Associate Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Gunasekaran K, Mathew DE, Sudarsan TI, Iyyadurai R. Fatal colchicine intoxication by ingestion of Gloriosa superba tubers. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 16;12(5):e228718. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228718. PMID: 31101749; PMCID: PMC6536255.
Moorthy M, Chacko B, Ramakrishna K, Samuel P, Karthik G, Kalki RC, Abraham AM, Akhuj A, Valsan A, Abraham OC, Peter JV. Risk of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection among healthcare workers caring for critically ill patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection. J Hosp Infect. 2011 Apr;77(4):365-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.12.001. Epub 2011 Feb 12. PMID: 21316801. Link
Gutta S, Prasad JD, Gunasekaran K, Iyadurai R. Hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity of Fipronil poisoning in human: A case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Oct 31;8(10):3437-3439. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_486_19. PMID: 31742187; PMCID: PMC6857411.
Mitra S, Gunasekaran K, Chacko G, Hansdak SG. Leprous neuromyositis: A rare clinical entity and review of the literature. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Jan-Mar;34(1):95-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.174120. PMID: 26776128.
John KJ, Sadiq M, George T, Gunasekaran K, Francis N, Rajadurai E, Sudarsanam TD. Clinical and Immunological Profile of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and a Comparison of Four Diagnostic Criteria. Int J Rheumatol. 2020 Jan 29;2020:9692030. doi: 10.1155/2020/9692030. PMID: 32411251; PMCID: PMC7204172. Link
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.
Gunasekaran K, Mathew DE, Sudarsan TI, Iyyadurai R. Fatal colchicine intoxication by ingestion of Gloriosa superba tubers. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 16;12(5):e228718. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228718. PMID: 31101749; PMCID: PMC6536255.
Moorthy M, Chacko B, Ramakrishna K, Samuel P, Karthik G, Kalki RC, Abraham AM, Akhuj A, Valsan A, Abraham OC, Peter JV. Risk of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection among healthcare workers caring for critically ill patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection. J Hosp Infect. 2011 Apr;77(4):365-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.12.001. Epub 2011 Feb 12. PMID: 21316801. Link
Gutta S, Prasad JD, Gunasekaran K, Iyadurai R. Hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity of Fipronil poisoning in human: A case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Oct 31;8(10):3437-3439. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_486_19. PMID: 31742187; PMCID: PMC6857411.
Mitra S, Gunasekaran K, Chacko G, Hansdak SG. Leprous neuromyositis: A rare clinical entity and review of the literature. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Jan-Mar;34(1):95-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.174120. PMID: 26776128.
John KJ, Sadiq M, George T, Gunasekaran K, Francis N, Rajadurai E, Sudarsanam TD. Clinical and Immunological Profile of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and a Comparison of Four Diagnostic Criteria. Int J Rheumatol. 2020 Jan 29;2020:9692030. doi: 10.1155/2020/9692030. PMID: 32411251; PMCID: PMC7204172. Link
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.
Peter JV, Karthik G, Ramakrishna K, Griffith MF, Jude Prakash JA, Job V, Chacko B, Graham PL. Elevated procalcitonin is associated with increased mortality in patients with scrub typhus infection needing intensive care admission. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 May;17(3):174-7. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.117063. PMID: 24082615; PMCID: PMC3777372.
John K, Gunasekaran K, Kodiatte TA, Iyyadurai R. Cutaneous botryomycosis of the foot: A case report and review of literature. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Jul-Sep;36(3):447-449. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_347. PMID: 30429406.
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.
Dv K, Gunasekaran K, Mishra AK, Iyyadurai R. Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as cold abscess of the thyroid gland-a case report. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2017 Sep 11;2017(9):omx049. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omx049. PMID: 28928976; PMCID: PMC5597852.
John K, Mishra AK, Gunasekaran K, Iyyadurai R. Amlodipine-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia in a Young Male with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease. Case Rep Nephrol. 2020 Feb 12;2020:7801546. doi: 10.1155/2020/7801546. PMID: 32099704; PMCID: PMC7038384. Link
John KJ, Gunasekaran K, Prasad JD, Mathew D, Das S, Sultan N, Abraham AM, Iyyadurai R. Predictors of Major Bleeding and Mortality in Dengue Infection: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 4;2019:4823791. doi: 10.1155/2019/4823791. PMID: 31565054; PMCID: PMC6746148.
John KJ, Gunasekaran K, Sultan N, Iyyadurai R. Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis presenting with hydrocephalus in a patient with advanced HIV infection. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2019 Nov 11;2019(10):omz104. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omz104. PMID: 31798920; PMCID: PMC6874864.
Gunasekaran K, Amladi A, Mathew SK, Miraclin TA, Iyyadurai R. A case of septicaemic melioidosis: Utility of therapeutic drug monitoring and high-dose meropenem in successful management. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Oct-Dec;36(4):597-599. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_433. PMID: 30880715.
Perumalla SK, Paul S, Abhilash KPP, Gunasekaran K, Rose W, Mahasampath G, Jude PJ. Eschar and IgM ELISA in the diagnosis of scrub typhus. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jan-Mar;37(1):113-115. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.264495. PMID: 31424021.
Varghese R, Neeravi A, Subramanian N, Pavithra B, Kavipriya A, Kumar JL, Girish Kumar CP, Jeyraman Y, Karthik G, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Clonal similarities and sequence-type diversity of invasive and carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae in India among children under 5 Years. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):358-362. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_348. PMID: 32003333.
John Binu A, Kumar Mishra A, Gunasekaran K, Iyadurai R. Cardiovascular manifestations and patient outcomes following snake envenomation: a pilot study. Trop Doct. 2019 Jan;49(1):10-13. doi: 10.1177/0049475518814019. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30486743.
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.
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.
Gunasekaran K, Amladi A, Mathew SK, Miraclin TA, Iyyadurai R. A case of septicaemic melioidosis: Utility of therapeutic drug monitoring and high-dose meropenem in successful management. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Oct-Dec;36(4):597-599. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_433. PMID: 30880715.
John KJ, Turaka VP, Muruga Bharathy K, Vignesh Kumar C, Jayaseelan L, Visalakshi J, Nadaraj A, Mathew A, Mariam F, Nellimala NJ, Joy A, Punitha JV, Koshy M, Chandy G, Gunasekaran K, Sudarsanam TD. Predictors of mortality, strategies to reduce readmission, and economic impact of acute decompensated heart failure: Results of the Vellore Heart Failure Registry. Indian Heart J. 2020 Jan-Feb;72(1):20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 24. PMID: 32423556; PMCID: PMC7231859. Link
Ramakrishna K, Peter JV, Karthik G, Abraham AM, Surekha V, Karthik R, Chacko B. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic: was there a difference in the two waves in patients requiring admission to the intensive-care unit? Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Sep;17(9):1355-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03584.x. Epub 2011 Jun 17. PMID: 21679373. Link
John Binu A, Kumar Mishra A, Gunasekaran K, Iyadurai R. Cardiovascular manifestations and patient outcomes following snake envenomation: a pilot study. Trop Doct. 2019 Jan;49(1):10-13. doi: 10.1177/0049475518814019. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30486743.
Das S, Iyadurai R, Gunasekaran K, Karuppusamy R, Mathew Z, Rajadurai E, John AO, Mani S, George T. Clinical characteristics and complications of skull base osteomyelitis: A 12-year study in a teaching hospital in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Mar;8(3):834-839. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_62_19. PMID: 31041210; PMCID: PMC6482749.
Sivanandan A, Abel SR, Sanjay M, Chandran J, Gunasekaran K, Abhilash KPP. Profile and outcome of patients presenting with agrochemical poisoning to the emergency department. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Mar 26;9(3):1589-1593. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1096_19. PMID: 32509655; PMCID: PMC7266212.
Devamani CS, Prakash JAJ, Alexander N, Stone W, Gunasekaran K, Rose W, Schmidt WP. High initial IgG antibody levels against Orientia tsutsugamushi are associated with an increased risk of severe scrub typhus infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar 18;15(3):e0009283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009283. PMID: 33735183; PMCID: PMC8009433.
Sudarsan TI, Thomas L, Samprathi A, Chacko B, Mathuram A, George T, Karthik G, Rajan SJ, Carey RAB, Mahasampath G, Peter JV. Tuberculous ARDS is associated with worse outcome when compared with non-tuberculous infectious ARDS. J Crit Care. 2021 Feb;61:138-143. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.10.015. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33161242.
Ninan GA, Gunasekaran K, Jayakaran JAJ, Johnson J, Abhilash K, Pichamuthu K, Iyadurai R. Heat-related illness-Clinical profile and predictors of outcome from a healthcare center in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4210-4215. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_690_20. PMID: 33110834; PMCID: PMC7586615.
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.
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/s12879-022-07361-y. PMID: 35439957; PMCID: PMC9017961
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.
Georgy JT, Jayakaran JAJ, Jacob AS, Gunasekaran K, Korula PJ, Devasia AJ, Iyadurai R. Evans syndrome and immune thrombocytopenia in two patients with COVID-19. J Med Virol. 2021 May;93(5):2642-2644. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26906. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33634495; PMCID:
Sekaran K, Polachirakkal Varghese R, Gnanasambandan R, Karthik G, Ramya I, George Priya Doss C. Molecular modeling of C1-inhibitor as SARS-CoV-2 target identified from the immune signatures of multiple tissues: An integrated bioinformatics study. Cell Biochem Funct. 2023 Jan;41(1):112-127. doi: 10.1002/cbf.3769. Epub 2022 Dec 14. PMID: 36517964.
Thomas, L., Chacko, B., Jupudi, S., Mathuram, A., George, T., Gunasekaran, K., Rajan, S. J., Carey, R. A., & Peter, J. V. (2021). Clinical Profile and Outcome of Critically Ill Patients with Tuberculosis. Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 25(1), 21–28. https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23503 Link
Abhilash KPP, Chandran J, Murugan S, Rabbi N AS, Selvan J, Jindal A, Gunasekaran K. Changing trends in the profile of rodenticide poisoning. Med J Armed Forces India. 2022 Sep;78(Suppl 1):S139-S144. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.12.009. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 36147429; PMCID: PMC9485748.
Abhilash KP, Murugan S, Rabbi AS, Pradeeptha S, Pradeep R, Gunasekaran K. Deliberate Self-poisoning due to Plant Toxins: Verdant Footprints of the Past into the Present. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Apr;25(4):392-397. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23784. PMID: 34045805; PMCID: PMC8138652.
Gunasekaran K, Elangovan D, Perumalla S, Abhilash KPP, Prakash JAJ. Purpura Fulminans and Spotted Fever: A Case Series from South India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 1;14(4):162-164. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_297_21. PMID: 36636298; PMCID: PMC9831211. Link
Kumar N, Miraclin AT, Gunasekaran K, Veeraraghavan B. Invasive Listeriosis: Molecular Determinants of Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance. J Glob Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 26;14(3):125-127. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_94_22. PMID: 36237563; PMCID: PMC9552339. Link
Vanjare HA, Gunasekaran K, Manesh A, Mishra AK, Mannam P, Iyadurai R, Jasper A, Mani S. Evaluation of intracranial vasculitis in tuberculous meningitis using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging technique. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021 Jul-Sep;10(3):228-233. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_117_21. PMID: 34494560.
Vanjare HA, Gunasekaran K, Manesh A, Mishra AK, Mannam P, Iyadurai R, Jasper A, Mani S. Evaluation of intracranial vasculitis in tuberculous meningitis using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging technique. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021 Jul-Sep;10(3):228-233. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_117_21. PMID: 34494560.
Das S, Sathyendra S, Hephzibah J, Karuppusami R, Gunasekaran K, Shanthly N, Miraclin A, Iyadurai R. Utility of positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the evaluation of fever of unknown origin in a resource-limited tropical nation. World J Nucl Med. 2021 Aug 20;20(3):237-246. doi: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_99_20. PMID: 34703391; PMCID: PMC8488897.
Alexander H, Gunasekaran K, Sara John J, Gracelin Princy Zacchaeus N, Samuel P, Jasmine S, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher, Pichamuthu K, Rupali P. Evaluation of Remdesivir to the outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection in a tertiary-care hospital in southern India. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2023 Mar 31;17(3):304-310. doi: 10.3855/jidc.16642. PMID: 37023432.
Jayaram A, Mathews NS, Nair SC, Geevar T, Rose W, Verghese VP, Mathuram AJ, Gunasekaran K, Abraham AM, Mammen JJ. High fluorescent lymphocyte cell count and scattergram patterns on the Sysmex XN series cell counters-Novel parameters in early and reliable diagnosis of dengue on a background of acute febrile illness. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Aug;43(4):O156-O160. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13478. Epub 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33491304.
Shenoy V, Shah S, Kumar S, David D, Gunasekaran K, Priya G, Selvaraj B, Prabhakar Abhilash KP. A prospective cohort study of patients presenting to the emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Mar;10(3):1431-1436. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1996_20. Epub 2021 Apr 8. PMID: 34041190; PMCID: PMC8140221. Link
Das S, Gunasekaran K, Ajjampur SSR, Abraham D, George T, Janeela MA, Iyadurai R. Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Feb 28;9(2):1240-1243. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1010_19. PMID: 32318505; PMCID: PMC7114032. Link
Iyadurai R, Gunasekaran K, Jose A, Pitchaimuthu K. Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4444-4447. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20. PMID: 33110881; PMCID: PMC7586564. Link
Kundu, Debasreea;Gautam, Priyankaa;Dayanand, Divyaa;Gunasekaran, Karthikb;Manesh, Abia;Sebastian, Merylina;Abhilash, Kundavaram P. P.c;Zachariah, Anandb;George, Tinab;Sathyendra, Sowmyab;Hansdak, Samuel G.b;Abraham O.C.b The role and diagnostic accuracy of serology for COVID-19 BMC Infectious DiseasesOpen AccessVolume 22, Issue 1December 2022
Raju F, Biju AC, Gunasekaran K, Mannam PR, George K, Abhilash KP. The effects of temperature and outcomes of patients presenting to the emergency department with heat-related illness: A retrospective cross-sectional study. Int J Acad Med 2021;7:220-5 DOI: 10.4103/IJAM.IJAM_97_20
Abhilash, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar1,; Murugan, Sanjay1; Rabbi, N Abel S.1; Pradeeptha, Sharon1; Kumar, Sathish1; Selvaraj, Bagyalakshmi1; Gunasekaran, Karthik2 Deliberate self-poisoning and harm, A meticulous quest of methods in vogue Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care: January 2022 - Volume 11 - Issue 1 - p 233-239 doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1184_21
Shankar C, Jacob JJ, Sugumar SG, Natarajan L, Rodrigues C, Mathur P, Mukherjee DN, Sharma A, Chitnis DS, Bharagava A, Manesh A, Gunasekaran K, Veeraraghavan B. Distinctive Mobile Genetic Elements Observed in the Clonal Expansion of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in India. Microb Drug Resist. 2021 Aug;27(8):1096-1104. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0316. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33720791.
Iyadurai R, Gunasekaran K, Jose A, Pitchaimuthu K. Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4444-4447. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20. PMID: 33110881; PMCID: PMC7586564. Link
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
Barnabas R , Yadav B, Jayakaran J, Gunasekaran K,Johnson J, Pichamuthu K, Iyadurai R. Direct Costs of Healthcare among Patients with Deliberate Self-harm: A Pilot Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine; 2022, 26 (7): 836-838. Link
Sekaran K, Gnanasambandan R, Thirunavukarasu R, Iyyadurai R, Karthick G, George Priya Doss C. A systematic review of artificial intelligence-based COVID-19 modeling on multimodal genetic information. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2023 Feb 19:S0079-6107(23)00015-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.02.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36809830; PMCID: PMC9938959.
Priya T T, Jacob JJ, M Y, Karthik R, Iyadurai R, G K, Devi B Y, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Is it time to move on to gene-based Salmonella typing: Evidence and implications. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2023 Jul-Aug;44:100359. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.02.002. Epub 2023 May 11. PMID: 37356840.
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
Abhilash KPP, Murugan S, Rabbi NAS, Pradeeptha S, Kumar S, Selvaraj B, Gunasekaran K. Deliberate self-poisoning and harm: A meticulous quest of methods in vogue. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jan;11(1):233-239. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1184_21. Epub 2022 Jan 31. PMID: 35309643; PMCID: PMC8930158.
D E, S P, K G, W R, V P V, Pp AK, Jaj P, Js D. Spotted fever diagnosis: Experience from a South Indian center. Pathog Glob Health. 2021 Jul;115(5):300-306. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1934293. Epub 2021 Sep 7. PMID: 34493177; PMCID: PMC8547824.
Hazra D, Chandy GM, Thanjavurkar A, Gunasekaran K, Nekkanti AC, Pal R, Moorthy M, Abhilash KPP. A clinico-epidemiological profile, coinfections and outcome of patients with Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI) presenting to the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Apr;12(4):672-678. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1705_22. Epub 2023 Apr 17. PMID: 37312766; PMCID: PMC10259566.
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