Items where Author is "Neela, Vasantha Kumari"

Hanachi, Parichehr and Rampal, Sanjiv and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Cheema, Manraj Singh and Sarawan Singh, Sandeep Singh and Tan, Eng Kee and Sinniah, Ajantha (2023) Distribution of causative microorganisms in diabetic foot infections: a ten-year retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in central Malaysia. Antibiotics, 12 (4). art. no. 687. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2079-6382

Ma, Pei Yee and Chong, Chun Wie and Thian, Leslie Lung Than and Sulong, Anita and Ho, Ket Li and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sekawi, Zamberi and Liew, Yun Khoon (2022) Impact of IsaA gene disruption: decreasing staphylococcal biofilm and alteration of transcriptomic and proteomic profiles. Microorganisms, 10 (6). art. no. 1119. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2076-2607

Buru, Ayuba Sunday and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Mohandas, Kavitha and Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao (2022) Microarray analysis of the genomic effect of eugenol on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Molecules, 27 (10). art. no. 3249. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1420-3049

Othman, Shuhaidah and Lee, Pui-Yuei and Lam, Jia-Yong and Philip, Noraini and Azhari, Nurul Natasya and Affendy, Norliza Bahtiar and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Mohd-Taib, Farah Shafawati and Chee, Hui-Yee (2022) A versatile isothermal amplification assay for the detection of leptospires from various sample types. PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 10. art. no. e12850. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2167-8359

Wan, Steffi Julan and Sulaiman, Nurshahira and Zulkifli, Nurul Farhana and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Hui, Yee Chee and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Mohamad Ikbal, Nurul Huda and Bhassu, Subha and Omar, Hasmahzaiti and M. Jamil Al-Obaidi, Mazen and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir (2022) Detection of pathogenic Leptospira in rats and phylogenetic analysis using outer membrane lipoprotein Lipl32 gene at two major public markets. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 18 (2). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346

Philip, Noraini and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2022) Media composition to revive leptospires stored at −80 °C. Cryobiology, 109. 89 - 93. ISSN 0011-2240; ESSN: 1090-2392

Rampal, Sanjiv and Ganesan, Thanusha and Sisubalasingam, Narresh and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Tokgöz, Mehmet Ali and Arunasalam, Arun and Ab Halim, Mohd Asyraf Hafizuddin and Shamsudin, Zulfahrizzat and Kumar, Suresh and Sinniah, Ajantha (2021) Local trends of antibiotic prescription for necrotizing fasciitis patients in two tertiary care hospitals in central Malaysia. Antibiotics-Basel, 10 (9). art. no. 1120. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2079-6382

Gunasegar, Shan and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2021) Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method (LAMP) compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Leptospira spp. in clinical samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 100 (3). art. no. 115369. pp. 1-11. ISSN 0732-8893

Philip, Noraini and Jani, Jaeyres and Azhari, Nurul Natasya and Sekawi, Zamberi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2021) In vivo and in silico virulence analysis of Leptospira species isolated from environments and rodents in leptospirosis outbreak areas in Malaysia. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12. art. no. 753328. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1664-302X

Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad and Arzamani, Kourosh and Abdollahpour, Gholamreza and Beheshti, Nazanin and Alavinia, Mohammad and Azimian, Amir and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Van Belkum, Alex and Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed (2021) Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran. Heliyon, 7 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2405-8440

Philip, Noraini and Bahtiar Affendy, Norliza and Ramli, Siti Nur Alia and Muhamad Arif and Raja, Pappitha and Nagandran, Elanngovan and Renganathan, Pukunan and Mohd Taib, Niazlin and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Yuhana, Muhamad Yazli and Thian, Leslie Lung Than and Seganathirajah, Mithra and Cyrille, Goarant and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2020) Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri are the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (3). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1935-2727; ESSN: 1935-2735

Mohamad Safiee, Amira Wahida and Mohd Ali, Mohammad Ridhuan and Fauzi, Mohd Hashairi and Muhd Besari @ Hashim, Alwi and Chan, Yean Yean and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Ismail, Nabilah (2020) Leptospiral culture without 5'-fluorouracil revealed improved Leptospira isolation from febrile patients in north-eastern Malaysia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (4). art. no. 1307. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1661-7827; ESSN: 1660-4601

Vasodavan, Kalidasan and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2020) Twitching motility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia under iron limitation: In-silico, phenotypic and proteomic approaches. Virulence, 11 (1). 104 - 112. ISSN 2150-5594; ESSN: 2150-5608

Azman, Adleen and Vasodavan, Kalidasan and Sither Joseph Vesudian, Narcisse Mary and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Wan Kamaruddin, Wan Mohd Aizat and Van Belkum, Alex and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2019) Physiological and proteomic analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia grown under the iron-limited condition. Future Microbiology, 14 (16). art. no. https://www.futuremedicine.com/toc/fmb/14/16. ISSN 1746-0921

Karunanidhi, Arunkumar and Ghaznavi-Rad, Ehsanollah and Jeevajothi Nathan, Jayakayatri and Sither Joseph Vesudian, Narcisse Mary and Chigurupati, Sridevi and Mohd Fauzi, Fazlin and Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Than, Leslie Thian Lung and Van Belkum, Alex and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2019) Bioactive 2-(methyldithio)pyridine-3-carbonitrile from Persian shallot (Allium stipitatum Regel.) exerts broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. Molecules, 24 (6). art. no. 1003. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1420-3049

Othman, Shuhaidah and Philip, Noraini and Mohd Taib, Niazlin and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Chee, Hui Yee (2019) Detection of leptospiral DNA in urine sample following prolonged hospitalization: a case report. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (SP2). pp. 105-107. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346

Ramli, Siti Nur Alia and Joseph, Narcisse and Philip, Noraini and Azhari, Nurul Natasya and Garba, Bashiru and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Sekawi, Zamberi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2019) Diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for the early detection of leptospirosis. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 12 (2). pp. 263-269. ISSN 1876-0341; ESSN: 1876-035X

Shinkaf, Sa'adatu haruna and Umar, Shu'aibu and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Md Noor, Sabariah and Amin Nordin, Syafinas and Hudu, Shuaibu Abdullahi and Zainudin, Zurina (2019) Isolation of Janthinobacterium lividum from early onset neonatal sepsis in Malaysia. African Health Sciences, 19 (3). pp. 2378-2389. ISSN 1680-6905

Putsathit, Papanin and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sither Joseph Vesudian, Narcisse Mary and Ooi, Peck Toung and Ngamwongsatit, Bhunika and Knight, Daniel R. and Riley, Thomas V. (2019) Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile isolated from piglets. Veterinary Microbiology, 237. art. no. 108408. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0378-1135; ESSN: 1873-2542

Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Than, Leslie Thian Lung and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Arunkumar, Karunanidhi and Ghaznavi-Rad, Ehsanollah and Jeevajothi Nathan, Jayakayatri and Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao and Mohd Fauzi, Fazlin (2018) Antifungal and antibiofilm activity of Persian shallot (Allium stipitatum Regel.) against clinically significant Candida spp. Tropical Biomedicine, 35 (3). 815 - 825. ISSN 0127-5720

V., Kalidasan and Joseph, Narcisse and Kumar, Suresh and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2018) Iron and virulence in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: all we know so far. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 8. 401 - 406. ISSN 2235-2988

Philip, Noraini and Garba, Bashiru and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2018) Long-term preservation of Leptospira spp.: challenges and prospects. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102 (2-3). 5427 - 5435. ISSN 0175-7598, ESSN: 1432-0614

Vasodavan, Kalidasan and Azman, Adleen and Joseph, Narcisse and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2018) Putative iron acquisition systems in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Molecules, 23 (8). art. no. 2048. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1420-3049; ESSN: 1420-3049

S., Samsudin and S. N. S., Sakinah and Osman, Malina and B. A., Norliza and M. A., Noh and A., Fairuz and Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura and Awang Hamat, Rukman and W. M., Zahiruddin and S., Mohd Nazri and S., Sukeri and B. D., Aziah and I., Zawaha and A. W., Zainudin and N. A., Munirah and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Masri, Siti Norbaya (2018) Seroprevalence of leptospiral antibodies among market workers and food handlers in the central state of Malaysia. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 23 (3). 327 - 333. ISSN 1360-2276; ESSN: 1365-3156

Kalidasan, V. and Joseph, Narcisse and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2018) The 'checkmate' for iron between human host and invading bacteria: chess game analogy. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 58 (3). 257 - 267. ISSN 0046-8991; ESSN: 0973-7715

Umar, Shuaibu and Shinkafi, Saadatu Haruna and Hudu, Shuaibu Abdullahi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Osman, Malina (2017) Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Schistosoma haematobium among primary school children in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Annals of parasitology, 63 (2). 133 - 139. ISSN 2299-0631; ESSN: 2300-6706

Syed, Sakinah and Priya, Sivan Padma and Kumaran, Sharmilah Kumari and Fatin Amira and Krishnan, Poorani and Alsaeedi, Hiba Amer and Mok, Pooi Ling and Chee, Hui Yee and Higuchi, Akon and Alarfaj, Abdullah Abdulaziz A. and Murugan, Alwarkurichi Munusamy and Murugan, Kadarkarai and Mat Taib, Che Norma and Arulselvan, Palanisamy and Rajan, Marippan and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Benelli, Giovanni and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar (2017) Impact of dengue virus (serotype DENV-2) infection on liver of BALB/c mice: a histopathological analysis. Tissue and Cell, 49 (1). 86 - 94. ISSN 0040-8166; ESSN: 1532-3072

Suhaimi, Mohd E. S. and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir and Eskandarian, Narges and Pillay, Stella G. and Ismail, Zalina and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Nordin, Syafinaz Amin (2017) Characterization of a group B streptococcus infection based on the demographics, serotypes, antimicrobial susceptibility and genotypes of selected isolates from sterile and non-sterile isolation sites in three major hospitals in Malaysia. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 10 (1). pp. 14-21. ISSN 1876-0341; ESSN: 1876-035X

Syed, Sakinah and Priya, Sivan Padma and Kumaran, Sharmilah Kumari and Fatin Amira and Krishnan, Poorani and Alsaeedy, Hiba and Mok, Pooi Ling and Chee, Hui Yee and Higuchi, Akon and Alarfaj, Abdullah A. and Munusamy, Murugan A. and Murugan, Kadarkarai and Mat Taib, Che Norma and Arulselvan, Palanisamy and Rajan, Mariappan and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Benelli, Giovanni and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar (2017) Impact of dengue virus (serotype DENV-2) infection on liver of BALB/c mice: a histopathological analysis. Tissue and Cell, 49 (1). pp. 86-94. ISSN 0040-8166; ESSN: 1532-3072

Khairi Younus, Nada and Gopinath, Renu and Jegasothy, Ravindran and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Belkum, Alexvan and Sither Joseph Vesudian, Narcisse Mary and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2017) An update on Gardneralla vaginalis associated bacterial vaginosis in Malaysia. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 7 (9). 831 - 835. ISSN 2221-1691

Tan, Khang Wei and Tang, Siah Ying and Thomas, Renjan and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Manickam, Sivakumar (2016) Curcumin-loaded sterically stabilized nanodispersion based on non-ionic colloidal system induced by ultrasound and solvent diffusion-evaporation. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 88 (1-2). pp. 43-60. ISSN 0033-4545; ESSN: 1365-3075

Dakheel, Khulood Hamid and Abdul Rahim, Raha and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Al-Obaidi, Jameel R. and Tan, Geok Hun and Yusoff, Khatijah (2016) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and their influence on bacterial adhesion and cohesion. BioMed Research International, 2016. art. no. 4708425. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2314-6133; ESSN: 2314-6141

Elkammoshi, Asma Mesbah and Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Mohd Taib, Niazlin and Subbiah, Suresh Kumar and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Hamat, Rukman Awang (2016) A low prevalence of inducible macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B Resistance phenotype among methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus isolated from Malaysian patients and healthy individuals. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 9 (10). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2008-3645; ESSN: 2008-4161

Soheili, Sara and Ghafourian, Sobhan and Sekawi, Zamberi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda and Taherikalani, Morovat and Khosravi, Afra and Ramli, Ramliza and Awang Hamat, Rukman (2015) The mazef toxin-antitoxin system as an attractive target in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 9. pp. 2553-2561. ISSN 1177-8881

Eskandarian, N. and Ismail, Zalina and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Belkum, Alex van and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz (2015) Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, serotype distribution and virulence determinants among invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) from Malaysian patients. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 34 (3). pp. 579-584. ISSN 0934-9723; ESSN: 1435-4373

Ahmadi, Shahram and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Goh, Bak Leong and Mat Nor, Lailatul Akmar and Azman, Ahmad Zaid Fattah (2015) Evaluation of modified laboratory processes for isolation of bacteria and fungi in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients with peritonitis. Peritoneal Dialysis International, 35 (7). 767-769 . ISSN 0896-8608; ESSN: 1718-4304

Mat Azis, Norhidayah and Ab Hamid, Amielia and Pung, Hui Ping and Abdul Rafee, Putri 'Amirah and Yahya, Farizatul Akmawati and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Suhaili, Zarizal and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir (2014) Staphylococcus aureus infection risk in a population of health sciences students at a public university. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43 (suppl. 3). pp. 112-116. ISSN 2251-6085; ESSN: 2251-6093

Ghafourian, Sobhan and Good, Liam and Sekawi, Zamberi and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Soheili, Sara and Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2014) The mazEF toxin-antitoxin system as a novel antibacterial target in Acinetobacter baumannii. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 109 (4). pp. 502-505. ISSN 0074-0276; ESSN: 1678-8060

Thomas, Renjan and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2014) Extracellular enzyme profiling of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates. Virulence, 5 (2). pp. 326-330. ISSN 2150-5594; ESSN: 2150-5608

Soheili, Sara and Ghafourian, Sobhan and Sekawi, Zamberi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda and Ramli, Ramliza and Hamat, Rukman Awang (2014) Wide distribution of virulence genes among Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates. The Scientific World Journal, 2014. art. no. 623174. pp. 1-6. ISSN 2356-6140; ESSN: 1537-744X

Khrustalev, Vladislav Victorovich and Ghaznavi Rad, Ehsanollah and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Amouzandeh-Nobaveh, Alireza and Barkovsky, Eugene Victorovich (2013) Short repeats in the spa gene of Staphylococcus aureus are prone to nonsense mutations: stop codons can be found in strains isolated from patients with generalized infection. Research in Microbiology, 164 (9). pp. 913-922. ISSN 0923-2508; ESSN: 1769-7123

Eskandarian, Narges and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Ismail, Zalina and Mohd Puzi, Shaliawani and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz (2013) Group B streptococcal bacteremia in a major teaching hospital in Malaysia: a case series of eighteen patients. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 17 (9). e777-e780. ISSN 1201-9712; ESSN: 1878-3511

Alreshidi, Mateq Ali and Al-Salamah, Ali A. and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Alsharari, Ahmad Subeh and Atshan, Salman Sahab and Alajlan, Hisham H. and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor (2013) Genetic variation among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cancer patient in Saudi Arabia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 32 (6). 755-761. ISSN 0934-9723; ESSN: 1435-4373

Liew, Yun Khoon and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Chong, Pei Pei (2013) Modified silver staining in 2DE improves protein detection even at extremely low sample concentration. Electrophoresis, 34 (3). pp. 397-400. ISSN 0173-0835; ESSN: 1522-2683

Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Ghaznavi Rad, Ehsanollah and Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Van Belkum, Alex and Karunanidhi, Arunkumar (2013) Frequency of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the noses of Malaysian chicken farmers and their chicken. Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 14 (3). pp. 226-231. ISSN 1728-1997; ESSN: 2252-0589

Karunanidhi, Arunkumar and Thomas, Renjan and Van Belkum, Alex and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2013) In vitro antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of chlorogenic acid against clinical isolates of stenotrophomonas maltophilia including the trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole resistant strain. BioMed Research International, 2013. art. no. 392058. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2314-6133; ESSN: 2314-6141

Ahmadi, S. H. and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Goh, Bak Leong and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz (2013) Rapid detection and identification of pathogens in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) associated peritonitis by 16s rRNA gene sequencing. Tropical Biomedicine, 30 (4). pp. 602-607. ISSN 0127-5720

Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda and Ghafourian, Sobhan and Sekawi, Zamberi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Hematian, Ali and Pakzad, Iraj and Galehdari, Elham Abouali and Mohebi, Reza (2011) Extended spectrum beta-lactamases among hospitalized patients in surgery wards, Ilam, Iran. Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology, 3 (1). pp. 18-20. ISSN 1948-5948

Ghaznavi-Rad, Ehsanollah and Goering, R. V. and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Weng, Poh Leng and Sekawi, Zamberi and Tavakol, M. and Van Belkum, Alex and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2011) Mec-associated dru typing in the epidemiological analysis of ST239 MRSA in Malaysia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 30 (11). pp. 1365-1369. ISSN 0934-9723; ESSN: 1435-4373

H., Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam and E., Ghaznavi-Rad and Sekawi, Zamberi and Yun, Khoon L. and M. N. , Aziz and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Melles, Damian C. and Alex, Van Belkum and Nor Shamsudin, Mariana and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2011) Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from clinical and community sources are genetically diverse. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 301 (4). pp. 347-353. ISSN 1438-4221; ESSN:1618-0607

Al-Hetar, Khadega Yahya Abdullah and Sekawi, Zamberi and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2011) Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactimase (ESBL) producing extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 5 (31). art. no. 5E0281D27330. pp. 5662-5668. ISSN 1996-0808

Nik Ibrahim, Nik Khairul Azizi and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sekawi, Zamberi (2011) Partial genes expression assessment of two-component regulation system ArlR and SigB towards Staphylococcus aureus survival in vitro. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 5 (26). art. no. 568F2B115348. pp. 4471-4475. ISSN 1996-0808

Ghofourian, Sobhan and Sekawi, Zamberi and Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda and Mohebi, Reza and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Maleki, Abbas and Hematian, Ali and Rhabar, Mohamad and Raftari, Mohamad and Ranjbar, Reza (2011) The prevalence of ESBLs producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in some major hospitals, Iran. Open Microbiology Journal, 5. pp. 91-95. ISSN 1874-2858

Ghaznavi-Rad, Ehsanollah and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Sekawi, Zamberi and Belkum, Alex van and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2010) A simplified multiplex PCR assay for fast and easy discrimination of globally distributed staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 59 (10). pp. 1135-1139. ISSN 0022-2615; ESSN: 1473-5644

Liew, Yun Khoon and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2010) Secretome of Staphylococcus aureus. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4 (7). art. no. 473E2AC12148. pp. 500-508. ISSN 1996-0808

Zadeh, Shahram Shakiba and Saad, Che Roos and Christianus, Annie and Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh and Sijam, Kamaruzaman and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2010) Assessment of growth condition for a candidate probiotic, Shewanella algae, isolated from digestive system of a healthy juvenile Penaeus monodon. Aquaculture International, 18 (6). pp. 1017-1026. ISSN 0967-6120; ESSN: 1573-143X

Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Atshan, Salman Sahab and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sekawi, Zamberi (2009) Evaluation of modified Congo red agar for detection of biofilm produced by clinical isolates of methicillin–resistance Staphylococcus aureus. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 3 (6). art. no. BF6F21612593. pp. 330-338. ISSN 1996-0808

Rad, Ehsanollah Ghaznavi and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Chong, Pei Pei and Sekawi, Zamberi and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor (2009) Anti-adhesive and anti-invasive activities of an oil based di-herbal extract against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 3 (5). art. no. CB1758312472. pp. 272-275. ISSN 1996-0808

Shakibazadeh, Shahram and Saad, Che Roos and Christianus, Annie and Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh and Sijam, Kamaruzaman and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2009) Bacteria flora associated with different body parts of hatchery reared juvenile Penaeus monodon, tanks water and sediment. Annals of Microbiology, 59 (3). pp. 425-430. ISSN 1590-4261; ESSN: 1869-2044

Elmnafi, Amghalia M. S. and Abdullah Al-Haj, Nagi Ahmed and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Mashan, Nurmas Idayu and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sekawi, Zamberi (2009) Natural product activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus genes. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 4 (4). pp. 449-452. ISSN 1815-8846; ESSN: 1993-6087

Shakibazadeh, Shahram and Saad, Che Roos and Christianus, Annie and Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh and Sijam, Kamaruzaman and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2008) Evaluation of in vitro Vibrio static activity of Shewanella algae isolated from healthy Penaeus monodon. African Journal of Biotechnology, 7 (21). art. no. 84D09E97976. pp. 3952-3961. ISSN 1684–5315

Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Sekawi, Zamberi and Belkum, Alex Van and Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2008) First community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 57 (9). pp. 1180-1181. ISSN 0022-2615; ESSN: 1473-5644

Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Sasikumar, M. and Ghaznavi, G. R. and Sekawi, Zamberi and Nor Shamsudin, Mariana (2008) In vitro activities of 28 antimicrobial agents against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a clinical setting in Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 39 (5). pp. 885-892. ISSN 0125-1562

Shamsudin, M. and Mohamed Alipiah, Norfarrah and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Md Yusoff, Fatimah and Arshad, Aziz (2007) Analysis of essential gene changes in MRSA and non-MRSA strains inhibited by methanolic extract correlated to membrane permeabilising peptide. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 29 (suppl.2). S634. ISSN 0924-8579

Than, Leslie Thian Lung and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Chee, Hui Yee and Kumar, Suresh (2014) Fruity microbes. In: Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)14: Microbe. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 78-79. ISBN 9789679603583

Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2012) Putative virulent factors involved in stenotrophomonas maltophilia pathogenesis. In: Updates in Medical Microbiology. University Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor. ISBN 9789673442942

Syafinaz Amin Nordin (2014) A blood agar for detecting pathogen. PI2014703011.

Neela, Vasantha Kumari (2005) Utilization of Molecular Systems for the Identification and Typing of Clinically Relevant Multiple Drug Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.