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  1. Increasing Burden of Antibiotic Resistance in India Due to Co-existence of Multiple Classes of Carbapenem and Different Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Current Microbiology, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    K Prashanth

  2. Role of the NtrC family response regulator in nitrogen metabolism of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Gene, October 2024, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  3. Genome sequences of bla NDM-1 producing Acinetobacter lactucae isolated from immunocompromised patients in India

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, November 2023, ASM Journals

    K Prashanth

  4. Investigations on microbiome of the used clinical device revealed many uncultivable newer bacterial species associated with persistent chronic infections

    Article • Microbes Infection and Chemotherapy, December 2022, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan

    K Prashanth

  5. Coexistence of blaNDM-1, blaOXA-51, blaOXA-23, and armA in conjunction with novel mutations detected in RND efflux pump regulators in tigecycline resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    K Prashanth

  6. Bacterial effluxome as a barrier against antimicrobial agents: structural biology aspects and drug targeting

    Article • Tissue Barriers, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    K Prashanth

  7. Simple and economical method for identification and speciation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase negative Staphylococci and its validation by molecular methods

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, June 2018, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  8. Distribution of Different Genes Responsible for Invasive Characteristics, Detection of Point Mutations in Capsular Gene wchA and Biofilm Production among the Invasive and Non-invasive Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2017, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  9. Disruption of tetR type regulator adeN by mobile genetic element confers elevated virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Virulence, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    K Prashanth

  10. Detection of ISAba1 in association with a novel allelic variant of the β-lactamase ADC-82 and class D β-lactamase genes mediating carbapenem resistance among the clinical isolates of MDR A. baumannii

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, February 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    K Prashanth

  11. Inhibition of the MurA enzyme in Fusobacterium nucleatum by potential inhibitors identified through computational and in vitro approaches

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    K Prashanth

  12. The quorum sensing molecule N-acyl homoserine lactone produced by Acinetobacter baumannii displays antibacterial and anticancer properties

    Article • Biofouling, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    K Prashanth

  13. Fatal infection in adults by pneumolysin & autolysin producing, non-vaccine serotype Streptococcus pneumonia

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology Research, January 2016, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  14. Simultaneous gut colonisation and infection by ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in hospitalised patients

    Article • Australasian Medical Journal, June 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    K Prashanth

  15. Emergence of carbapenem non-susceptible multidrug resistantAcinetobacter baumanniistrains of clonal complexes 103Band 92Bharboring OXA-type carbapenemases and metallo-β-lactamases in Southern India

    Article • Microbiology and Immunology, May 2015, Wiley

    K Prashanth

  16. Microbial reduction of [Co(III)–EDTA]− by Bacillus licheniformis SPB-2 strain isolated from a solar salt pan

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, February 2015, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  17. Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii PKAB07 Clinical Strain from India Belonging to Sequence Type 195

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2014, ASM Journals

    K Prashanth

  18. Molecular characterization of metallo β-lactamase producing multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from various clinical samples

    Article • Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, January 2014, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  19. Removal of toxic Co-EDTA complex by a halophilic solar-salt-pan isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa SPB-1

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2014, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  20. The expanding spectrum of human infections caused by Kocuria species: a case report and literature review

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    K Prashanth

  21. Inhibitory effects of bioactive leads isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PS3 and Pseudomonas fluorescens PS7 on MAP kinases and down regulation of pro inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β) and mediators (NO, iNOS and COX)

    Article • Toxicology in Vitro, June 2012, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  22. The Sohan Singh Hayreh Oration 2012 Delivered by Dr Tara Prasad Das-Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study: Application and Relevance

    Article • World Journal of Retina and Vitreous, May 2012, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing

    K Prashanth

  23. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) Other thanStaphylococcus epidermidisIsolated from Ocular Infections

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, November 2011, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    K Prashanth

  24. Genotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from humans and bovine mastitis samples in India

    Article • Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, January 2011, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  25. Persistence of Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Biotype Gravis Strains in Pondicherry, Southern India

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2010, ASM Journals

    K Prashanth

  26. Correlations between genotyping and antibiograms of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from three different south Indian hospitals

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, April 2010, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  27. Detection of pneumolysin and autolysin genes among antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in invasive infections

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2010, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  28. Phenotypic and genotypic assays for detecting the prevalence of metallo- -lactamases in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from a South Indian tertiary care hospital

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, April 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    K Prashanth

  29. Correlation between biofilm production and multiple drug resistance in imipenem resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2008, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  30. High-Resolution Genome Profiling DifferentiatedStaphylococcus epidermidisIsolated from Patients with Ocular Infections and Normal Individuals

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, July 2007, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, K Prashanth

  31. Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) based molecular epidemiology of hospital infections in a tertiary care setting in Hyderabad, India

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, May 2006, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  32. Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) genotyping demonstrates the role of biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant periocular Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in postoperative endophthalmitis

    Article • BMC Ophthalmology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, K Prashanth

  33. Nosocomial infections due to Acinetobacter species: Clinical findings, risk and prognostic factors

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2006, Medknow

    K Prashanth

  34. IN VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF ACINETOBACTER SPECIES TO COMMONLY USED CEPHALOSPORINS, QUINOLONES, AND AMINOGLYCOSIDES

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, April 2004, Elsevier

    K Prashanth

  35. Rescue of TNFα‐inhibited neuronal cells by IGF‐1 involves Akt and c‐Jun N‐terminal kinases

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, March 2004, Wiley

    K Prashanth

  36. Simplified phenotypic tests for identification of Acinetobacter spp. and their antimicrobial susceptibility status

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, September 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    K Prashanth

  37. Corneal perforation due to Acinetobacter junii: a case report

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2000, Elsevier

    K Prashanth