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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.
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.
Sadashiv MS, Rupali P, Manesh A, Kannangai R, Abraham OC, Pulimood SA, Karthik R, Rajkumar S, Thomas K. Risk Factors of Clinical and Immunological Failure in South Indian Cohort on Generic Antiretroviral Therapy. J Assoc Physicians India. 2017 Dec;65(12):34-39. PMID: 29327520.
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.
Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Manesh A, Rupali P, Iyadurai R, Rodrigues C, Joshi S, Roy I, Chaudhuri BN, Chitnis DS, Tapan D. Dosing strategy based on prevailing aminoglycoside minimum inhibitory concentration in India: Evidence and issues. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Oct-Dec;35(4):585-587. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_386. PMID: 29405154.
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.
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.
Sadashiv MS, Rupali P, Manesh A, Kannangai R, Abraham OC, Pulimood SA, Karthik R, Rajkumar S, Thomas K. Risk Factors of Clinical and Immunological Failure in South Indian Cohort on Generic Antiretroviral Therapy. J Assoc Physicians India. 2017 Dec;65(12):34-39. PMID: 29327520.
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.
Veeraraghavan B, Pragasam AK, Manesh A, Rupali P, Iyadurai R, Rodrigues C, Joshi S, Roy I, Chaudhuri BN, Chitnis DS, Tapan D. Dosing strategy based on prevailing aminoglycoside minimum inhibitory concentration in India: Evidence and issues. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Oct-Dec;35(4):585-587. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_386. PMID: 29405154.
Shankar C, Karunasree S, Manesh A, Veeraraghavan B. First Report of Whole-Genome Sequence of Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae Producing KPC-9 in India. Microb Drug Resist. 2019 May;25(4):489-493. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0116. Epub 2018 Nov 14. PMID: 30427763.
Shetty S, Abi MS, Hickson R, David T, Rajaratnam S. Hypopituitarism and AutoimmuneThyroiditis Following Snake Bite: An Unusual Clinical Scenario. J Assoc Physicians India. 2014 Nov;62(11):55-7. PMID: 26281485.
Shankar C, Shankar BA, Manesh A, Veeraraghavan B. KPC-2 producing ST101 Klebsiella pneumoniae from bloodstream infection in India. J Med Microbiol. 2018 Jul;67(7):927-930. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000767. Epub 2018 May 22. PMID: 29787365.
Manesh A, Meltzer E, Jin C, Britto C, Deodhar D, Radha S, Schwartz E, Rupali P. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever: a clinical seminar. J Travel Med. 2021 Apr 14;28(3):taab012. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab012. PMID: 33550411.
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.
Manesh A, Rupali P, Sullivan MO, Mohanraj P, Rupa V, George B, Michael JS. Mucormycosis-A clinicoepidemiological review of cases over 10 years. Mycoses. 2019 Apr;62(4):391-398. doi: 10.1111/myc.12897. Epub 2019 Feb 19. PMID: 30685896.
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
Vaz M, Timms O, Rose A, Manesh A, Bhan A. Consultation on the feasibility and ethics of specific, probable Controlled Human Infection Model study scenarios in India: A report. Indian J Med Ethics. 2019 Jul-Sept;4(3):238-242. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2019.030. Epub 2019 Jun 14. PMID: 31213422.
Shanthamurthy D, Manesh A, Zacchaeus NG, Roy LR, Rupali P. Perioperative outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients - the PRO HIV study. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Sep;29(10):968-973. doi: 10.1177/0956462418764485. Epub 2018 Apr 18. PMID: 29669485
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.
Veeraraghavan B, Bakthavatchalam YD, Soman R, Swaminathan S, Manesh A, Nagvekar V, Nangia V. Management of serious infections caused by metallo β-lactamases with or without OXA-48-like expressing Enterobacterales with aztreonam and ceftazidime/avibactam combination: Dosing strategy for better clinical outcome. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jul;39(3):286-288. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 Apr 21. PMID: 33892973.
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, Moorthy M, Bandopadhyay R, Rupali P. HIV-associated sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis - an emerging threat? Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Aug;28(9):937-939. doi: 10.1177/0956462416687675. Epub 2017 Jan 11. PMID: 28077023.
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
Veeraraghavan, Balaji & Shankar, Chaitra & Vijayakumar, Saranya & Ragothaman, Harthi & Shankar, Abirami & Lal, Binesh & Manesh, Abi. In vitro activity of β-lactam-β-lactam enhancer combination, cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222, FEP/ZID) against multi-clonal, colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 58. 21002776. 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106421.6.
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.
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.
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.
Kurien R, Varghese L, Cherian LM, Sundaresan R, John M, Mammen MD, Inja RR, Manesh A, Paul H, Gurijala PR, Michael JS, Thomas M, Abhilash KPP, Varghese AM, Rupa V. Revised workflow practices in the management of acute invasive fungal sinusitis during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. J Laryngol Otol. 2022 Dec;136(12):1314-1319. doi: 10.1017/S0022215122001888. Epub 2022 Aug 16. PMID: 35971740.
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.
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.
Shankar C, Jacob JJ, Vasudevan K, Biswas R, Manesh A, Sethuvel DPM, Varughese S, Biswas I, Veeraraghavan B. Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Hypervirulent ST23 Klebsiella pneumoniae: Multidrug Resistant Plasmid Acquisition Drives Evolution. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Nov 20;10:575289. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.575289. PMID: 33330125; PMCID: PMC7718023.
Shankar C, Jacob JJ, Vasudevan K, Biswas R, Manesh A, Sethuvel DPM, Varughese S, Biswas I, Veeraraghavan B. Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Hypervirulent ST23 Klebsiella pneumoniae: Multidrug Resistant Plasmid Acquisition Drives Evolution. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Nov 20;10:575289. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.575289. PMID: 33330125; PMCID: PMC7718023.
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.
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.
Veeraraghavan B, Bakthavatchalam YD, Manesh A, Lal B, Swaminathan S, Ansari A, Subbareddy K, Rangappa P, Choudhuri AH, Nagvekar V, Mehta Y, Appalaraju B, Baveja S, Baliga S, Shenoy S, Bhardwaj R, Kongre V, Dattatraya GS, Verma B, Mukherjee DN, Gupta S, Shanmugam P, Iravane J, Mishra SR, Barman P, Chopra S, Hariharan M, Surpam R, Pratap R, Turbadkar D, Taklikar S; Drug Discovery group, Wockhardt. India-discovered levonadifloxacin & alalevonadifloxacin: A review on susceptibility testing methods, CLSI quality control and breakpoints along with a brief account of their emerging therapeutic profile as a novel standard-of-care. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2023 Jan-Feb;41:71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2022.11.005. Epub 2022 Dec 9. PMID: 36509611.
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.
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.
Inbaraj LR, Chandrasingh S, Arun Kumar N, Suchitra J, Manesh A. High susceptibility to varicella among urban and rural pregnant women in South India: a brief report. Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Feb 26;149:e63. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000492. PMID: 33632365; PMCID: PMC8060819.
Manesh A, Shankar C, George MM, Jasrotia DS, Lal B, George B, Mathews V, Eapen CE, Joseph P, Subramani K, Rao S, Peter JV, Chacko B, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Abraham OC, Iyadurai R, Vijayakumar S, Karthik R, Marwick CA, Parcell BJ, Gilbert IH, Veeraraghavan B, Varghese GM. Clinical and Genomic Evolution of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections over Two Time Periods at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India: A Prospective Cohort Study. Infect Dis Ther. 2023 May;12(5):1319-1335. doi: 10.1007/s40121-023-00803-3. Epub 2023 Apr 16. PMID: 37062023; PMCID: PMC10229510.
Garg D, Radhakrishnan DM, Agrawal U, Vanjare HA, Gandham EJ, Manesh A. Tuberculosis of the Spinal Cord. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2023 Mar-Apr;26(2):112-126. doi: 10.4103/aian.aian_578_22. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 37179681; PMCID: PMC10171010.
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.
Sumanth LJ, Suresh CR, Venkatesan M, Manesh A, Behr MA, Kapur V, Michael JS. Clinical features of human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium orygis in Southern India. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2023 Apr 15;32:100372. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100372. PMID: 37168873; PMCID: PMC10164920. Link
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.
Rosemol Varghese, Binesh Lal Yesudhason, Leena Robinson Vimala, Ayyanraj Neeravi, Kavipriya Anandhan, Pavithra Baskar, Divyaa Elangovan, Abi Manesh, Prince James, Richa Gupta, Balaji Veeraraghavan. Pneumococcal serotypes causing non-invasive pneumonia in adults from a South Indian tertiary care hospital and the impact of the newer conjugate vaccines ACCESS MICROBIOLOGY Volume 3, Issue 12.https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000258
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kurien R, Varghese L, Cherian LM, Sundaresan R, John M, Mammen MD, Inja RR, Manesh A, Paul H, Gurijala PR, Michael JS, Thomas M, Abhilash KPP, Varghese AM, Rupa V. Revised workflow practices in the management of acute invasive fungal sinusitis during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. J Laryngol Otol. 2022 Aug 16:1-6. doi: 10.1017/S0022215122001888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35971740.
Manesh A, Rupali P, Sullivan MO, Mohanraj P, Rupa V, George B, Michael JS. Mucormycosis-A clinicoepidemiological review of cases over 10 years. Mycoses. 2019 Apr;62(4):391-398. doi: 10.1111/myc.12897. Epub 2019 Feb 19. PMID: 30685896.
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.
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.
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.
Bakthavatchalam YD, Rao SV, Isaac B, Manesh A, Nambi S, Swaminathan S, Nagvekar V, Nangia V, John PV, Veeraraghavan B. A comparative assessment of clinical, pharmacological and antimicrobial profile of novel anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus agent levonadifloxacin: Therapeutic role in nosocomial and community infections. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Oct-Dec;37(4):478-487. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_34. PMID: 32436868.
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.
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.
Jose N, Thomas A, Jasper S, Jose D, Manesh A, Varughese S. All that Ulcers is not Vasculitis- The Case of a Mistaken Identity. Indian J Nephrol. 2023 Sep-Oct;33(5):392-393. doi: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_182_23. Epub 2023 Aug 14. PMID: 37881750; PMCID: PMC10593293.
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.
Pal D, Noronha AK, Bandyopadhyay R, S AM. Cladophialophora bantiana - A rare cause of soil-transmitted fungal brain abscess in tropical countries. IDCases. 2023 Oct 11;34:e01909. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01909. PMID: 37867566; PMCID: PMC10587696.
Manesh A, Gautam P, Kumar D SS, Mannam P, Jasper A, Gunasekaran K, Thomas NC, Benjamin RN, Inbaraj LR, Devasagayam E, George MM, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Vanjare HA, Sivadasan A, Appaswamy PT, Jonathan E, Michael JS, Samuel P, Varghese GM. Effectiveness of Adjunctive High-Dose Infliximab Therapy to Improve Disability-Free Survival Among Patients With Severe Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: A Matched Retrospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 17;77(10):1460-1467. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad401. PMID: 37405816.
Gupta N, Boodman C, Prayag P, Manesh A, Kumar TP. Ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam combination for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bloodstream infections with presumed Metallo-β-lactamase production: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2024 Jan 23:1-7. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2024.2307912. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38258529.
Manesh, Abi et al. “Primary odontogenic onset invasive mucormycosis-an under recognized clinical entity.” Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases vol. 29,8 (2023): 1086.e1-1086.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.05.002
Gopikrishnan, Mohanraj et al. “Determination of potential combination of non-β-lactam, β-lactam, and β-lactamase inhibitors/β-lactam enhancer against class D oxacillinases producing Acinetobacter baumannii: Evidence from in-vitro, molecular docking and dynamics simulation.” Journal of cellular biochemistry vol. 124,7 (2023): 974-988. doi:10.1002/jcb.30424
Kurien R, Varghese L, Cherian LM, Inja RR, Thampi M, Chowdhary S, Bright RR, Abraham L, Panicker R, Rajendran N, Ganesan P, Sahu S, Irodi A, Manesh A, Peter J, Michael JS, Thomas M, Karuppusami R, Varghese GM, Rupa V. A Comparative Study of Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis During the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb;76(1):611-619. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04226-x. Epub 2023 Sep 16. PMID: 38440599; PMCID: PMC10909060.
Abraham A, Manesh A, Regi S, Michael J, Kumar R, Thomas M, Cherian L, Varghese L, Kurien R, Moorthy R, Nair B, Rajshekhar V, Vedantam R. Pott's puffy tumor: An unusual complication of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. World Neurosurgery: X2024;23:100387. Link
Chacko B, Chaudhry D, Peter JV, Khilnani GC, Saxena P, Sehgal IS, Ahuja K, Rodrigues C, Modi M, Jaiswal A, Jasiel GJ, Sahasrabudhe S, Bose P, Ahuja A, Suprapaneni V, Prajapat B, Manesh A, Chawla R, Guleria R. ISCCM Position Statement on the Approach to and Management of Critically Ill Patients with Tuberculosis. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug;28(Suppl 2):S67-S91. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24783. Epub 2024 Aug 10. PMID: 39234233; PMCID: PMC11369919.
Goyal-Honavar A, Markose AP, Gupta A, Manesh A, Varghese GM, Rose W, Jonathan GE, Prabhu K, Chacko AG. Distinct patterns of postoperative fever in paediatric neurosurgery patients. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Jun;40(6):1849-1858. doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06355-2. Epub 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38472391.
Management Challenges of Internal Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm in Skull Base Osteomyelitis.Arun G. Karthat Katti B. Sara Miria Mathews Nandu Sukumaran Santhosh B. Kannan Bharathy Aeesha Tasneem Abi Manesh Shyamkumar N. Keshava Rajan Sundaresan Regi Thomas.J Neurol Surg B Skull Base DOI: 10.1055/a-2607-5667
Jose N, Lalwani M, H G, Issac R, Sigamani E, S A, Eapen JJ, Varughese S. The Case of the Terribly Treatable Tumors! A Case Report. Kidney Med. 2025 Jun 24;7(9):101058. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101058. PMID: 40837250; PMCID: PMC12361761.
Joshi N, Karumathil S, Selvarajan S, Lakshmi KM, Elanthenral S, Raj S, Manesh A, Ninan DS, John J, Jacob M, Titus DK, Kulkarni U, George B, Abraham A, Mathews V, Korula A. Diagnostic Splenectomy: Clinical Profile, Role and Relevance in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2026 Feb 12. doi:10.1007/s12288-026-02333-7 Link
Gopikrishnan M, Ramireddy S, Bakathavatchalam YD, Varghese RP, Kumar DT, Lal B, Manesh A, Walia K, Veeraraghavan B, Priya Doss CG. Evaluating Antibacterial Efficacy of Cefiderocol and Cefepime/Taniborbactam Against OXA-48-Like and NDM-Expressing Enterobacterales: An In-Vitro and In-Silico Approach. Curr Microbiol. 2025 Oct 25;82(12):578. doi: 10.1007/s00284-025-04543-0. PMID: 41137955.
Daniel BD, Inbaraj LR, Kumaravadivelu S, Subramanian K, Ramraj B, Manesh A. Optimizing Pyrazinamide Use: A Low-Hanging Fruit in Improving Outcomes with Tuberculous Meningitis? Narrative Review. Infect Dis Ther. 2025 Feb;14(2):317-325. doi: 10.1007/s40121-024-01102-1. Epub 2025 Jan 3. PMID: 39752122; PMCID: PMC11829872.
Palanikumar P, Gautam P, Vanjare HA, Veerasamy N, George MM, Inbaraj LR, Gandham EJ, Sivadasan A, Karthik R, Manesh A. Large Tuberculous Mass Lesions Involving the Brain: Outcomes and Management. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Apr 1;112(6):1264-1266. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0376. PMID: 40168974; PMCID: PMC12139545. Link
Donovan J, Cresswell FV, Tucker EW, Davis AG, Rohlwink UK, Huynh J, Solomons R, Seddon JA, Bahr NC, van Laarhoven A, Anderson ST, Jain SK, Chow FC, Pattison S, Scriven JE, Singh G, Aarnoutse RE, Alffenaar JC, Dian S, Manesh A, Basu Roy R, Singh V, van Toorn R, Upton CM, van Crevel R, Dooley KE, Gibb D, Meya D, Wilkinson RJ, Rogozińska E, Misra UK, Figaji A, Thwaites GE. A clinical practice guideline for tuberculous meningitis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Feb;26(2):e96-e111. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00364-0. Epub 2025 Aug 18. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Dec;25(12):e684. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00660-7. PMID: 40840485; PMCID: PMC12419961.
Bandyopadhyay R, Manesh A, Kundu D, George MM, V N, Varghese GM. Anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies and disseminated opportunistic infections in immunocompetent Indian adults. Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Aug;169:108806. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108806. Epub 2026 May 20. PMID: 42167539. Link
