Khuroo MS,  Khuroo NS. Abdominal tuberculosis. In.  Tuberculosis. Madkour MM, Al Saif A, Al Moutery KR, Al-Kudwa A. (Eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004. Page 659-78. (Book Chapter). Tuberculosis is one of the major health problems of the World. Abdominal tuberculosis is one the important componants of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and is common in the developing countries. The disease has shown a surge in the West in the recent past. Click here to read more about the disease...

     

      Khuroo MS et al.  Percutaneous Drainage Compared with Surgery for Hepatic Hydatid Cysts.  New Engl J Med 1997; 337:881. Percutaneous drainage combined with Albendazole therapy, is an effective and safe alternative to surgery for treatment of uncomplicated hydatid cysts of the liver and requires a shorter hospital stay. Click here to read pdf file of the article........

     Khuroo MS et al.  A Comparison of Omeprazole and Placebo for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer.  N Engl J Med 1997 336(15):1054-58. The data showed that omeprazole is effective in managing bleeding peptic ulcers with endoscopic stigmata of recent hemorrhage. Click here to read pdf file of the article......

      The paper on Hepatitis E Virus “Khuroo MS:  Study of an Epidemic of Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis:  possibility of another human hepatitis virus distinct from post-transfusion non-A, non-B type. Am J Med 1980; 68:818-24” was reproduced  in the book “Classic Papers in Viral Hepatitis” edited by Christine A. Lee and Howard C. Thomas, Science Press, 1988, page184-190. On discovery of hepatitis viruses, Robert H. Purcell from NIH Bethseda MD wrote “Simultaneously with these studies, Mohammed Sultan Khuroo, another young gastroenterologist, was studying water borne epidemic of hepatitis in the moutainous Kashmir region of North India. The hepatitis in Kashmir….Thus the fifth recognised human hepatitis was discovered and initially called epidemic or enterically transmitted NANB hepatitis virus and subsequently designated HEV.”(Purcell H. The discovery of hepatitis viruses. Gastroenterology 1993; 104:955-63.)  Click here to view the classic paper reproduced.

Prof. M. S. Khuroo gives a first hand account of how hepatitis E and hepatitis E virus (HEV) was discoverd and what all went on during the discovery of Hepatitis E. Click to see the PDF file of this article.