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  1. Molecular Analysis of Resistance and Detection of Non-Wild-Type Strains Using Etest Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Amphotericin B and Echinocandins for Bloodstream Candida Infections from a Tertiary Hospital in Qatar

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  2. Aspergillusarthritis: analysis of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of 31 reported cases

    Article • Medical Mycology, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  3. In vitro resistance of clinical Fusarium species to amphotericin B and voriconazole using the EUCAST antifungal susceptibility method

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  4. Emerging resistant serotypes of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, June 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Sittana S Elshafie, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  5. Emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 Carbapenemase in Qatar

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  6. Prevalent mutator genotype identified in fungal pathogen Candida glabrata promotes multi-drug resistance

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2016, Nature

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  7. Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Non-Aspergillus Filamentous Fungi in Adult and Pediatric Patients

    Article • Medicine, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  8. Phylogenetic diversity of human pathogenic Fusarium and emergence of uncommon virulent species

    Article • Journal of Infection, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  9. Burden of fungal infections in Qatar

    Article • Mycoses, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  10. Persistence ofcandida dubliniensisin the lower airways of cystic fibrosis patients

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  11. Discrepancy in MALDI-TOF MS identification of uncommon Gram-negative bacteria from lower respiratory secretions in patients with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, April 2015, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Rashmi Fotedar

  12. Bacterial bloodstream infections and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in pediatric hematology/oncology patients after anticancer chemotherapy

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Abdullah Abdulrahman Al Nasser, Dr Sittana S Elshafie, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  13. Genetic relatedness and host specificity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis patients

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  14. High prevalence of Candida dubliniensis in lower respiratory tract secretions from cystic fibrosis patients may be related to increased adherence properties

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  15. Dimorphic fungal osteoarticular infections

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  16. Uncommon opportunistic yeast bloodstream infections from Qatar

    Article • Medical Mycology, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Jacques F Meis

  17. Aspergillus osteomyelitis: Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, management, and outcome

    Article • Journal of Infection, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  18. Epidemiology of candidemia in Qatar, the Middle East: performance of MALDI-TOF MS for the identification of Candida species, species distribution, outcome, and susceptibility pattern

    Article • Infection, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  19. An Unexpected Cause of Vomiting

    Article • Gastroenterology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  20. Epidemiology of candidemia in Qatar: Performance of MALDI-TOF MS for identification of candida species, species distribution, outcome and susceptibility pattern

    Article • Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum Proceedings, November 2013, QScience

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  21. Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  22. Genotypic diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis siblings in Qatar using AFLP fingerprinting

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Ammar Saadoon Alishlash

  23. 99 Performance of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry method for identification of bacteria commonly isolated from cystic fibrosis patients

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  24. Identification of Medically Relevant Species of Arthroconidial Yeasts by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Teun Boekhout, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  25. Molecular Identification and Susceptibility Pattern of ClinicalNocardiaSpecies: Emergence ofNocardia crassostreaeas an Agent of Invasive Nocardiosis

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Jacques F Meis

  26. Rare pediatric rhino-orbital infection caused by Saksenaea vasiformis

    Article • Infection, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  27. Resistance of Asian Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Is Confined to Few Microsatellite Genotypes

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  28. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due toRhinocladiella mackenziei(formerlyRamichloridium mackenziei): a taxonomic update and review of the literature

    Article • Medical Mycology, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  29. Fungal rhinosinusitis

    Article • The Laryngoscope, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  30. Molecular Identification and Susceptibility of Trichosporon Species Isolated from Clinical Specimens in Qatar: Isolation of Trichosporon dohaense Taj-Aldeen, Meis & Boekhout sp. nov.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  31. Isolation of Exophiala dermatitidis from endotracheal aspirate of a cancer patient

    Article • Mycoses, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  32. Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri fungaemia in a premature neonate

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, February 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  33. Gangrenous necrosis of the diabetic foot caused byFusarium acutatum

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  34. Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: a report of 8 cases

    Article • American Journal of Otolaryngology, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  35. Co-isolation of Trichosporon inkin and Candida parapsilosis from a scalp white piedra case

    Article • Medical Mycology, February 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  36. Allergic Aspergillus flavus rhinosinusitis: a case report from Qatar

    Article • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  37. Effect of starch on the induction of β-glucosidase in Trichoderma reesei

    Article • Mycological Research, March 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  38. Properties of the cellulolytic system from Aspergillus niveus

    Article • Mycological Research, January 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  39. Cellulase activity of a thermotolerant Aspergillus niveus isolated from desert soil

    Article • Mycological Research, January 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  40. Extracellular enzymatic activity of aquatic and aero-aquatic conidial fungi

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  41. Evidence for a single hexokinase inCoprinus cinereus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  42. Evidence for a single hexokinase in Coprinus cinereus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen

  43. The ftr cistron of Coprinus cinereus is the structural gene for a multifunctional transport carrier molecule

    Article • Current Genetics, August 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen