub 2013 Mar 12. PMID: 23573445; PMCID: PMC3610351.
Varghese GM, John G, Thomas K, Abraham OC, Mathai D. Predictors of multi-organ dysfunction in heatstroke. Emerg Med J. 2005 Mar;22(3):185-7. doi: 10.1136/emj.2003.009365. PMID: 15735266; PMCID: PMC1726691. Link
Thuppal SV, Wanke CA, Noubary F, Cohen JT, Mwamburi M, Ooriapdickal AC, Muliyil J, Kang G, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Karthik R, Sathasivam R, Clarance P, Pulimood SA, Peter D, George L. Toxicity and clinical outcomes in patients with HIV on zidovudine and tenofovir based regimens: a retrospective cohort study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun;109(6):379-85. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trv016. Epub 2015 Mar 15. PMID: 25778734; PMCID: PMC4542851.
Korula A, Abraham A, Abubacker FN, Viswabandya A, Lakshmi KM, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Michael JS, Srivastava A, Mathews V, George B. Invasive fungal infection following chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia-Experience from a developing country. Mycoses. 2017 Oct;60(10):686-691. doi: 10.1111/myc.12646. Epub 2017 Jul 23. PMID: 28736936. Link
Varghese GM, Turaka VP, Janardhanan J, Yadav S, Lakshmi KM, S VT, Cherayil B. Serum siderocalin levels in patients with tuberculosis and HIV infection. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;85:132-134. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.020. Epub 2019 May 18. PMID: 31112763.
Chacko ST, Chandy ST, Abraham OC, Swaminathan S, Varghese GM, Priscilla R, Mathai D. Pacemaker endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa treated successfully. J Assoc Physicians India. 2003 Oct;51:1021-2. PMID: 14719599.
Mani SSR, Gunasekaran K, Iyyadurai R, Prakash JAJ, Veeraraghavan B, Mishra AK, Sabnis K, Victor PJ, Martin S, Chandiraseharan VK, Hansdak SG, Varghese GM. Clinical spectrum, susceptibility profile, treatment and outcome of culture-confirmed brucellosis from South India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;36(2):289-292. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_236. PMID: 30084427.
Jagannath S, Sachithanandham J, Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Abraham AM, Zachariah A, Varghese GM, Kannangai R. BK virus characterisation among HIV-1-Infected individuals and its association with immunosuppression. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;36(2):172-177. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_54. PMID: 30084406 Link
Abhilash KP, Gunasekaran K, Mitra S, Patole S, Sathyendra S, Jasmine S, Varghese GM. Scrub typhus meningitis: An under-recognized cause of aseptic meningitis in India. Neurol India. 2015 Mar-Apr;63(2):209-14. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.156282. PMID: 25947985.
Janardhanan J, Patole S, Varghese L, Rupa V, Tirkey AJ, Varghese GM. Elusive treatment for human rhinosporidiosis. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;48:3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.013. Epub 2016 Apr 21. PMID: 27109109.
Varghese GM, Pise G, Michael SJ, Jacob M, George R. Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected individual. J PostgrAA
Ramya I, Mitra S, D'Sa S, Sathyendra S, Zachariah A, Kumar CV, Carey RAB, Verghese GM. Outcomes and factors influencing outcomes of critically ill HIV-positive patients in a tertiary care center in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jan;8(1):97-101. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_156_18. PMID: 30911487; PMCID: PMC6396590.
Manesh A, John AO, Mathew B, Varghese L, Rupa V, Zachariah A, Varghese GM. Posaconazole: an emerging therapeutic option for invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. Mycoses. 2016 Dec;59(12):765-772. doi: 10.1111/myc.12529. Epub 2016 Jul 22. PMID: 27443253.
Varghese L, Chacko R, Varghese GM, Job A. Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint caused by Aspergillus flavus infection as a complication of otitis externa. Ear Nose Throat J. 2015 Mar;94(3):E24-6. PMID: 25738723.
Thomas VV, Kumar SE, Alexander V, Nadaraj A, Vijayalekshmi B, Prabhu S, Kumar S, Murugabharathy K, Thomas SM, Hansdak S, Carey R, Iyyadurai R, Pichamuthu K, Abhilash KPP, Varghese GM, Nair S, Goel A, Jeyaseelan L, Zachariah U, Zachariah A, Eapen CE. Plasma Von Willebrand Factor Levels Predict Survival in COVID-19 Patients Across the Entire Spectrum of Disease Severity. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2021 Jun 20:1-8. doi: 10.1007/s12288-021-01459-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34177141; PMCID: PMC8214842.
Pavithra Mannam, Vanjare H. Arvind, Maria Koshy, George M. Varghese, Mathew Alexander, Sunithi M. Elizabeth Neuromelioidosis: A Single-Center Experience with Emphasis on Imaging Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging 2021; 31(01): 057-064. 10.1055/s-0041-1729125 - 19 April 2021 (online)
Mukhopadhyay, C., Shaw, T., Varghese, G. M. and Dance, D. A. B. Melioidosis in South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and Afghanistan) Trop Med Infect Dis; 2018, 3 (2): Link
Mammen MD, Sahni RD, Varghese GM, Rupa V. Clinical utility of antifungal susceptibility testing in patients with fungal rhinosinusitis. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jul;39(3):328-333.Epub 2021 Apr 24 Link
Vijay Prakash Turaka, Roshini G Nair, Tunny Sebastian, Rajesh Kannangai, Joy Sarojini Michael, George M Varghese Risk factors for active tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals CHRISMED J Health Res 6(3) : 167-171 Link
Salje J, Weitzel T, Newton PN, Varghese GM, Day N. Rickettsial infections: A blind spot in our view of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 May 13;15(5):e0009353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009353. PMID: 33983936; PMCID: PMC8118261.
Abi Manesh,, George M Varghese, CENDRIC Investigators and Collaborators Rising antimicrobial resistance: an evolving epidemic in a pandemic doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00173-7
Varghese GM, Turaka VP, Janardhanan J, Yadav S, Lakshmi KM, S VT, Cherayil B. Serum siderocalin levels in patients with tuberculosis and HIV infection. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;85:132-134. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.020. Epub 2019 May 18. PMID: 31112763.
George B, Kulkarni U, Lionel S, Devasia AJ, Aboobacker FN, Lakshmi KM, Selvarajan S, Korula A, Rose W, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Veeraraghavan B, Michael JS, Abraham A, Abraham A, Mathews V. Haploidentical transplantation is feasible and associated with reasonable outcomes despite major infective complications-A single center experience from India. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Jan;28(1):45.e1-45.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.09.020. Epub 2021 Oct 2. PMID: 34607073.
Dayanand D, Irudhayanathan I, Kundu D, Manesh A, Abraham V, Abhilash KP, Chacko B, Moorthy M, Samuel P, Peerawaranun P, Mukaka M, Joseph J, Sivaprakasam M, Varghese GM. Community seroprevalence and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in different subpopulations in Vellore, India, and their implications for future prevention. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 28;116:138-146. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.356. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34971822; PMCID: PMC8712712.
Demosthenes JP, Fletcher GJ, Zachariah UG, Varghese GM, Pulimood SA, Abraham P, Kannangai R. Chronic Immune Activation Among Treatment Naïve HIV/ HBV Coinfected Individuals From Southern India. Curr HIV Res. 2021;19(4):332-341. doi: 10.2174/1570162X19666210506160642. PMID: 33970847.
Barnabas R, Abhilash K, Varghese GM, Shubanker M, Ramya I, Prakash J. Prospective study to assess the treatment modalities and fever defervescence in patients with scrub typhus from a tertiary care centre in South India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2021 Jan-Mar;58(1):33-38. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.321748. PMID: 34818861. Link
Gupta A, Goyal-Honavar A, Jonathan GE, Prabhu K, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Chacko AG. Adapting management strategies for sellar-suprasellar lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pragmatic approach from the frontline. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1940852. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34148450.
Kundavaram AP, Jonathan AJ, Nathaniel SD, Varghese GM. Eschar in scrub typhus: a valuable clue to the diagnosis. J Postgrad Med. 2013 Jul-Sep;59(3):177-8. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.118033. PMID: 24029193.
Bhanuprasad K, Manesh A, Devasagayam E, Varghese L, Cherian LM, Kurien R, Karthik R, Deodhar D, Vanjare H, Peter J, Michael JS, Thomas M, Samuel P, Varghese GM. Risk factors associated with the mucormycosis epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct;111:267-270. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.037. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34450284; PMCID: PMC8383616.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Abhilash KPP, Mathiyalagan P, Krishnaraj VRK, Selvan S, Kanagarajan R, Reddy NP, Rajendiran N, Hazra D, Gunasekaran K, Moorthy M, Jasmine S, Davis JP, George T, George K, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Barney Isaac TJ, Gupta R, Pichamuthu K, Joy M, Jayaseelan L, Mathews P, Peter JV. Impact of prior vaccination with CovishieldTM and Covaxin® on mortality among symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic in South India during April and May 2021: a cohort study. Vaccine. 2022 Feb 10:S0264-410X(22)00157-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35168837; PMCID: PMC8828422.
S D, S TD, Gupta R, Varughese S, Varghese GM, George B, Michael JS. Effectiveness of a real-time PCR for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients - Experience from a tertiary care center, India J Mycol Med. 2022 May;32(2):101241. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2021.101241. Epub 2021 Dec 30. PMID: 34999296.
S D, S TD, Gupta R, Varughese S, Varghese GM, George B, Michael JS. Effectiveness of a real-time PCR for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients - Experience from a tertiary care center, India J Mycol Med. 2022 May;32(2):101241. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2021.101241. Epub 2021 Dec 30. PMID: 34999296.
Das MK, Bishwal SC, Das A, Dabral D, Badireddy VK, Pandit B, Varghese GM, Nanda RK. Deregulated tyrosine-phenylalanine metabolism in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. J Proteome Res. 2015 Apr 3;14(4):1947-56. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00016. Epub 2015 Mar 2. PMID: 25693719.
Varghese L, Laxmanan S, Varghese GM. Mucosal Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania donovani-A Rare Presentation. Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 May;101(4):226-227. doi: 10.1177/0145561320952186. Epub 2020 Aug 27. PMID: 32853039. Link
Ramalingam VV, Fletcher GJ, Kasirajan A, Demosthenes JP, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Pulimood SA, Rebekah G, Kannangai R. Can in-house HIV-2 viral load assay be a reliable alternative to commercial assays for clinical and therapeutic monitoring? Curr HIV Res. 2022 Jun 9. doi: 10.2174/1570162X20666220609155237. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35692165.
Varghese GM. The Search for Effective Empiric Therapy for Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1487-e1488. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1490. PMID: 32991696; PMCID: PMC8492137.
Gunasekaran K, Bal D, Varghese GM. Scrub Typhus and Other Rickettsial Infections. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 May;25(Suppl 2):S138-S143. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23841. PMID: 34345128; PMCID: PMC8327791.
Trowbridge P, P D, Premkumar PS, Varghese GM. Prevalence and risk factors for scrub typhus in South India. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 May;22(5):576-582. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12853. Epub 2017 Mar 2. PMID: 28173608.
Janardhanan J, Prakash JAJ, Thomas K, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Varghese GM, Damås JK. Wnt antagonists in scrub typhus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Apr 29;15(4):e0009185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009185. PMID: 33914733; PMCID: PMC8112706.f Link
Devasagayam E, Dayanand D, Kundu D, Kamath MS, Kirubakaran R, Varghese GM. The burden of scrub typhus in India: A systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Jul 27;15(7):e0009619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009619. PMID: 34314437; PMCID: PMC8345853. Link
Wattal C, Chakrabarti A, Oberoi JK, Donnelly JP, Barnes RA, Sherwal BL, Goel N, Saxena S, Varghese GM, Soman R, Loomba P, Tarai B, Singhal S, Mehta N, Ramasubramanian V, Choudhary D, Mehta Y, Ghosh S, Muralidhar S, Kaur R. Issues in antifungal stewardship: an opportunity that should not be lost. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017 Apr 1;72(4):969-974. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw506. PMID: 27999053.
Steve RJ, Alex D, Yesudhason BL, Prakash JAJ, Mathews NS, Daniel D, Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Ghale BC, Anantharam R, Rebekah G, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Kannangai R. Autoantibodies Among HIV-1 Infected Individuals and the Effect of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) on It. Curr HIV Res. 2021;19(3):277-285. doi: 10.2174/1570162X19666210217120337. PMID: 33596809. Link
Trowbridge P, P D, Premkumar PS, Varghese GM. Prevalence and risk factors for scrub typhus in South India. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 May;22(5):576-582. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12853. Epub 2017 Mar 2. PMID: 28173608.
Kaswala C, Schmiedel Y, Kundu D, George MM, Dayanand D, Devasagayam E, Manesh S A, Kumar SS, Michael JS, Ninan MM, Chacko G, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Christopher DJ, Gupta R, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Accuracy of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adult patients: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 7:S1201-9712(22)00410-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35811084. Link
Janardhanan J, Patole S, Varghese L, Rupa V, Tirkey AJ, Varghese GM. Elusive treatment for human rhinosporidiosis. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;48:3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.013. Epub 2016 Apr 21. PMID: 27109109.
Mammen MD, Sahni RD, Varghese GM, Rupa V. Clinical utility of antifungal susceptibility testing in patients with fungal rhinosinusitis. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jul;39(3):328-333. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 Apr 24. PMID: 33906748.
Varghese L, Kurien R, Diana Sahni R, Manesh A, Mary Cherian L, Peter D, Dayanand D, Sarojini Michael J, Thomas M, Rupa V, Pulimood S, Varghese GM. Rhinofacial conidiobolomycosis: Clinical and microbiological characterisation and shift in the management of a rare disease. Mycoses. 2021 Aug;64(8):882-889. doi: 10.1111/myc.13294. Epub 2021 May 9. PMID: 33915007. Link
Cherian LM, Varghese L, Rupa V, Bright RR, Abraham L, Panicker R, R N, Peter J, Nayak A, Shyam A, Varghese GM, Manesh A, Karuppusami R, George K, George T, Lenin A, Hansdak SG, I R, Michael JS, Ninan M, Thomas M, Kurian R, Mammen S, Kurien R. Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: patient characteristics in pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 period. Rhinology. 2022 Dec 1;60(6):427-434. doi: 10.4193/Rhin22.099. PMID: 36150158.
Ninan MM, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Shalini EB, Venkatesh K, Jesudason MR, Rebekah G, Michael JS. Xpert Ultra in diagnosing extrapulmonary TB: accuracy and trace calls. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 May 1;26(5):441-445 . doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0480. PMID: 35505481.
Mathuram A, Rijn RV, Varghese GM. Salmonella typhi rib osteomyelitis with abscess mimicking a 'cold abscess'. J Glob Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;5(2):80-1. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.112271. PMID: 23853436; PMCID: PMC3703215.
George B, Kulkarni U, Lionel S, Devasia AJ, Aboobacker FN, Lakshmi KM, Selvarajan S, Korula A, Rose W, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Veeraraghavan B, Michael JS, Abraham A, Abraham A, Mathews V. Haploidentical transplantation is feasible and associated with reasonable outcomes despite major infective complications-A single center experience from India. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Jan;28(1):45.e1-45.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.09.020. Epub 2021 Oct 2. PMID: 34607073.
Goyal-Honavar A, Gupta A, Manesh A, Varghese GM, Edmond Jonathan G, Prabhu K, Chacko AG. A prospective evaluation of postoperative fever in adult neurosurgery patients in the COVID-19 era. J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Sep;103:26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.06.024. Epub 2022 Jul 4. PMID: 35809454; PMCID: PMC9250895.
Varghese L, Cherian LM, Varghese GM. Actinomycosis: An Unusual Cause of Maxillary Sinusitis. Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 Aug;101(7):433-434. doi: 10.1177/0145561320965207. Epub 2020 Oct 13. PMID: 33048586.
Varghese L, Laxmanan S, Varghese GM. Mucosal Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania donovani-A Rare Presentation. Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 May;101(4):226-227. doi: 10.1177/0145561320952186. Epub 2020 Aug 27. PMID: 32853039.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Elangovan D, Jaganathan SV, Subburaju N, Shankar A, Manokaran Y, J S, Devi R, Baveja S, Devi S, S J, Bhattacharya S, S M R, Yesudhason B, Shetty V, Mutreja A, Manesh A, Varghese GM, Marwick CA, Parcell BJ, Gilbert IH, Veeraraghavan B. In Vitro Activity of Two Cefepime-Based Novel Combinations, Cefepime/Taniborbactam and Cefepime/Zidebactam, against Carbapenemase-Expressing Enterobacterales Collected in India. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Feb 27:e0492522. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04925-22. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36847537. Link
Nair M, Zeegers MP, Varghese GM, Burza S. India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2021 Oct 22;27:236-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.10.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34695609.
Chandna A, Mahajan R, Gautam P, Mwandigha L, Gunasekaran K, Bhusan D, Cheung ATL, Day N, Dittrich S, Dondorp A, Geevar T, Ghattamaneni SR, Hussain S, Jimenez C, Karthikeyan R, Kumar S, Kumar S, Kumar V, Kundu D, Lakshmanan A, Manesh A, Menggred C, Moorthy M, Osborn J, Richard-Greenblatt M, Sharma S, Singh VK, Singh VK, Suri J, Suzuki S, Tubprasert J, Turner P, Villanueva AMG, Waithira N, Kumar P, Varghese GM, Koshiaris C, Lubell Y, Burza S. Facilitating Safe Discharge Through Predicting Disease Progression in Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Prospective Cohort Study to Develop and Validate a Clinical Prediction Model in Resource-Limited Settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e368-e379. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac224. PMID: 35323932; PMCID: PMC9129107. Link
Chandna A, Mahajan R, Gautam P, Mwandigha L; PRIORITISE Study Investigators; Kumar P, Varghese GM, Koshiaris C, Lubell Y, Burza S. Host Biomarkers Reflect Prognosis in Patients Presenting With Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 6;9(10):ofac526. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac526. Erratum in: Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 18;10(4):ofad037. PMID: 36320192; PMCID: PMC9605705. Link
Cherian LM, Varghese L, Rupa V, Bright RR, Abraham L, Panicker R, R N, Peter J, Nayak A, Shyam A, Varghese GM, Manesh A, Karuppusami R, George K, George T, Lenin A, Hansdak SG, I R, Michael JS, Ninan M, Thomas M, Kurian R, Mammen S, Kurien R. Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: patient characteristics in pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 period. Rhinology. 2022 Dec 1;60(6):427-434. doi: 10.4193/Rhin22.099. PMID: 36150158.
Petersen E, Hui DS, Nachega JB, Ntoumi F, Goletti D, Aklillu E, Sharma A, Nyirenda T, Yeboah-Manu D, Satta G, da Costa C, Azhar EI, Bockarie M, Al-Abri S, McHugh TD, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Varghese GM, Zumla A. End of the Bedaquiline patent - a crucial development for moving forward affordable drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines for infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Jun;131:180-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.386. Epub 2023 Apr 6. PMID: 37030652. Link
Demosthenes JP, Sachithanandham J, Fletcher GJ, Zachariah UG, Varghese GM, John Daniel HD, Jeyaseelan L, Abraham P, Kannangai R. Characteristics of treatment-naïve HBV-infected individuals with HIV-1 coinfection: A cross-sectional study from South India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Apr-Jun;37(2):219-224. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_16. PMID: 31745022.
Manesh A, Devasagayam E, Bhanuprasad K, Mathew SK, Karthik R, Mathew BS, Varghese GM. Efficacy of Crushed Delayed-Release Posaconazole Tablets in Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 Dec 20;66(12):e0108522. doi: 10.1128/aac.01085-22. Epub 2022 Nov 15. PMID: 36377934; PMCID: PMC9765161.
Abhilash KP, Roshine MK, Vandana K, Varghese GM. A probable case of acquired toxoplasmosis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin in an immunocompetent individual. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;17(11):e1067-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.024. Epub 2013 May 28. PMID: 23726282.
Ninan MM, Rupali P, Varghese GM, Shalini EB, Venkatesh K, Jesudason MR, Rebekah G, Michael JS. Xpert Ultra in diagnosing extrapulmonary TB: accuracy and trace calls. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 May 1;26(5):441-445. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0480. PMID: 35505481. Link
Sathya Kumar AM, George MM, Bhanuprasad K, John GM, Korula A, Abraham A, Mathews V, Kulkarni UP, Shankar C, Premkumar PS, Chacko B, Subramani K, Varghese GM, Balaji V, George B. Persistent bacteremia predicts poor outcomes among neutropenic patients with carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bloodstream infections receiving appropriate therapy. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2023 Feb 15;22(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s12941-023-00561-7. PMID: 36793051; PMCID: PMC9933361.
Karuppusamy KV, Demosthenes JP, Venkatesan V, Christopher AC, Babu P, Azhagiri MK, Jacob A, Ramalingam VV, Rangaraj S, Murugesan MK, Marepally SK, Varghese GM, Srivastava A, Kannangai R, Thangavel S. The CCR5 Gene Edited CD34+CD90+ Hematopoietic Stem Cell Population Serves as an Optimal Graft Source for HIV Gene Therapy. Front Immunol. 2022 Mar 14;13:792684. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.792684. PMID: 35359982; PMCID: PMC8963924.
Peter JV, Griffith MF, Prakash JA, Chrispal A, Pichamuthu K, Varghese GM. Anti-nuclear antibody expression in severe scrub typhus infection: preliminary observations. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):195-6. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145260. PMID: 25538461; PMCID: PMC4265838.
Kaswala C, Schmiedel Y, Kundu D, George MM, Dayanand D, Devasagayam E, S AM, Kumar SS, Michael JS, Ninan MM, Chacko G, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Christopher DJ, Gupta R, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adult patients: a retrospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Sep;122:566-568. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.016. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35811084.
Dayanand D, Irudhayanathan I, Kundu D, Manesh A, Abraham V, Abhilash KP, Chacko B, Moorthy M, Samuel P, Peerawaranun P, Mukaka M, Joseph J, Sivaprakasam M, Varghese GM. Community seroprevalence and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in different subpopulations in Vellore, India, and their implications for future prevention. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 28;116:138-146. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.356. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34971822; PMCID: PMC8712712. Link
Abi M, Chaitra S, Nabarro L, George MV, Balaji V. Hypervirulent, Regulator of Mucoid Phenotype A Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess. J Glob Infect Dis. 2018 Jan-Mar;10(1):30-31. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_86_16. PMID: 29563724; PMCID: PMC5850764.
Gupta A, Goyal-Honavar A, Jonathan GE, Prabhu K, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Chacko AG. Adapting management strategies for sellar-suprasellar lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pragmatic approach from the frontline. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1940852. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34148450.
Solaimalai D, Gupta A, George L, Manesh A, Karthik R, Sathishkumar D, Peter CVD, Varghese GM, Pulimood SA, Kannangai R, Prakash JA. Upward trends of syphilis in the non-pregnant adults: A six-year report on clinical and epidemiological profile of syphilis from a tertiary care center, India. Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 26;10:908591. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.908591. PMID: 35958862; PMCID: PMC9359669.
Manesh A, Devasagayam E, Bhanuprasad K, Varghese L, Kurien R, Cherian LM, Dayanand D, George MM, Kumar SS, Karthik R, Vanjare H, Peter J, Michael JS, Thomas M, Mathew BS, Samuel P, Peerawaranun P, Mukaka M, Rupa V, Varghese GM. Short intravenous amphotericin B followed by oral posaconazole using a simple, stratified treatment approach for diabetes or COVID-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: a prospective cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Oct;29(10):1298-1305. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.06.017. Epub 2023 Jun 20. PMID: 37348653; PMCID: PMC10281032.
Ramalingam VV, Subramanian S, Fletcher GJ, Rupali P, Varghese G, Pulimood S, Jeyaseelan L, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G, Kannangai R. Interaction of human immunodeficiency virus-1 and human immunodeficiency virus-2 capsid amino acid variants with human tripartite motif 5α protein SPRY domain and its association with pathogenesis. I ndian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Oct-Dec;37(4):574-583. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_109. PMID: 32436883.
Abhilash KPP, Mathiyalagan P, Krishnaraj VRK, Selvan S, Kanagarajan R, Reddy NP, Rajendiran N, Hazra D, Gunasekaran K, Moorthy M, Jasmine S, Davis JP, George T, George K, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Barney Isaac TJ, Gupta R, Pichamuthu K, Joy M, Jayaseelan L, Mathews P, Peter JV. Impact of prior vaccination with CovishieldTM and Covaxin® on mortality among symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic in South India during April and May 2021: a cohort study. Vaccine. 2022 Mar 18;40(13):2107-2113. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.023. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35168837; PMCID: PMC8828422.
Kundu D, Gautam P, Dayanand D, Gunasekaran K, Manesh A, Sebastian M, Abhilash KPP, Zachariah A, George T, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Abraham OC, Iyadurai R, Thangakunam B, Gupta R, Karthik R, Moorthy M, Varghese GM. The role and diagnostic accuracy of serology for COVID-19. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 19;22(1):390. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-0736-1y. PMID: 35439957; PMCID: PMC9017961. Link
Kundavaram APP, Selvan S, Raja V, Mathiyalagan P, Kanagarajan R, Reddy NP, Rajendiran N, Hazra D, Gunasekaran K, Moorthy M, Lenin A, Mathew D, Iyyadurai R, Varghese GM, Dj C, Joy M, Peter JV. Retrospective study of comparison of clinical severity and outcome of hospitalised COVID-19 patients during the first and second waves of the pandemic in India. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 21;12(11):e062724. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062724. PMID: 36410807; PMCID: PMC9679869. Link
S D, S TD, Gupta R, Varughese S, Varghese GM, George B, Michael JS. Effectiveness of a real-time PCR for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients - Experience from a tertiary care center, India. J Mycol Med. 2022 May;32(2):101241. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2021.101241. Epub 2021 Dec 30. PMID: 34999296.
Varghese GM, John R. COVID-19 in India: Moving from containment to mitigation. Indian J Med Res. 2020 Feb & Mar;151(2 & 3):136-139. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_860_20. PMID: 32317412; PMCID: PMC7366532.
Paul A, Newbigging NS, Lenin A, Gowri M, Varghese JS, Nell AJ, Abhilash KPP, Binu AJ, Chandiraseharan VK, Iyyadurai R, Varghese GM. Role of Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin (NGAL) and Other Clinical Parameters as Predictors of Bacterial Sepsis in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Fever. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023 Mar;27(3):176-182. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24419. PMID: 36960119; PMCID: PMC10028723.
Bhanuprasad K, Manesh A, Devasagayam E, Varghese L, Cherian LM, Kurien R, Karthik R, Deodhar D, Vanjare H, Peter J, Michael JS, Thomas M, Samuel P, Varghese GM. Risk factors associated with the mucormycosis epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct;111:267-270. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.037. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34450284; PMCID: PMC8383616.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Kumar SS, Solomon R, Gautam P, Inbaraj LR, Sivadasan A, Michael JS, Karthik R, Varghese GM, Christudass CS, Samuel P, Manesh A. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H rs17525495) gene polymorphisms and paradoxical reactions in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 6;13(1):3746. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30923-2. PMID: 36879040; PMCID: PMC9988831.
S AM, Gautam P, D SSK, Mannam P, Jasper A, Gunasekaran K, Thomas NC, Benjamin RN, Inbaraj LR, Devasagayam E, George MM, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Vanjare HA, Sivadasan A, Prabhakar AT, Jonathan E, Michael JS, Samuel P, Varghese GM. Effectiveness of adjunctive high dose infliximab therapy to improve disability free survival among patients with severe CNS tuberculosis: a matched retrospective cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 5:ciad401. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad401. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37405816. Link
Varghese GM, Raj D, Francis MR, Sarkar R, Trowbridge P, Muliyil J. Epidemiology & risk factors of scrub typhus in south India. Indian J Med Res. 2016 Jul;144(1):76-81. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.193292. PMID: 27834329; PMCID: PMC5116902.
Bose P, Chacko B, Arul AO, Robinson Vimala L, Thangakunam B, Varghese GM, Jambugulam M, Lenin A, Peter JV. Delayed inflammatory pulmonary syndrome: A distinct clinical entity in the spectrum of inflammatory syndromes in COVID-19 infection? World J Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 9;12(4):226-235. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v12.i4.226. PMID: 37745259; PMCID: PMC10515099.
Mukaka M, Manesh A, Varghese GM. Short intravenous amphotericin B followed by oral posaconazole using a simple, stratified treatment approach for diabetes or COVID-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: author's response. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Jul 27:S1198-743X(23)00346-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.07.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37516382.
Huang Z, George MM, Tan YR, Natarajan K, Devasagayam E, Tay E, Manesh A, Varghese GM, Abraham OC, Zachariah A, Yap P, Lall D, Chow A. Are physicians ready for precision antibiotic prescribing? A qualitative analysis of the acceptance of artificial intelligence-enabled clinical decision support systems in India and Singapore. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2023 Dec;35:76-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.016. Epub 2023 Aug 26. PMID: 37640155; PMCID: PMC10684720.
Manesh A, Gautam P, Kumar D SS, Varghese GM. Reply to Khan et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 13:ciad592. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad592. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37832146.
Kannan K, John R, Kundu D, Dayanand D, Abhilash KPP, Mathuram AJ, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Abraham OC, Gunasekaran K, Iyadurai R, Abraham AM, Prakash JAJ, Yesudhason BL, Veeraraghavan B, Kavitha ML, Jose LR, Sumana MN, Saravu K, Varghese GM. Performance of molecular and serologic tests for the diagnosis of scrub typhus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Nov 12;14(11):e0008747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008747. PMID: 33180784; PMCID: PMC7660479.
James RI, Verma R, Johnson LR, Manesh A, Jayakumar J, Sen M, Joseph J, Kumarasami R, Mitra PP, Sivaprakasam M, Varghese GM. A Standardized Protocol for the Safe Retrieval of Infectious Postmortem Human Brain for Studying Whole-Brain Pathology. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2023 Dec 1;44(4):303-310. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000871. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37490584; PMCID: PMC10662599.
Varghese GM, Mukaka M, Day NPJ. Intravenous Doxycycline, Azithromycin, or Both for Severe Scrub Typhus. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 8;388(23):2204-2205. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2303757. PMID: 37285539.
Varghese GM, John R, Manesh A, Karthik R, Abraham OC. Authors' response. Indian J Med Res. 2020 Jul & Aug;152(1 & 2):151-152. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.294037. PMID: 32883920; PMCID: PMC7853270.
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