Dr. Abdul Ghafur

Biography

  Chapters contributed to text books A Ghafur, Management of VAP; Monogram on VAP published by Elsevier, 2013. Publications Published a paper on Colistin Nephrotoxicity in Adults: Single centre large series from India in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine Abdul Ghafur, Perseverance, persistence, and the Chennai declaration, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages 1007 - 1008, December 2013. Abdul Ghafur, P. R. Vidyalakshmi, K. Priyadarshini, Jose M. Easow, Revathi Raj, T. Raja, Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica bacteremia in immuno-compromised hosts: The first case series from India. SAJC 2013;2(4):211-15. A Ghafur, Superbugs and we intensivists: A time for introspection. IJCCM,2013;17(3):125-126. A Ghafur, India must overhaul medical training to act on antimicrobial resistance, BMJ 2013; 347:f4230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4230. A Ghafur, PS Sharee, Nambi P Senthur. Mucormycosis in Patients without Cancer: A Case Series from A Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. JAPI2013; 61: 305-8. Abdul Ghafur, 'The Chennai Declaration': An Indian perspective on the antimicrobial resistance challenge, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 1 (2013) 5-6. Abdul Ghafur, Call for global action to halt the superbug.MJA 2013;198 (5):251. A Voss, A Ghafur, "The Chennai declaration" - Indian doctors' fight against antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013, 2:7 doi:10.1186/2047-2994-2-7. Abdul Ghafur, "The Chennai Declaration"- A solution to the antimicrobial resistance problem in Indian subcontinent, Clin Infect Dis. (2013) doi: 10.1093/cid/cis1224. Lectures Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi, Priyadarshini, Thirunarayanan, An obituary to antibiotics-Emergence of pan drug resistance amongst Gram negative bacteria, CIDSCON 2013. Abdul Ghafur, Chennai declaration - An achievement in creating an attitude change, ID week San Francisco 2013. Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi, Priyadarshini, Thirunarayanan. Fosfomycin - promising option in the era of NDM - 1 - The first invitro data from India. ICAAC 2013 Denver, No 911. Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi PR, Chandra K, Successful implementation of an infection control programme in a tertiary care oncology centre from a developing country, P262, ICPIC June 2013, Geneva. A Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi, Chandra, Sahaya, Priyadharshini, Increasing needle stick injuries amongst the radiology team-needs attention! , P297, ICPIC June 2013, Geneva. Abdul Ghafur, Coordinator, Chennai Declaration, Oral presentation-High Impact paper-"The Chennai Declaration"-A historic document, Abstract no.O009, ICPIC June 2013,Geneva. Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi PR, Ashwini, Chandra, Pushparaju, Call for joint effort to tackle Gram negative resistance. Tsunami can't be blocked with a barricade Paper no 121 ISAAR, Kuala Lumpur, 9th-13March 2013. Vidyalakshmi, Ravikant, AbdulGhafur, Thirunarayan M A, Murugan, An unsual case of SBP in a Cirrhotic-The first case reported from India, Paper No 270,ISAAR, Kuala Lumpur, 9th-13March 2013. Abdul Ghafur, Priyadarshini, Vidyalakshmi PR, "Clinical Profile Of Carbapenem Resistant Bacteraemia Among Paediatric Population - First Clinical Study From India", A-534-0002-01455 entitled at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, May 28 - June 1, 2013- Milan, Italy. Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi P R, Priyadarshini, Thirunarayan M A. Fosfomycin, a promising option in the era of NDM1- The First In Vitro Data From India. ICAAC September 2013. Abdul Ghafur, Priyadarshini Kannaian, Aswini Tayade, ''Clinical Study on Carbapenem Sensitive & Carbapenem Resistant Bacteremia in Neutropenic & Non-Neutropenic Patients-The First Series from India'', P1368, ESCMID, April 2013. A Ghafur, Tackling antimicrobial resistance - Indian perspective- Royal free hospital, London, October 2013-10-10. A Ghafur, Chennai declaration and antibiotic resistance: Public Health England, Colindale, London, October 2013. A Ghafur, Overcoming barriers to behavioral changes-Antimicrobial resistance: Incentivizing change towards a global solution: Chatham house (Institute of international affairs, London) October 2013. A Ghafur, "Chennai Declaration"-An Indian initiative to tackle antimicrobial resistance, ICAAC September 2013, Denver, USA. A Ghafur, Meet the professor: ICAAC September 2013 Denver, USA along with Dr Otto cars, Laura Piddock and Dr Antony So. A Ghafur, Meet the expert-setting up infection control in resource limited settings, ICPIC 2013, Geneva. A Ghafur, Hyperendemic Gram negatives, Indian scenario, ICPIC 2013, June 2013, Geneva. A Ghafur, Chennai Declaration, A historic initiative, ICPIC June 2013, Geneva. A Ghafur, Indian perspective of tackling resistance, June 2013, ICPIC, Geneva. A Ghafur, Indian perspective of tackling resistance-June 2013, 3rd world HAI meeting, Annecey, France. A Ghafur, Management of NDM producers, ECCMID Berlin, April 2013. A Ghafur, Gram negative resistance problem in India, Australian infectious diseases society and CDC combined meeting, March 2013, Canberra, Australia. A Ghafur, Mobilising political will to tackle antimicrobial resistance, Australian infectious diseases society and CDC combined meeting, March 2013, Canberra, Australia. A Ghafur, ESBL in the community, ISAAR Kuala Lumpur, March 2013. A Ghafur, Management of ESBL UTI- ISAAR Kuala Lumpur, March 2013. A Ghafur, Pyrexia of Unknown origin; GAMICON 2013, December 2013, Mumbai. A Ghafur, Tackling antimicrobial resistance, GERICON, December 2013, Chennai. A Ghafur, Antibiotic resistance: Is there a future?, PCCON 2013,November 2013, New Delhi. A Ghafur, Antibiotic stewardship- JPIMER Pondicherry, November 2013. A Ghafur, Antimicrobial resistance-CME by IMA Karnataka, Bangalore, October 2013. A Ghafur, Invasive fungal infections- CME by IMA Karnataka, Bangalore, October 2013. A Ghafur, Chennai Declaration-International patient safety congress, Hyderabad, Sep 2013. A Ghafur, Plenary lecture, Chennai declaration, CRTICARE 2013, March, Kolkota. A Ghafur, Chennai declaration, APICON 2013, COIMBATORE, Jan 2013. Membership of editorial boards of peer reviewed journals International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents(IJAA) Journal of Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control(ARIC) Journal of Microbiology & Infectious Disease(JMID) Indian Journal of Critical care Medicine(IJCCM) Position held Antimicrobial stewardship working group member of International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC), since 2013. Ad Hoc executive member of International society of Chemotherapy (ISC), since 2013. Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee Chairperson, Clinical Infectious Disease Society (INDIA), since 2011. Member of task forces of Government of India or State Governments Steering committee member for the National antibiotic policy and antibiotic guidelines by Indian Ministry of Health.

Research Interest

 surgery