Sr. Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Mukhopadhya A, Ramakrishna BS, Kang G, Pulimood AB, Mathan MM, Zachariah A, Mathai DC. Enteric pathogens in southern Indian HIV-infected patients with & without diarrhoea. Indian J Med Res. 1999 Mar;109:85-9. PMID: 10489741.
Kannangai R, Ramalingam S, Jesudason MV, Vijayakumar TS, Abraham OC, Zachariah A, Sridharan G. Correlation of CD4(+) T-Cell counts estimated by an immunocapture technique (Capcellia) with viral loads in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive individuals. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2001 Nov;8(6):1286-8. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.6.1286-1288.2001. PMID: 11687479; PMCID: PMC96265.
Rupali P, Abraham OC, Zachariah A, Subramanian S, Mathai D. Aetiology of prolonged fever in antiretroviral-naïve human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults. Natl Med J India. 2003 Jul-Aug;16(4):193-9. PMID: 14606766.
Sivadasan A, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Pulimood SA, Rajan J, Rajkumar S, Zachariah A, Kannangai R, Kandathil AJ, Sridharan G, Mathai D. High rates of regimen change due to drug toxicity among a cohort of South Indian adults with HIV infection initiated on generic, first-line antiretroviral treatment. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 May;57:384-8. PMID: 19634284.
Mathuram, A. J., Singh, S., Abraham, O. C., Zachariah, A., Rupali, P., Varghese, G. M., Karthik, R. and Clarence, P. Antiretroviral therapy under the national program: Experience of a single large centre in Southern India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research; 2018, 12 (3): OC05-OC07
Ramalingam S, Kannangai R, Zachariah A, Mathai D, Abraham C. CD4 counts of normal and HIV-infected south Indian adults: do we need a new staging system? Natl Med J India. 2001 Nov-Dec;14(6):335-9. PMID: 11804363.
Mukhopadhya A, Ramakrishna BS, Kang G, Pulimood AB, Mathan MM, Zachariah A, Mathai DC. Enteric pathogens in southern Indian HIV-infected patients with & without diarrhoea. Indian J Med Res. 1999 Mar;109:85-9. PMID: 10489741.
Kannangai R, Ramalingam S, Jesudason MV, Vijayakumar TS, Abraham OC, Zachariah A, Sridharan G. Correlation of CD4(+) T-Cell counts estimated by an immunocapture technique (Capcellia) with viral loads in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive individuals. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2001 Nov;8(6):1286-8. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.6.1286-1288.2001. PMID: 11687479; PMCID: PMC96265.
Rupali P, Abraham OC, Zachariah A, Subramanian S, Mathai D. Aetiology of prolonged fever in antiretroviral-naïve human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults. Natl Med J India. 2003 Jul-Aug;16(4):193-9. PMID: 14606766.
Sivadasan A, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Pulimood SA, Rajan J, Rajkumar S, Zachariah A, Kannangai R, Kandathil AJ, Sridharan G, Mathai D. High rates of regimen change due to drug toxicity among a cohort of South Indian adults with HIV infection initiated on generic, first-line antiretroviral treatment. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 May;57:384-8. PMID: 19634284.
Mathuram, A. J., Singh, S., Abraham, O. C., Zachariah, A., Rupali, P., Varghese, G. M., Karthik, R. and Clarence, P. Antiretroviral therapy under the national program: Experience of a single large centre in Southern India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research; 2018, 12 (3): OC05-OC07
Ramalingam S, Kannangai R, Zachariah A, Mathai D, Abraham C. CD4 counts of normal and HIV-infected south Indian adults: do we need a new staging system? Natl Med J India. 2001 Nov-Dec;14(6):335-9. PMID: 11804363.
Ralph R, Peter JV, Chrispal A, Zachariah A, Dian J, Sebastian T, Venkatesh B, Thomas K. Supraphysiological 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 level at admission is associated with illness severity and mortality in critically ill patients. J Bone Miner Metab. 2015 Mar;33(2):239-43. doi: 10.1007/s00774-014-0585-7. Epub 2014 Apr 22. PMID: 24752822.
Reji KK, Mathew V, Zachariah A, Patil AK, Hansdak SG, Ralph R, Peter JV. Extrapyramidal effects of acute organophosphate poisoning. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2016 Mar;54(3):259-65. doi: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1126841. Epub 2016 Jan 6. PMID: 26735571.
Mammen S, Nair A, Kumar S, Zonderveni Z, Prabhakar AT, Vijay Prakash T, Aaron S, Alexander M, Zachariah A, Abraham AM. Clinical Features of Four West Nile Virus Cases and Its Molecular Characterization from a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 16;2020:1315041. doi: 10.1155/2020/1315041. PMID: 32724683; PMCID: PMC7381993.
Vyas R, Zachariah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. A networking approach to reduce academic and social isolation for junior doctors working in rural hospitals in India. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2012 Jul;25(1):70-4. doi: 10.4103/1357-6283.99212. PMID: 23787388.
Rupali P, Abraham OC, Jesudason MV, John TJ, Zachariah A, Sivaram S, Mathai D. Treatment failure in typhoid fever with ciprofloxacin susceptible Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 May;49(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.12.002. PMID: 15135492.
Iyyadurai R, Peter JV, Immanuel S, Begum A, Zachariah A, Jasmine S, Abhilash KP. Organophosphate-pyrethroid combination pesticides may be associated with increased toxicity in human poisoning compared to either pesticide alone. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2014 Jun;52(5):538-41. doi: 10.3109/15563650.2014.909933. Epub 2014 Apr 29. PMID: 24779865.
Mishra AK, Devakiruba NS, Jasmine S, Sathyendra S, Zachariah A, Iyadurai R. Clinical spectrum of yellow phosphorous poisoning in a tertiary care centre in South India: a case series. Trop Doct. 2017 Jul;47(3):245-249. doi: 10.1177/0049475516668986. Epub 2016 Sep 23. PMID: 27663491.
Alexander V, George T, Devarajan G, Zachariah A. Acute myocardial infarction and haemodynamic stroke in a young patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Apr 30;12(4):e229788. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229788. PMID: 31040148; PMCID: PMC6505971.
Kurien M, Seshadri MS, Zachariah A. Inherited degenerative chondropathy--an autosomal dominant new clinical entity: report two cases and follow-up of four cases. J Laryngol Otol. 1995 May;109(5):433-6. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100130361. PMID: 7798002.
Vyas R, Zachariah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. Role of distance-learning modules and contact sessions in developing knowledge and skills of junior doctors for practicing effectively in rural hospitals in India. Med Teach. 2013;35(2):170. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.737059. Epub 2012 Nov 12. PMID: 23146077.
Vyas R, Zachariah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. Evaluation of a distance learning academic support program for medical graduates during rural hospital service in India. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2017 Sep-Dec;30(3):240-243. doi: 10.4103/efh.EfH_194_15. PMID: 29786028.
Dandapani M, Zachariah A, Kavitha MR, Jeyaseelan L, Oommen A. Oxidative damage in intermediate syndrome of acute organophosphorous poisoning. Indian J Med Res. 2003 Jun;117:253-9. PMID: 14748471.
Jacob KS, Kuruvilla A, Zachariah A. Psychiatric curriculum for training physicians. Natl Med J India. 2019 Jan-Feb;32(1):32-37. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.272115. PMID: 31823939.
Jagannath S, Sachithanandham J, Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Abraham AM, Zachariah A, Varghese GM, Kannangai R. BK virus characterisation among HIV-1-Infected individuals and its association with immunosuppression. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;36(2):172-177. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_54. PMID: 30084406.
Jain Y, Srivatsan R, Kollannur A, Zachariah A. Heatstroke: Causes, consequences and clinical guidelines. Natl Med J India. 2018 Jul-Aug;31(4):224-227. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.258224. PMID: 31134930.
J M, R R, A M, V P, S N, A Z. Role of Diagnostic Splenectomy in Patients Presenting with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin with Splenomegaly and Non-Contributory Pre-surgical Evaluation. J Assoc Physicians India. 2019 Aug;67(8):42-45. PMID: 31562716.
Sampath R, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Viswabandya A, Zachariah A. HIV-associated lymphoma: A 5-year clinicopathologic study from India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2019 Jan-Mar;62(1):73-78. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_452_17. PMID: 30706863.
Khan S, Hemalatha R, Jeyaseelan L, Oommen A, Zachariah A. Neuroparalysis and oxime efficacy in organophosphate poisoning: a study of butyrylcholinesterase. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2001 Apr;20(4):169-74. doi: 10.1191/096032701678766796. PMID: 11393267.
Zachariah A, Bhattacharji S. Arrest of paediatrician and human rights activist Binayak Sen. Lancet. 2007 Jun 30;369(9580):2155. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61000-9. PMID: 17604786.
Chrispal A, Begum A, Ramya I, Zachariah A. Hair dye poisoning--an emerging problem in the tropics: an experience from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Trop Doct. 2010 Apr;40(2):100-3. doi: 10.1258/td.2010.090367. PMID: 20305106.
Abraham, George, Valmiki, Rajesh, Leelavinodhan, Parvathi, Yogapriya, M. A. and Zachariah, Anand Diagnostic utility of serum phospholipase A2 in systemic envenomation in snake bite - an exploratory study Clinical Toxicology; 2018, 56 (7): 683-683
Pichamuthu K, Jerobin J, Nair A, John G, Kamalesh J, Thomas K, Jose A, Fleming JJ, Zachariah A, David SS, Daniel D, Peter JV. Bioscavenger therapy for organophosphate poisoning - an open-labeled pilot randomized trial comparing fresh frozen plasma or albumin with saline in acute organophosphate poisoning in humans. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Oct;48(8):813-9. doi: 10.3109/15563650.2010.518970. Epub 2010 Oct 6. PMID: 20923392.
Srikanth P, Castillo RC, Sridharan G, John TJ, Zachariah A, Mathai D, Schwartz DH. Increase in plasma IL-10 levels and rapid loss of CD4+ T cells among HIV-infected individuals in south India. Int J STD AIDS. 2000 Jan;11(1):49-51. doi: 10.1258/0956462001914904. PMID: 10667901.
Venkatesh J, Kaur A, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Molecular forms of adenosine deaminase do not aid the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Nov-Dec;90(6):652-3. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90421-6. PMID: 9015506.
Venkatesh S, Kavitha ML, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Progression of type I to type II paralysis in acute organophosphorous poisoning: is oxidative stress significant? Arch Toxicol. 2006 Jun;80(6):354-61. doi: 10.1007/s00204-005-0053-1. Epub 2005 Dec 23. PMID: 16374596.
Venkatesh S, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Myofibril membranes in relation to the neuromuscular weakness of acute monocrotophos poisoning. Toxicol Mech Methods. 2006;16(8):419-26. doi: 10.1080/15376520600685813. PMID: 20021016.
Zachariah P, Narayan R, Gaitonde R, Bhattacharji S, Zachariah A, Narayan T. The life imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen. BMJ. 2011 Jan 19;342:d262. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d262. PMID: 21248000.
Carey RAB, Chandiraseharan VK, Jasper A, Sebastian T, Gujjarlamudi C, Sathyendra S, Zachariah A, Abraham AM, Sudarsanam TD. Varicella Zoster Virus Infection of the Central Nervous System - 10 Year Experience from a Tertiary Hospital in South India. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2017 Apr-Jun;20(2):149-152. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_484_16. PMID: 28615901; PMCID: PMC5470156.
Iyadurai R, Viggeswarpu S, Zachariah A. Career destination and reason for career destination preferences among medical graduates from Christian Medical College Vellore - Does rural service obligation increase retention of medical graduates in rural service? J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2401-2404. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_388_19. PMID: 31463265; PMCID: PMC6691409.
Jagannath S, Sachithanandham J, Ramalingam VV, Demosthenes JP, Abraham AM, Zachariah A, Varghese GM, Kannangai R. BK virus characterisation among HIV-1-Infected individuals and its association with immunosuppression. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;36(2):172-177. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_54. PMID: 30084406
George TK, Toms AG, Fenn BN, Kumar V, Kavitha R, Georgy JT, Abraham G, Zachariah A. Renal outcomes among snake-envenomed patients with acute kidney injury in southern India. Natl Med J India. 2019 Jan-Feb;32(1):5-8. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.272106. PMID: 31823930.
Ramya I, Mitra S, D'Sa S, Sathyendra S, Zachariah A, Kumar CV, Carey RAB, Verghese GM. Outcomes and factors influencing outcomes of critically ill HIV-positive patients in a tertiary care center in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jan;8(1):97-101. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_156_18. PMID: 30911487; PMCID: PMC6396590.
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.
Thomas VV, Kumar SE, Alexander V, Nadaraj A, Vijayalekshmi B, Prabhu S, Kumar S, Murugabharathy K, Thomas SM, Hansdak S, Carey R, Iyyadurai R, Pichamuthu K, Abhilash KPP, Varghese GM, Nair S, Goel A, Jeyaseelan L, Zachariah U, Zachariah A, Eapen CE. Plasma Von Willebrand Factor Levels Predict Survival in COVID-19 Patients Across the Entire Spectrum of Disease Severity. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2021 Jun 20:1-8. doi: 10.1007/s12288-021-01459-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34177141; PMCID: PMC8214842.
Vyas R, Albright S,Walker D, Zachariah A, Lee M. Y. Clinical training at remote sites using mobile technology: An India-USA partnership Distance Education; 2010, 31 (2): 211-226. Link
Armstrong LJ, Cynthia S, George M, Zachariah A. Comparing community and hospital data of snakebite in North Bihar: a community incidence survey and a parallel hospital-based clinical study. Trop Doct. 2019 Oct;49(4):285-292. doi: 10.1177/0049475519865036. Epub 2019 Jul 27. PMID: 31354064.
Iyadurai R, Viggeswarpu S, Zachariah A. Career destination and reason for career destination preferences among medical graduates from Christian Medical College Vellore - Does rural service obligation increase retention of medical graduates in rural service? J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2401-2404. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_388_19. PMID: 31463265; PMCID: PMC6691409.
John M, Oommen A, Zachariah A. Muscle injury in organophosphorous poisoning and its role in the development of intermediate syndrome. Neurotoxicology. 2003 Jan;24(1):43-53. doi: 10.1016/s0161-813x(02)00111-0. PMID: 12564381.
Khan S, Hemalatha R, Jeyaseelan L, Oommen A, Zachariah A. Neuroparalysis and oxime efficacy in organophosphate poisoning: a study of butyrylcholinesterase. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2001 Apr;20(4):169-74. doi: 10.1191/096032701678766796. PMID: 11393267.
Raghupathy V, Poornima S, Sivaguru J, Ramachandran A, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Monocrotophos toxicity and bioenergetics of muscle weakness in the rat. Toxicology. 2010 Nov 9;277(1-3):6-10. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.08.009. Epub 2010 Aug 20. PMID: 20728503.
Venkatesh S, Ramachandran A, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Mitochondrial ATP synthase inhibition and nitric oxide are involved in muscle weakness that occurs in acute exposure of rats to monocrotophos. Toxicol Mech Methods. 2009 Mar;19(3):239-45. doi: 10.1080/15376510802455354. PMID: 19730754; PMCID: PMC2736536.
Vyas R, Zachariah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. Integration of academic learning and service development through guided projects for rural practitioners in India. Med Teach. 2011;33(7):e401-7. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.575900. PMID: 21696275.
Subramanian S, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Zachariah A, Mathews MS, Mathai D. Disseminated histoplasmosis. J Assoc Physicians India. 2005 Mar;53:185-9. PMID: 15926599.
Vyas R, Zachariah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. An academic support programme for rural practitioners in India. Med Educ. 2015 May;49(5):513. doi: 10.1111/medu.12709. PMID: 25924128.
Atkuri R, Zachariah A, D'Souza R. The health situation in Jammu and Kashmir: What is the obligation of health professionals? Indian J Med Ethics. 2019 Oct-Dec;4 (NS)(4):261-264. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2019.061. PMID: 31791934.
Srikanth P, John TJ, Jeyakumari H, Babu PG, Mathai D, Jacob M, Cherian AM, Ganesh A, Zachariah A. Epidemiological features of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in southern India. Indian J Med Res. 1997 May;105:191-7. PMID: 9183073.
Mammen JJ, Kumar S, Thomas L, Kumar G, Zachariah A, Jeyaseelan L, Peter JV, Agarwal A, Mukherjee A, Chatterjee P, Bhatnagar T, Rasalam JE, Chacko B, Mani T, Joy M, Rupali P, Murugesan M, Daniel D, Latha B, Bundas S, Kumar V, Dosi R, Khambholja JR, de Souza R, Chander BT, Bahadur S, Dube S, Suri A, Jindal A, Shrivastav O, Barge V, Bajpayee A, Malhotra P, Singh N, Tambe M, Sharma N, Bhat S, Kaulgud RS, Gurtoo A, Reddy DH, Upadhyay K, Jain A, Patel TC, Nagori I, Jha PR, Babu KVS, Aparna C, Panjwani SJ, Natarajan M, Baldi M, Khadke VK, Dua S, Singh R, Sharma A, Sharma J, Gokhale YA, Yadav PD, Sapkal G, Kaushal H, Kumar VS. Factors associated with mortality among moderate and severe patients with COVID-19 in India: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2021 Oct 4;11(10):e050571. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050571. PMID: 34607865; PMCID: PMC8491003.
Raj Mani SS, Iyyadurai R, Mishra AK, Manjunath K, Prasad J, Lakshmanan J, Yadav B, Reginald A, Jasmine S, Hansdak SG, Zachariah A. Predicting antitubercular drug-induced liver injury and its outcome and introducing a novel scoring system. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021 Apr-Jun;10(2):116-121. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_15_21. PMID: 34558461.
Venkatesh J, Kaur A, Zachariah A, Oommen A. Molecular forms of adenosine deaminase do not aid the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Nov-Dec;90(6):652-3. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90421-6. PMID: 9015506.
Jacob MS, Iyyadurai R, Jose A, Fleming JJ, Rebekah G, Zachariah A, Hansdak SG, Alex R, Chandiraseharan VK, Lenin A, Peter JV. Clinical presentation of type 1 and type 2 pyrethroid poisoning in humans. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Oct 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2021.1994145. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34672857.
Isaac BTJ, Priya N, Nair AA, Thangakunam B, Balachandran A, George T, Thomas SM, George TK, Iyadurai R, Kumar SS, Zachariah A, Singh B, Rupali P, Pichamuthu K, Gupta R, Daniel J, Sasikumar JR, Chandy ST, Christopher DJ. Treatment of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With a Tabletop Noninvasive Ventilation Device in a Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2022 Jun;6(3):239-249. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2022.04.001. Epub 2022 Apr 19. PMID: 35463482; PMCID: PMC9015959.
Miraclin A, Thomas JC, John J, Kandoth Y, Livingstone J, Wilson B, Vanjare H, Jose A, Zachariah A, Moorthy M, Sivadasan A. COVID-19 Associated Parainfectious Encephalomyelitis: A Unique Case with Early CNS Immunological Response and Practical Implications. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2022 Jan-Feb;25(1):167-169. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_29_21. Epub 2021 Aug 4. PMID: 35342265; PMCID: PMC8954339.
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.
Lamb T, Abouyannis M, de Oliveira SS, Shenoy K R, Geevar T, Zachariah A, Sharma SK, Bhatt N, Mukaka M, Harriss E, Lalloo DG, Ashley EA, Monteiro WM, Smithuis F, Eddleston M. The 20-minute whole blood clotting test (20WBCT) for snakebite coagulopathy-A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Aug 10;15(8):e0009657. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009657. PMID: 34375338; PMCID: PMC8405032.
Zachariah A, Basha A, Bhattacharji S, Oommen A. N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase in the localisation of urinary tract infection in patients with spinal cord injury. Paraplegia. 1991 Jun;29(5):324-9. doi: 10.1038/sc.1991.47. PMID: 1886732.
Suresh CS, Ninan MM, Zachariah A, Michael JS. Cryptococcosis with Tuberculosis: Overlooked Coinfections. J Glob Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 7;13(3):139-141. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_330_20. PMID: 34703154; PMCID: PMC8491810.
Arthur M, Pichamuthu K, Turaka VP, Putta T, Jeeyavudeen MS, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Karuppusami R, Sudarsanam TD. Bedside lung ultrasonography: comparison with chest radiography (BLUR), a diagnostic study in a developing country. Postgrad Med J. 2022 Sep 14:postgradmedj-2021-141343. doi: 10.1136/pmj-2021-141343. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36104167.
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.
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.
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
Vyas R, Zacharah A, Swamidasan I, Doris P, Harris I. Blended distance education program for junior doctors working in rural hospitals in India. Rural Remote Health. 2014;14:2420. Epub 2014 Mar 11. PMID: 24617728.
Sudarsanam TD, Pichaimuthu K, Zachariah A, John G. Oximes in acute organophosphate poisoning. Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug;34(8):2265; author reply 2265-6. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000229681.55355.42. PMID: 16883212.
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.
Mathansingh AJ, Jose A, Fleming JJ, Abhilash KPP, Chandiraseharan VK, Lenin A, Hansdak SG, Iyyadurai R, Mani T, Peter JV, Eddleston M, Zachariah A. Quantification of Organophosphorus Insecticide Removed by Gastric Lavage in Acutely Poisoned Patients: An Observational Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun;27(6):397-402. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24475. PMID: 37378371; PMCID: PMC10291665.
Balachandran A, Jambugulam M, George K, Inturi S, Padankatti S, Alwan A, Mathew SS, Nellickal AJ, Zachariah A, Ralph R. Clinical Spectrum of Mercury Poisoning in India: Case-series from a Poison Control Center. J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Feb;71(2):11-12. doi: 10.5005/japi-11001-0180. PMID: 37354482.
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