About
Professional SummaryDr. Abbas Farahan is currently working as Researcher of Molecular Bacteriology and Genetics of microorganisms at Department of Microbiology, University of Ahvaz Jundishapur, University of Medical Sciences, Iran and also doing his PhD in Medical Bacteriology at same university. He completed his MSc in 2013 from Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Medical Microbiology. His area of work and research experiences includes molecular bacteriology, microbiology, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, bacterial toxin extraction, flow cytometry, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), cytometric bead array (CBA). He is also Advisory board member/Regional Coordinator of of Journal of Infectious Diseases Letters and Research Committee of Kermanshah. He has published more than 20 articles in international and national peer reviewed journals. He wrote 3 books including: “Medical Microbiology”and “Principles of Electrophoresis and its application to Medical Microbiology” published in 2014 in Persian and “Medical Microbiology with basic laboratory in Persian”. He is also serving in more than 10 journals as Editor/ Reviewer. So far, Mr. Abbas Farahani has handled 6 MSc thesis. Now-a-days he is supervising another 3 MSc students.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Ahwaz Jondi-Shahpour Medical University, Ahwaz, Iran Medical Bacteriology | Completed: 2014
Editorial Services
Editorial & Publishing Roles
Editorial Board Member
Serving as Editorial Board Member for Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences.
Publications (61)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance and Novel Therapeutic Approaches for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
: A Narrative Review With a Focus on Tuberculosis Mutations in Iran
2025
Characterization of rrs and rpsL Mutations in Aminoglycoside-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimens in the West of Iran
2024
Investigation of Epstein–Barr virus, Cytomegalovirus, Human herpesvirus 6, and Polyoma viruses (JC virus, BK virus) among Gastric cancer patients: A cross sectional study
2024
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: The Mechanism of Pathogenicity, Immune Responses, and Diagnostic Challenges
2024
The role of viruses in human acute appendicitis: a systematic literature review
2023
2023
Coagulopathy and thromboembolic events a pathogenic mechanism of COVID‐19 associated with mortality: An updated review
2023
Worldwide prevalence of microbial agents’ coinfection among COVID‐19 patients: A comprehensive updated systematic review and meta‐analysis
2022
Viral Coinfection among COVID‐19 Patient Groups: An Update Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
2021
The Role of Bacterial and Fungal Human Respiratory Microbiota in COVID‐19 Patients
2021
The frequency of point mutations associated with resistance to isoniazid and rifampin among clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the west of Iran
2021
2021
Clinical Symptoms and Types of Samples Are Critical Factors for the Molecular Diagnosis of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Literature Review
2021
A Literature Review on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
2021
A review on EBV encoded and EBV-induced host microRNAs expression profile in different lymphoma types.
Abbas Farahani
2021
A literature review on the parvovirus B19 infection in sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia patients
2020
Clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings in patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (SARSCoV-2).
Abbas Farahani
2020
2019
Study of genetic diversity, biofilm formation, and detection of carbapenemase, mbl, esbl, and tetracycline resistance genes in multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii isolated from burn wound infections in iran.
Abbas Farahani
2019
Genomic diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of nasal carriage Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pediatric ward in Western Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2019
Investigation of bio-air contamination in some hospitals of Kermanshah, Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2019
Molecular characteristics of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in the West of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2018
2018
Antibacterial effect of tramadol against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An in vivo study.
Abbas Farahani
2018
A review on the types of immunotoxins and their use in cancer treatment.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Clonal lineage diversity, antibiotic resistance and virulence determinants among methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nurses at a teaching hospital in Ilam, Iran: Successful nares decolonization by mupirocin.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Identification of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with emphasis on New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-1 (blaNDM-1) in Bandar Abbas, South of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Role of toxins of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in development of urinary tract infection.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria and high efficacy of D-cycloserine and its synergistic effect with clarithromycin against Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium abscessus.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Investigating of four main carbapenem-resistance mechanisms in high-level carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from burn patients.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Molecular identification and distribution of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical specimens by PCR-sequencing method in West of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2018
Molecular identification of mutations associated with pyrazinamide-resistance in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in eight provinces of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Molecular typing and antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Kermanshah City with Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE).
Abbas Farahani
2017
State of globe: Biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for determination of rifampicin resistance among new tuberculosis cases in West and Northwest Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Molecular typing of Brucella melitensis isolated from patients and animals by pulsed field gel electrophoresis from Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Molecular characterization of multidrug resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from intensive care units in West of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in patients with burn injuries.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Frequency of Class 1 integron and genetic diversity of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from medical centers in Kermanshah.
Abbas Farahani
2017
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype in Western Iran: Distribution and drug resistance.
Abbas Farahani
2016
Frequency of mutations associated with isoniazid- resistant in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by low-cost and density (LCD) DNA microarrays.
Abbas Farahani
2016
Genotyping of multidrug-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from burn and wound infections by ERIC-PCR.
Abbas Farahani
2016
State of globe: Enterococci: Virulence factors and biofilm formation.
Abbas Farahani
2016
Evaluate the frequency distribution of nonadhesive virulence factors in carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical samples in Kermanshah.
Abbas Farahani
2016
Prevalence and Microbial Resistance of Uropathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Neonatal and Pediatric Patients in Western of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2015
Molecular Identification of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium fortuitum by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Polymerase Chain Reaction and ERIC PCR.
Abbas Farahani
2015
Frequency of mutations associated with rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients in West of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2015
Clonal evolution multi-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Abbas Farahani
2015
2014
Prevalence of vancomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Distribution of ESBL producing Uropathogenic Escherichia coli and carriage of selected B-lactamase genes in Hospital and community isolates in west of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Molecular epidemiology of hospital acquired OXA-carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Western Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Molecular epidemiology of MBL-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii in the west of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2014
2014
Frequency distribution of virulence factors in uropathogenic escherichia coli isolated from kermanshah in 2011-2012.
Abbas Farahani
2014
The prevalence of ESBL isolates of acinetobacter baumannii using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Frequency of adhesive virulence factors in carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical samples in West of Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Antibiotic resistance in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infections out-patients in Kermanshah.
Abbas Farahani
2014
Comparison of different phenotypic and genotypic methods for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Abbas Farahani
2013
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiling and genomic diversity of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates: A study in Western Iran.
Abbas Farahani
2013
Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine of inpatients and outpatients.
Abbas Farahani
2012