Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Boddu D, Verghese VP, Michael JS, Chacko A, Jeyaseelan V. Utility of QuantiFERON®-TB gold In-Tube test compared with tuberculin skin test in diagnosing tuberculosis in Indian children with malnutrition. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):433-437. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_227. PMID: 32003347.
Aruldhas BW, Hoglund RM, Ranjalkar J, Tarning J, Mathew SK, Verghese VP, Bose A, Mathew BS. Optimization of dosing regimens of isoniazid and rifampicin in children with tuberculosis in India. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Mar;85(3):644-654. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13846. Epub 2019 Jan 17. PMID: 30588647; PMCID: PMC6379231. Link
Jayaraman Y, Mehendale S, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Rajkumar P, Sukumar B, Pillai RK, Mohan G, Radhakrishnan DN, Sridharan S, Babu N, Ganesapillai M, Rao SP, Kar SK, Manchanda V, Kanga A, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Immunochromatography in CSF improves data on surveillance of S. pneumoniae meningitis in India. J Infect Public Health. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):735-738. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Mar 30. PMID: 29606535.
Rebecca B, Chacko A, Verghese V, Rose W. Spectrum of Pediatric Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Setting in South India. J Trop Pediatr. 2018 Dec 1;64(6):544-547. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmy007. PMID: 29447374.
Kakarlapudi SR, Chacko A, Samuel P, Verghese VP, Rose W. Comparison of Scrub Typhus Meningitis with Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Tuberculous Meningitis. Indian Pediatr. 2018 Jan 15;55(1):35-37. PMID: 29396933.
John TJ, Verghese VP, Arunkumar G, Gupta N, Swaminathan S. The syndrome of acute encephalitis in children in India: Need for new thinking. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Aug;146(2):158-161. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1497_16. PMID: 29265016; PMCID: PMC5761025. Link
Boddu D, Verghese VP, Michael JS, Chacko A, Jeyaseelan V. Utility of QuantiFERON®-TB gold In-Tube test compared with tuberculin skin test in diagnosing tuberculosis in Indian children with malnutrition. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):433-437. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_227. PMID: 32003347.
Aruldhas BW, Hoglund RM, Ranjalkar J, Tarning J, Mathew SK, Verghese VP, Bose A, Mathew BS. Optimization of dosing regimens of isoniazid and rifampicin in children with tuberculosis in India. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Mar;85(3):644-654. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13846. Epub 2019 Jan 17. PMID: 30588647; PMCID: PMC6379231. Link
Jayaraman Y, Mehendale S, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Rajkumar P, Sukumar B, Pillai RK, Mohan G, Radhakrishnan DN, Sridharan S, Babu N, Ganesapillai M, Rao SP, Kar SK, Manchanda V, Kanga A, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Immunochromatography in CSF improves data on surveillance of S. pneumoniae meningitis in India. J Infect Public Health. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):735-738. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Mar 30. PMID: 29606535.
Rebecca B, Chacko A, Verghese V, Rose W. Spectrum of Pediatric Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Setting in South India. J Trop Pediatr. 2018 Dec 1;64(6):544-547. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmy007. PMID: 29447374.
Kakarlapudi SR, Chacko A, Samuel P, Verghese VP, Rose W. Comparison of Scrub Typhus Meningitis with Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Tuberculous Meningitis. Indian Pediatr. 2018 Jan 15;55(1):35-37. PMID: 29396933.
John TJ, Verghese VP, Arunkumar G, Gupta N, Swaminathan S. The syndrome of acute encephalitis in children in India: Need for new thinking. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Aug;146(2):158-161. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1497_16. PMID: 29265016; PMCID: PMC5761025. Link
Ranjalkar J, Mathew SK, Verghese VP, Bose A, Rose W, Gupta D, Fleming DH, Mathew BS. Isoniazid and rifampicin concentrations in children with tuberculosis with either a daily or intermittent regimen: implications for the revised RNTCP 2012 doses in India. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2018 May;51(5):663-669. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.12.004. Epub 2017 Dec 11. PMID: 29241821. Link
Verghese VP, Hendson L, Singh A, Guenette T, Gratrix J, Robinson JL. Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants Exposed to Infectious Syphilis In Utero. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Jun;37(6):576-579. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001842. PMID: 29189610.
Veeraraghavan B, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Santhanam S, Verghese VP, Inbanathan FY, Livingston C. Whole genome shotgun sequencing of Indian strains of Streptococcus agalactiae. Genom Data. 2017 Oct 2;14:63-65. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2017.10.001. PMID: 29021957; PMCID: PMC5633162.
Anandan S, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gajendiren R, Verghese VP, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Shigella isolates during 2014 and 2015: trends in South India. Germs. 2017 Sep 1;7(3):115-122. doi: 10.18683/germs.2017.1116. PMID: 28932711; PMCID: PMC5601094.
Vivian Thangaraj JW, Mittal M, Verghese VP, Kumar CPG, Rose W, Sabarinathan R, Pandey AK, Gupta N, Murhekar M. Scrub Typhus as an Etiology of Acute Febrile Illness in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2016. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Nov;97(5):1313-1315. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0135. Epub 2017 Aug 18. PMID: 28820712; PMCID: PMC5817754.
Vivian Thangaraj JW, Mittal M, Verghese VP, Kumar CPG, Rose W, Sabarinathan R, Pandey AK, Gupta N, Murhekar M. Scrub Typhus as an Etiology of Acute Febrile Illness in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2016. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Nov;97(5):1313-1315. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0135. Epub 2017 Aug 18. PMID: 28820712; PMCID: PMC5817754.
Rose W, Ghosh U, Punnen A, Sarkar R, Prakash JJA, Verghese VP. Comparison of Scrub Typhus With and Without Meningitis. Indian J Pediatr. 2017 Nov;84(11):833-837. doi: 10.1007/s12098-017-2403-4. Epub 2017 Jul 4. PMID: 28674823.
Mittal M, Thangaraj JWV, Rose W, Verghese VP, Kumar CPG, Mittal M, Sabarinathan R, Bondre V, Gupta N, Murhekar MV. Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1414-1416. doi: 10.3201/eid2308.170025. PMID: 28726617; PMCID: PMC5547812.
Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Neeravi A, Jayaraman Y, Thomas K, Mehendale SM. incidence of penicillin- and cefotaxime-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis in India: Time for revision of treatment guidelines? Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Apr-Jun;35(2):228-236. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_124. PMID: 28681811. Link
Sindhu KN, Cunliffe N, Peak M, Turner M, Darby A, Grassly N, Gordon M, Dube Q, Babji S, Praharaj I, Verghese V, Iturriza-Gómara M, Kang G. Impact of maternal antibodies and infant gut microbiota on the immunogenicity of rotavirus vaccines in African, Indian and European infants: protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 29;7(3):e016577. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016577. PMID: 28360258; PMCID: PMC5372070. Link
Verghese VP. Introducing rubella vaccine into the national immunisation schedule. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Jan-Mar;35(1):143-145. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_40. PMID: 28303838. Link
Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Anandan S, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. First report on whole-genome shotgun sequences of 23 biochemically indistinguishable clinical Shigella isolates. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 Jun;9:32-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2016.12.009. Epub 2017 Feb 17. PMID: 28219825.
Nabarro LEB, Shankar C, Pragasam AK, Mathew G, Jeyaseelan V, Veeraraghavan B, Verghese VP. Clinical and Bacterial Risk Factors for Mortality in Children With Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Jun;36(6):e161-e166. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001499. PMID: 28005691.
Nabarro LEB, Shankar C, Pragasam AK, Mathew G, Jeyaseelan V, Veeraraghavan B, Verghese VP. Clinical and Bacterial Risk Factors for Mortality in Children With Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Jun;36(6):e161-e166. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001499. PMID: 28005691.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Rajamani Sekar SK, Gopi R, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Ramesh S, Verghese VP, Korulla S, Mathai S, Sangal L, Joshi S. First Report on the Draft Genome Sequences of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolates from India. Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 23;4(6):e01316-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01316-16. PMID: 27881543; PMCID: PMC5122685. Link
Veeraraghavan B, Neeravi AR, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Inbanathan FY, Pragasam AK, Verghese VP. Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the First Observation of Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type 6928 in India. Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 3;4(6):e01232-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01232-16. PMID: 27811110; PMCID: PMC5095480.
Veeraraghavan B, Jayaraman R, John J, Varghese R, Neeravi A, Verghese VP, Thomas K. Customized sequential multiplex PCR for accurate and early determination of invasive pneumococcal serotypes found in India. J Microbiol Methods. 2016 Nov;130:133-135. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.09.007. Epub 2016 Sep 10. PMID: 27623479. Link
Mathews DM, John R, Verghese V, Parmar H, Chaudhary N, Mishra S, Mathew L. Histoplasma capsulatum Infection with Extensive Lytic Bone Lesions Mimicking LCH. J Trop Pediatr. 2016 Dec;62(6):496-499. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmw040. Epub 2016 Jun 20. PMID: 27329388.
Balaji V, Jayaraman R, Verghese VP, Baliga PR, Kurien T. Pneumococcal serotypes associated with invasive disease in under five children in India & implications for vaccine policy. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Sep;142(3):286-92. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.166588. PMID: 26458344; PMCID: PMC4669863. Link
Muthusamy K, Yoganathan S, Thomas MM, Alexander M, Verghese VP. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a child with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on antiretroviral therapy. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2015 Jan-Mar;18(1):96-8. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.144299. PMID: 25745323; PMCID: PMC4350227.
Rose W, Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Verghese VP. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of isolates from pediatric blood stream infections. Indian Pediatr. 2014 Sep;51(9):752-3. PMID: 25228617.
Verghese VP, Robinson JL. A systematic review of hepatitis E virus infection in children. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 1;59(5):689-97. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu371. Epub 2014 May 20. PMID: 24846637.
John TJ, Verghese VP. Time to re-think measles vaccination schedule in India. Indian J Med Res. 2011 Sep;134(3):256-9. PMID: 21985807; PMCID: PMC3193705.
Gibikote S, Verghese VP. Diagnosis of pneumonia in children: ultrasound better than CXR? Radiol Med. 2008 Oct;113(7):1079-80; author reply 1080-1. English, Italian. doi: 10.1007/s11547-008-0344-8. PMID: 19002418.
Subashini B, Adhikari DD, Verghese VP, Jeyaseelan V, Veeraraghavan B, Prakash JA. CNS Infections in Children: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center. J Glob Infect Dis. 2017 Jan-Mar;9(1):35-36. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.194375. PMID: 28250626; PMCID: PMC5330045.
Cherian T, Verghese VP. Tuberculosis with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Indian J Pediatr. 2000 Feb;67(2 Suppl):S47-52. PMID: 11129908.
Ramachandran P, Fitzwater SP, Aneja S, Verghese VP, Kumar V, Nedunchelian K, Wadhwa N, Veeraraghavan B, Kumar R, Meeran M, Kapil A, Jasmine S, Kumar A, Suresh S, Bhatnagar S, Thomas K, Awasthi S, Santosham M, Chandran A. Prospective multi-centre sentinel surveillance for Haemophilus influenzae type b & other bacterial meningitis in Indian children. J Med Res. 2013 Apr;137(4):712-20. PMID: 23703338; PMCID: PMC3724251.
Mittal M, Bondre V, Murhekar M, Deval H, Rose W, Verghese VP, Mittal M, Patil G, Sabarinathan R, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Kanagasabai K, Prakash JAJ, Gupta N, Gupte MM, Gupte MD. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 2016: Clinical and Laboratory Findings. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Nov;37(11):1101-1106. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002099. PMID: 29746378.
Ramachandran P, Fitzwater SP, Aneja S, Verghese VP, Kumar V, Nedunchelian K, Wadhwa N, Veeraraghavan B, Kumar R, Meeran M, Kapil A, Jasmine S, Kumar A, Suresh S, Bhatnagar S, Thomas K, Awasthi S, Santosham M, Chandran A. Prospective multi-centre sentinel surveillance for Haemophilus influenzae type b & other bacterial meningitis in Indian children. Indian J Med Res. 2013 Apr;137(4):712-20. PMID: 23703338; PMCID: PMC3724251.
Amdekar YK, Lalwani SK, Bavdekar A, Balasubramanian S, Chhatwal J, Bhat SR, Verghese VP, Tansey SP, Gadgil D, Jiang Q, Pride M, Emini EA, Gruber WC, Scott DA. Immunogenicity and safety of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in healthy infants and toddlers given with routine vaccines in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 May;32(5):509-16. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827b478d. PMID: 23190777. Link
Moorthy M, Samuel P, Peter JV, Vijayakumar S, Sekhar D, Verghese VP, Agarwal I, Moses PD, Ebenezer K, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Mathews P, Mishra AC, Lal R, Muliyil J, Abraham AM. Estimation of the burden of pandemic(H1N1)2009 in developing countries: experience from a tertiary care center in South India. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e41507. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041507. Epub 2012 Sep 5. PMID: 22957015; PMCID: PMC3434194. Link
Dutta AK, Verghese VP, Pemde H, Mathew LG, Ortiz E. Immunogenicity and safety of a DTaP-IPV//PRP~T vaccine (Pentaxim) booster dose during the second year of life in Indian children primed with the same vaccine. Indian Pediatr. 2012 Oct;49(10):793-8. doi: 10.1007/s13312-012-0191-5. Epub 2012 Mar 30. PMID: 22791675.
Lalwani S, Chatterjee S, Chhatwal J, Verghese VP, Mehta S, Shafi F, Borys D, Moreira M, Schuerman L. Immunogenicity, safety, and reactogenicity of the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Hemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) when co-administered with the DTPw-HBV/Hib vaccine in Indian infants: a single-blind, randomized, controlled study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2012 May;8(5):612-22. doi: 10.4161/hv.19287. Epub 2012 May 1. PMID: 22634448.
Veeraraghavan B, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Santhanam S, Verghese VP, Inbanathan FY, Livingston C. Whole genome shotgun sequencing of Indian strains of Streptococcus agalactiae. Genom Data. 2017 Oct 2;14:63-65. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2017.10.001. PMID: 29021957; PMCID: PMC5633162.
Prakash JA, Sohan Lal T, Rosemol V, Verghese VP, Pulimood SA, Reller M, Dumler JS. Molecular detection and analysis of spotted fever group Rickettsia in patients with fever and rash at a tertiary care centre in Tamil Nadu, India. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Mar;106(1):40-5. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000001. PMID: 22595273; PMCID: PMC4001510.
Vidwan NK, Regi A, Steinhoff M, Huppert JS, Staat MA, Dodd C, Nongrum R, Anandan S, Verghese V. Low prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in non-urban pregnant women in Vellore, S. India. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e34794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034794. Epub 2012 May 2. PMID: 22567090; PMCID: PMC3342301.
Ebenezer K, James EJ, Michael JS, Kang G, Verghese VP. Ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia. Indian Pediatr. 2011 Dec;48(12):964-6. doi: 10.1007/s13312-011-0152-4. Epub 2011 May 30. PMID: 21719944.
Memish ZA, Dbaibo G, Montellano M, Verghese VP, Jain H, Dubey AP, Bianco V, Van der Wielen M, Gatchalian S, Miller JM. Immunogenicity of a single dose of tetravalent meningococcal serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y conjugate vaccine administered to 2- to 10-year-olds is noninferior to a licensed-ACWY polysaccharide vaccine with an acceptable safety profile. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Apr;30(4):e56-62. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820e6e02. PMID: 21278617.
Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Neeravi A, Jayaraman Y, Thomas K, Mehendale SM. Increasing incidence of penicillin- and cefotaxime-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis in India: Time for revision of treatment guidelines? Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Apr-Jun;35(2):228-236. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_124. PMID: 28681811.
Dutta AK, Verghese VP, Pemde HK, Mathew LG, Ortiz E. Immunogenicity and safety of a pentavalent diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate combination vaccine (Pentaxim) with hepatitis B vaccine. Indian Pediatr. 2009 Nov;46(11):975-82. PMID: 19955579.
Rehman AM, Gladstone BP, Verghese VP, Muliyil J, Jaffar S, Kang G. Chronic growth faltering amongst a birth cohort of Indian children begins prior to weaning and is highly prevalent at three years of age. Nutr J. 2009 Sep 29;8:44. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-44. PMID: 19788734; PMCID: PMC2761939.
Kandathil AJ, Kannangai R, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Pulimood SA, Verghese VP, Grant P, Pillay D, Sridharan G. The frequency of HIV-I drug resistance mutations among treatment-naive individuals at a tertiary care centre in south India. Int J STD AIDS. 2009 Aug;20(8):522-6. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008403. PMID: 19625581.
Ramachandran P, Fitzwater SP, Aneja S, Verghese VP, Kumar V, Nedunchelian K, Wadhwa N, Veeraraghavan B, Kumar R, Meeran M, Kapil A, Jasmine S, Kumar A, Suresh S, Bhatnagar S, Thomas K, Awasthi S, Santosham M, Chandran A. Prospective multi-centre sentinel surveillance for Haemophilus influenzae type b & other bacterial meningitis in Indian children. Indian J Med Res. 2013 Apr;137(4):712-20. PMID: 23703338; PMCID: PMC3724251.
Verghese VP, Friberg IK, Cherian T, Raghupathy P, Balaji V, Lalitha MK, Thomas K, John TJ, Steinhoff MC. Community effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Aug;28(8):738-40. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318199f2a1. PMID: 19633518.
Kandathil AJ, Kannangai R, Verghese VP, Pulimood SA, Rupali P, Sridharan G, Grant P, Pillay D, Abraham OC. Drug resistant mutations detected by genotypic drug resistance testing in patients failing therapy in clade C HIV-1 infected individuals from India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2009 Jul-Sep;27(3):231-6. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.53205. PMID: 19584504.
Anandan S, Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Gajendiren R, Verghese VP, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Shigella isolates during 2014 and 2015: trends in South India. Germs. 2017 Sep 1;7(3):115-122. doi: 10.18683/germs.2017.1116. PMID: 28932711; PMCID: PMC5601094.
Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Anandan S, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. First report on whole-genome shotgun sequences of 23 biochemically indistinguishable clinical Shigella isolates. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 Jun;9:32-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2016.12.009. Epub 2017 Feb 17. PMID: 28219825.
Awasthi S, Agarwal G, Kabra SK, Singhi S, Kulkarni M, More V, Niswade A, Pillai RM, Luke R, Srivastava NM, Suresh S, Verghese VP, Raghupathy P, Lodha R, Walter SD. Does 3-day course of oral amoxycillin benefit children of non-severe pneumonia with wheeze: a multicentric randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. 2008 Apr 23;3(4):e1991. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001991. PMID: 18431478; PMCID: PMC2292255.
Bose A, Dubey AP, Gandhi D, Pandit A, Raghu MB, Raghupathy P, Rao MI, Verghese VP, Datta SK, Bock HL. Safety and reactogenicity of a low dose diphtheria tetanus acellular pertussis vaccine (Boostrix) in pre-school Indian children. Indian Pediatr. 2007 Jun;44(6):421-4. PMID: 17620694.
Pragasam AK, Shankar C, Anandan S, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Alarming increase in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella spp causing bloodstream infections in pediatric population in India. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2017 Sep 30;11(9):736-737. doi: 10.3855/jidc.8038. PMID: 31600166.
Nabarro LEB, Shankar C, Pragasam AK, Mathew G, Jeyaseelan V, Veeraraghavan B, Verghese VP. Clinical and Bacterial Risk Factors for Mortality in Children With Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Jun;36(6):e161-e166. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001499. PMID: 28005691.
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Veeraraghavan B, Jayaraman R, John J, Varghese R, Neeravi A, Verghese VP, Thomas K. Customized sequential multiplex PCR for accurate and early determination of invasive pneumococcal serotypes found in India. J Microbiol Methods. 2016 Nov;130:133-135. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.09.007. Epub 2016 Sep 10. PMID: 27623479.
Veeraraghavan B, Anandan S, Rajamani Sekar SK, Gopi R, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Ramesh S, Verghese VP, Korulla S, Mathai S, Sangal L, Joshi S. First Report on the Draft Genome Sequences of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolates from India. Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 23;4(6):e01316-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01316-16. PMID: 27881543; PMCID: PMC5122685.
Kandathil AJ, Kannangai R, David S, Nithyanandam G, Solomon S, Balakrishnan P, Abraham OC, Subramanian S, Rupali P, Verghese VP, Pulimood S, Sridharan G. Comparison of Microcapillary Cytometry Technology and Flow Cytometry for CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Estimation. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Aug;12(8):1006-9. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.8.1006-1009.2005. PMID: 16085920; PMCID: PMC1182191. Link
Verghese VP, Cherian T, Cherian AJ, Babu PG, John TJ, Kirubakaran C, Raghupathy P. Clinical manifestations of HIV-1 infection. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Jan;39(1):57-63. PMID: 11805354.
Britto CD, John J, Verghese VP, Pollard AJ. A systematic review of antimicrobial resistance of typhoidal Salmonella in India. Indian J Med Res. 2019 Feb;149(2):151-163. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_830_18. PMID: 31219079; PMCID: PMC6563740.
Rose W, Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Verghese VP. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of isolates from pediatric blood stream infections. Indian Pediatr. 2014 Sep;51(9):752-3. PMID: 25228617.
Kandathil AJ, Kannangai R, David S, Nithyanandam G, Solomon S, Balakrishnan P, Abraham OC, Subramanian S, Rupali P, Verghese VP, Pulimood S, Sridharan G. Comparison of Microcapillary Cytometry Technology and Flow Cytometry for CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Estimation. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Aug;12(8):1006-9. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.8.1006-1009.2005. PMID: 16085920; PMCID: PMC1182191.
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.
Sethuvel DPM, Anandan S, Michael JS, Murugan D, Neeravi A, Verghese VP, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B. Virulence gene profiles of Shigella species isolated from stool specimens in India: its association with clinical manifestation and antimicrobial resistance. Pathog Glob Health. 2019 Jun;113(4):173-179. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2019.1632062. Epub 2019 Jun 21. PMID: 31221039; PMCID: PMC6758641.
Jayaraman Y, Mehendale S, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Rajkumar P, Sukumar B, Pillai RK, Mohan G, Radhakrishnan DN, Sridharan S, Babu N, Ganesapillai M, Rao SP, Kar SK, Manchanda V, Kanga A, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Immunochromatography in CSF improves data on surveillance of S. pneumoniae meningitis in India. J Infect Public Health. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):735-738. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Mar 30. PMID: 29606535.
Balaji V, Jayaraman R, Verghese VP, Baliga PR, Kurien T. Pneumococcal serotypes associated with invasive disease in under five children in India & implications for vaccine policy. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Sep;142(3):286-92. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.166588. PMID: 26458344; PMCID: PMC4669863.
Aruldhas BW, Hoglund RM, Ranjalkar J, Tarning J, Mathew SK, Verghese VP, Bose A, Mathew BS. Optimization of dosing regimens of isoniazid and rifampicin in children with tuberculosis in India. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Mar;85(3):644-654. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13846. Epub 2019 Jan 17. PMID: 30588647; PMCID: PMC6379231.
S LJ, Basker MM, Verghese VP, Anandan S, Sethuvel DPM, Abirami SB, Mani T, Balaji V, Prakash JAJ. A Seroepidemiological Survey for Pertussis among Adolescents. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 May;88(5):509. PMID: 33594619. Link
Ramachandran P, Fitzwater SP, Aneja S, Verghese VP, Kumar V, Nedunchelian K, Wadhwa N, Veeraraghavan B, Kumar R, Meeran M, Kapil A, Jasmine S, Kumar A, Suresh S, Bhatnagar S, Thomas K, Awasthi S, Santosham M, Chandran A. Prospective multi-centre sentinel surveillance for Haemophilus influenzae type b & other bacterial meningitis in Indian children. Indian J Med Res. 2013 Apr;137(4):712-20. PMID: 23703338; PMCID: PMC3724251.
Subashini B, Adhikari DD, Verghese VP, Jeyaseelan V, Veeraraghavan B, Prakash JA. CNS Infections in Children: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center. J Glob Infect Dis. 2017 Jan-Mar;9(1):35-36. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.194375. PMID: 28250626; PMCID: PMC5330045.
Parker EPK, Bronowski C, Sindhu KNC, Babji S, Benny B, Carmona-Vicente N, Chasweka N, Chinyama E, Cunliffe NA, Dube Q, Giri S, Grassly NC, Gunasekaran A, Howarth D, Immanuel S, Jere KC, Kampmann B, Lowe J, Mandolo J, Praharaj I, Rani BS, Silas S, Srinivasan VK, Turner M, Venugopal S, Verghese VP, Darby AC, Kang G, Iturriza-Gómara M. Impact of maternal antibodies and microbiota development on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine in African, Indian, and European infants. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 15;12(1):7288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27074-1. PMID: 34911947; PMCID: PMC8674366.
Mathew G, George AS, Deepthi RV, Rose W, Verghese VP, Varghese R, Veeraraghavan B, Agarwal I. Epidemiology and outcomes of pneumococcal sepsis in children with nephrotic syndrome in a developing country. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Apr 14:1–7. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05550-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35425998; PMCID: PMC9009986.
Balaji V, Jayaraman R, Verghese VP, Baliga PR, Kurien T. Pneumococcal serotypes associated with invasive disease in under five children in India & implications for vaccine policy. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Sep;142(3):286-92. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.166588. PMID: 26458344; PMCID: PMC4669863.
Duffy SC, Venkatesan M, Chothe S, Poojary I, Verghese VP, Kapur V, Behr MA, Michael JS. Development of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Validation in a Clinical Laboratory. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Oct 31;9(2):e0109821. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.01098-21. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PMID: 34494864; PMCID: PMC8557883. Link
Sucharita PB, S RY, Basker MM, Verghese VP, Jeyaseelan V, Rupali P, Clarence P. Effect of Nutritional Supplementation on Illness Outcome in Adolescents with HIV on HAART: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Indian J Pediatr. 2022 Jun 30. doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04195-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35771346.
Olbrich L, Nliwasa M, Sabi I, Ntinginya NE, Khosa C, Banze D, Corbett EL, Semphere R, Verghese VP, Michael JS, Graham SM, Egere U, Schaaf HS, Morrison J, McHugh TD, Song R, Nabeta P, Trollip A, Geldmacher C, Hoelscher M, Zar HJ, Heinrich N; RaPaed-AIDA-TB Consortium. Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis Disease: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study for Pediatric Tuberculosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 May 1;42(5):353-360. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003853. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36854097; PMCID: PMC10097493. Link
Chandran J, James EJ, Verghese VP, Kumar TS, Sundaravalli EKR, Vyasam S. Clinical Spectrum of Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Indian Pediatr. 2021 Oct 15;58(10):955-958. doi: 10.1007/s13312-021-2330-3. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PMID: 34183466; PMCID: PMC8549596.
Murhekar M, Verma S, Singh K, Bavdekar A, Benakappa N, Santhanam S, Sapkal G, Viswanathan R, Singh MP, Nag VL, Naik S, Ashok M, Abraham AM, Shanmugasundaram D, Sabarinathan R, Verghese VP, George S, Sachdeva RK, Kolekar J, Manasa S, Ram J, Gupta M, Rohit MK, Kumar P, Gupta PC, Ratho RK, Munjal SK, Nehra U, Khera D, Gupta N, Kaushal N, Singh P, Gadepalli R, Vaid N, Kadam S, Shah S, Mahantesh S, Gowda VK, Haldar P, Aggarwal MK, Gupta N. Epidemiology of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) in India, 2016-18, based on data from sentinel surveillance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Feb 3;14(2):e0007982. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007982. PMID: 32012162; PMCID: PMC6996802.
Muthusamy K, Yoganathan S, Thomas MM, Alexander M, Verghese VP. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a child with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on antiretroviral therapy. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2015 Jan-Mar;18(1):96-8. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.144299. PMID: 25745323; PMCID: PMC4350227.
Pragasam AK, Shankar C, Anandan S, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Alarming increase in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella spp causing bloodstream infections in pediatric population in India. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2017 Sep 30;11(9):736-737. doi: 10.3855/jidc.8038. PMID: 31600166. Link
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.
Chacko R, Kumar S, Verghese VP, Charllu AP. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-associated juvenile osteomyelitis of mandible: a rare variant. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 22;14(7):e244141. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244141. PMID: 34301708; PMCID: PMC8728448.
Thomas L, Verghese VP, Chacko A, Michael JS, Jeyaseelan V. Accuracy and agreement of the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube test (QFT) in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Indian children. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jun 24:S0255-0857(21)04124-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.05.022. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34176665.
Kandathil AJ, Kannangai R, David S, Nithyanandam G, Solomon S, Balakrishnan P, Abraham OC, Subramanian S, Rupali P, Verghese VP, Pulimood S, Sridharan G. Comparison of Microcapillary Cytometry Technology and Flow Cytometry for CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Estimation. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Aug;12(8):1006-9. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.8.1006-1009.2005. PMID: 16085920; PMCID: PMC1182191.
Rose W, Kang G, Verghese VP, Candassamy S, Samuel P, Prakash JJA, Muliyil J. Risk factors for acquisition of scrub typhus in children admitted to a tertiary centre and its surrounding districts in South India: a case control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 26;19(1):665. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4299-2. PMID: 31349809; PMCID: PMC6660696.
Dash N, Verghese VP, Rose W, Michael JS, Rebekah G, Venkatesan M, Chacko A. Clinical, Microbiological Profile and Treatment Outcomes of Infants with BCG Adenitis: A Retrospective Study. J Trop Pediatr. 2022 Oct 6;68(6):fmac094. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmac094. PMID: 36370459.
Mathew G, George AS, Deepthi RV, Rose W, Verghese VP, Varghese R, Veeraraghavan B, Agarwal I. Epidemiology and outcomes of pneumococcal sepsis in children with nephrotic syndrome in a developing country. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 Jan;38(1):131-137. Link
Solaimalai D, Devanga Ragupathi NK, Ranjini K, Paul H, Verghese VP, Michael JS, Veeraraghavan B, James EJ. Ultrasound gel as a source of hospital outbreaks: Indian experience and literature review. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Apr-Jun;37(2):263-267. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_249. PMID: 31745029
Elangovan D, Perumalla S, Rose W, Verghese VP, Mammen J, Gowri MS, Jude Prakash JA. Assessment of two immunoassays for detection of IgM antibodies to scrub typhus using a serum panel. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Oct-Dec;37(4):584-586. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_130. PMID: 32436884.
Shankar C, Nabarro LE, Anandan S, Ravi R, Babu P, Munusamy E, Jeyaseelan V, Rupali P, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B. Extremely High Mortality Rates in Patients with Carbapenem-resistant, Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae Blood Stream Infections. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018 Dec;66(12):13-16. PMID: 31313543. Link
Rafiqullah IM, Varghese R, Hellmann KT, Velmurugan A, Neeravi A, Kumar Daniel JL, Vidal JE, Kompithra RZ, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B, Robinson DA. Pneumococcal population genomics changes during the early time period of conjugate vaccine uptake in southern India. Microb Genom. 2024 Feb;10(2). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001191. PMID: 38315173.
Aggarwal C, Ahmed H, Sharma P, Reddy ES, Nayak K, Singla M, Maheshwari D, Chawla YM, Panda H, Rai RC, Gunisetty S, Priyamvada L, Bhaumik SK, Ahamed SF, Vivek R, Bhatnagar P, Singh P, Kaur M, Dixit K, Kumar S, Gottimukkala K, Saini K, Bajpai P, Sreekanth GP, Mammen S, Rajan A, Verghese VP, Abraham AM, Shah P, Alagarasu K, Yu T, Davis CW, Wrammert J, Ansari A, Antia R, Kabra SK, Medigeshi GR, Ahmed R, Lodha R, Shet A, Chandele A, Murali-Krishna K. Severe disease during both primary and secondary dengue virus infections in pediatric populations. Nat Med. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02798-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38321219.
Olbrich L, Verghese VP, Franckling-Smith Z, Sabi I, Ntinginya NE, Mfinanga A, Banze D, Viegas S, Khosa C, Semphere R, Nliwasa M, McHugh TD, Larsson L, Razid A, Song R, Corbett EL, Nabeta P, Trollip A, Graham SM, Hoelscher M, Geldmacher C, Zar HJ, Michael JS, Heinrich N; RaPaed-TB consortium. Diagnostic accuracy of a three-gene Mycobacterium tuberculosis host response cartridge using fingerstick blood for childhood tuberculosis: a multicentre prospective study in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Feb;24(2):140-149. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00491-7. Epub 2023 Oct 30. PMID: 37918414; PMCID: PMC10808504.
Manchanda V, Muralidharan J, Nischal N, Aggarwal K, Gupta S, Gupta N, Velayudhan A, Kaur H, Brijwal M, Chhabra M, Vishwanathan R, Dhodapkar R, Mahajan SK, Deol S, Sekhar JC, Mitra S, Saxena S, Kumar J, Garg A, Lodha R, Ravi V, Soneja M, Verghese VP, Rodrigues C. Approach towards surveillance-based diagnosis of acute respiratory illness in India: Expert recommendations. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2024 Feb 23:100548. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100548. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38403268.
