Dr. Azar Dokht Khosravi is an academic Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology of the Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran. Dr. Khosravi graduated from University of London in 1995, she obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Microbiology with specialty in mycobacteriology from the University College London (UCL). She was working in Mycobacteriology Department, where many world research projects and clinical trials were under investigation at the time. She completed the course on mycobacterial molecular and conventional diagnosis techniques in London Tuberculosis reference centre, PHLS, Dulwich hospital, London. Dr. Khosravi has published over 65 papers and abstracts in domestic and international journals and congresses.



She is a member of European Society of Mycobacteriology (ESM) and attends the annual meetings of this society regularly. She is also a member of International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), Iranian Societies of Microbiology (ISM) and Clinical Pathologists (ISCP). She is a member of Educational Development Centre (EDC) at her university and managing student’s evaluation workshops for academic members since 1997. She was a member of managing board of Iranian Society of Microbiology during 2001-2004. At present, she is a member of editorial board of ISM journal and is a Reviewer of Manuscripts submitted to many domestic and international journals. Dr. Khosravi has supervised over 20 Ph.D., M.Sc., Dentistry, Medical and Pharm D theses so far.



She has completed several projects mainly in the field of Mycobacteria, supported by University grants. The Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, PHLS, Ahwaz, Iran is under her supervision since 1996. Dr. Khosravi’s selected publications in 2007 and 2008: 1- Application of restriction enzyme analysis technique based on 65 KDA heat shock protein gene for fingerprinting and differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from tuberculosis patients. Pak. J. Med. Sci. 2007 Vol. 23 (2): 216-219. 2- High Frequency of Mutations in the rpoB Gene in Rifampin-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Iran. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2007. 3- Detection of Melallo- beta-lactamase production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from burn patients in Ahwaz, Iran. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease 2008; 60: 125-128.



Her most recent papers are: 1. Study of bacteria isolated from orthopedic implant infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, in Research Journal of Microbiology 2009 (online publication is now available) and 2. Application of PCR-based fingerprinting for detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria among patients referred to Tuberculosis Reference Center of Khuzestan province, Iran, accepted also by the same journal for publication.