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[2] | Desa MN, Thong, KL, Rohani, MY & Parasakthi, N. Penicillin susceptibility and molecular characteristics of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae at the University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2003; 7: 190-197. |
[3] | Desa MN & Parasakthi, N. Comparison of susceptibility test methods to detect penicillin susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. Malaysian Journal of Pathology 2004; 26: 29-33. |
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[7] | Desa MN*, Parasakhti N, Vadivelu J & Sekaran SD. Expression analysis of adherence-associated genes in pneumococcal clinical isolates during adherence to human respiratory epithelial cells (in vitro) by real-time PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letter 2008; 288: 125-130. |
[8] | MR Sulaiman, Zakaria ZA, Abdul Rahman A, Mohamad AS, Desa MN, Stanslas J, Moin S & Israf DA. Antinociceptive and antiedematogenic activities of andrographolide isolated from Andrographis paniculata in animal models. Biological Research for Nursing 2010; 11: 293-301. |
[9] | Desa MN*, Parasakhti N, Sekaran SD & Vadivelu J. Pneumococcal replicative states in relation to its adherence capacity to A549-cell line: a preliminary in vitro analysis. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology 2011; 7(2): 107-110. |
[10] | Zin NZM, Tasrip NA, Desa MNM*, Kqueen CY, Zakaria ZA, Hamat RA & Mariana NS. Characterization and antimicrobial activities of two streptomyces isolates from soil in the periphery of Universiti Putra Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 2011: in press. |
[11] | Mohd Jofrry S, Yob NJ, Rofiee1 MS, Meor Mohd Affandi MMR, Othman F, Abdah MA, Desa MNM, Suhaili Z & Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evidence-based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine 2011: in press. |