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Report2022
INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Principal
No. Research Title NMRR investigator/
Number Co-principal
investigator (Co-PI)
35 Comparison of EMJH, EMJH-STAFF, EMJH- RSCH ID-21- Dr. Mohammad
5FU, HAN and LVW for cultivation and 01134-OK8 Ridhuan Mohd Ali
maintenance of pathogenic Leptospira
strains

36 Improving the TRIcycle protocol: upscaling RSCH ID-22- Dr. Rohaidah Hashim
to national monitoring and detection of 00996-SDM
extended spectrum beta lactamase E. coli
(ESBL-Ec) and carbapenemase producer
E. coli and Enterobacterales (CPE) and
WGS pipelines for one health surveillance
(TRIUMPH)
37 Utility of PCR for the diagnosis of septic NMRR ID-22- Dr. Mohammad
patients with negative blood culture 00092-A6H Ridhuan Mohd Ali
38 Design and development of high affinity DNA NMRR-21- Dr. Siti Khairani Mohd
aptamers for detection of Corynebacterium 879-59651 Hafiz Ngoo
diphtheriae exotoxin for future point-of-care
testing

39 To study the antibiotic resistance mechanisms NMRR-21- Shirley Hii Yi Fen
involved in different colony morphotypes of 1815-61436
Burkholderia pseudomallei to ceftazidime
and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
40 Prevalence and characteristics of tuberculous NMRR-21- Dr. Saraswathiy
meningitis in Malaysia 2015-2020 02308-I2N Maniam
41 Isolation and propagation of Orientia NMRR-21- Tay Bee Yong
tsutsugamushi (strain Karp, Kato and Gilliam) 922-59874
and Rickettsia typhi in different types of
mammalian cell lines
42 Seropositivity of Bartonella henselae in NMRR-22- Dr. Noraliza Binti
cat scratch disease suspected patients in 00585 Zabari
Malaysian population: A 5-year study (2015-
2019)
43 Molecular characterization of multidrug NMRR-21- Nor Hazrin Binti Abd
resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi 1238-60040 Hazis
44 A cross-sectional study on clinical NMRR-22- Dr. Murnihayati Binti
characteristics and outcomes of patients 01290-TUD Hassan
infected with Candida haemolunii complex IIR
and the related species in Malaysia from
Infectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC) 45 Unusual case of Mycobacterium marinum NMRR ID-22- Dr. Mohamad Hilmi
2019 to 2021

01557-KXT
infection in Malaysia: A Case Report
Bin Abdul Razak
Discovering the mechanism of graphene-
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based nanoparticles to enhance the activity
2022-1
of isoniazid in antituberculosis therapy USM-FRGS Dr. Azura Mohd Noor