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Norhidayah Binti Kamarudin

Academic Qualifications

  • Master of Medicine (Microbiology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Norhidayah Binti Kamarudin (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE


norhidayahkamarudin@iium.edu.my
4522


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Parasitology
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Infectious/ Communicable Diseases - Pathology (Medical Microbiology)
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Bacteriology
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Mycology
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Medical Microbiology ~ Virology
  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Microbiology ~ Medical Microbiology


Teaching Responsibilities


BASIC & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
BASIC GENERAL SURGERY POSTING 2024/2025 2023/2024
BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS 2025/2026 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS 2025/2026
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY 2024/2025
CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY PRACTICE 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
Endocrine Physiology 2024/2025
Gastrointestinal Tract Physiology 2024/2025
General Molecular & Proteomics Techniques 2024/2025
General Pathology 2021/2022
HOSPITAL SAFETY 2024/2025
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022
Introduction to Medical Physiology 2024/2025
MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2025/2026
MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
MEDICAL VIROLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY 2024/2025
RESPONSE TO DISEASED STATE AND EXOGENOUS AGENTS 2025/2026
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION IN NORMAL & DISEASED STATES & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE URINARY SYSTEMS 2019/2020
THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020


Supervision


Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic On Hospital Acquired Infections And Antimicrobial Utilization Among Hospitalized Patient.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
An Evaluation Of Antimicrobial Use And Prescribing Practices.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
In Vitro Susceptibility Of Carbapenemresistant Enterobacterales To Colistin, Tigecycline And Ceftazidime-Avibactam.
Master Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
Pre-Analytical Factors Impacting Blood Culture Positivity Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study At Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre, Iium.
Master Completed 2024 Main Supervisor
The Evaluation Of Pcr Assays For Detection Of Porphyromonas Gingivalis-16s Rrna Subunit And Its Correlation With Periodontal Health.
Master Completed 2023 Co-supervisor
Prevalence Of Contaminants On The Hospitals' Lift Buttons Leads To An Investigation On Antimicrobial Resistance Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Spp..
Master Completed 2023 Co-supervisor
The Clinical Effect And Microbiological Study Of Clay Solution Used For Irrigation In Musculoskeletal Wound.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
A Comparative Study Of Pre-Operative Midstream Urine Culture And Stone Culture In Patients Undergoing Endourological Stone Removal.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2024 A Multi-centre Study to Define Novel Individualised Dosing Regimens to Maximise Antibiotic Effectiveness for Treatment of Pneumonia in ICU: The Sparse-Pneudos Study
2023 - 2025 Use of Infrared Thermography in the Early Detection of Development of Phlebitis in Adult Patients
2023 - 2024 Pneumococcal Carriage and Serotype Distribution in Children with Otitis Media in Malaysia
2021 - 2024 Field Performance Study of a Novel Qualitative SARS-CoV-2 Pre-Infectious Stage Detection Kit (Virulizer)
2021 - 2023 Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) Versus Blood Culture To Detect Burkholderia Pseudomallei Species In High Risk Patients With Suspected Or Diagnosed With Melioidosis In Pahang
2021 - 2024 Evaluating the burden of paediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in Malaysia prior to and during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) implementation
2021 - 2024 Expression Of Group B Streptococcus Virulence Genes In Gbs Isolates From High Vaginal Swab Samples Of Pregnant Women And Their Association With Preterm Delivery
On-Going
2025 - Present Surveillance of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales: Genomic & Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiling & in SASMEC@IIUM
2025 - Present Clinical and Microbiological Evaluation of Kaolin Clay Solution for Irrigation in Musculoskeletal Wounds
2025 - Present Evaluating the Safety of Introducing Maternal Own Microbiome into Pasteurized Donor Human Milk : A Pilot Exploratory Study on enhancing PDHM at Halimatussaadia Mother's Milk Centre.
2025 - Present MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATIONS OF TRIMETHOPRIM- SULFAMETHOXAZOLE RESISTANT BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI ISOLATED FROM TERTIARY HOSPITALS.
2025 - Present Investigation of Environmental Microbial on High-Touch Surfaces Associated with Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) at the Emergency and Trauma Department, SASMEC, by 16S rRNA Microbiome Profiling
2025 - Present Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Occult Hepatitis B Infection Among Patients Undergoing Viral Screening at SASMEC@IIUM: A Cross-Sectional Study
2025 - Present DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DIGITAL TOOLS AS PART OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) FOR ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
2024 - Present Surveillance and Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPEE Pathogens in Malaysia
2021 - Present Hand Hygiene Knowledge And Attitude In Primary School Children In Kuantan : How Do They Fare In Hand Hygiene Practice
2021 - Present Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Versus Blood Culture to Detect Burkholderia Pseudomallei Species in High Risk Patients with Suspected or Diagnosed with Melioidosis in Pahang
2021 - Present IIUM Crisis Action, Research and Education (iCARE)
2021 - Present Elucidating the molecular interaction of SARS-CoV-2 E protein and its role in cross-species transmission by using amber suppression technology
2021 - Present Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Attitude in Primary School Children in Kuantan : How Do They Fare in Hand Hygiene Practice?
2021 - Present Expression of Group B Streptococcus Virulence Genes in GBS Isolates From High Vaginal Swab Samples of Pregnant Women and Their Association with Preterm Delivery


Publications


Articles

2025 Assessment on residual buffer sample mixture of rapid antigen assay performance in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance: a cross-sectional study in a Malaysian teaching hospital. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 21 (1) pp. 19-23
2025 The growing threat of multidrug-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. on hospital lift buttons in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 21 (2) pp. 250-258
2024 Development and usability evaluation of a Mhealth application for health-care associated infections among health-care providers in Malaysia. Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 16 (3) pp. 114-120
2024 Metagenomic analysis of contaminated lift buttons reveals prevalent pathogens with antimicrobial resistance genes: a study in a public hospital in Pahang, Malaysia. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 8 (2) pp. 3086-3098
2024 Microbial contamination on hospital lift buttons: a metagenomic perspective. Journal of Advanced Research Design, 123 (1) pp. 9-22
2024 Multicentre case–control study of pneumococcal infections among children with pneumonia in Peninsular Malaysia (MY-Pneumo): a study protocol. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) pp.
2024 Role of platelet activating factor as a mediator of inflammatory diseases and preterm delivery. The American Journal of Pathology, 194 (6) pp. 862-878
2023 Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23 () pp. 1-8
2023 Healthcare-associated infections: a ten-year bibliometric analysis. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 15 (3) pp. 397-405
2023 Infection control in digital era: future or futile?. Journal of Pharmacy, 3 (1) pp. 66-74
2023 Salmonella enterica serotype Agona in infant with meningitis and cerebral abscess. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 45 (3) pp. 558-558
2023 Tapping the pathogenic bacteria from hospital water tap system in Malaysia using flongle nanopore. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases, 134 (Supp 1) pp. S6-S6
2023 The roles of acidity, peroxide and non-peroxide compounds in antibacterial properties of Malaysian Kelulut, Tualang and Acacia honey. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 19 (3) pp. 291-300
2023 Unmasking a rare case of ESBL Escherichia coli meningitis in a patient after lumbar spine surgery. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 45 (3) pp. 481 -566
2023 Whole genome sequence of SARS-COV-2 from Covid-19 acquired hemophilia patient. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134 (Supp 1) pp. S14-S14
2022 A review of group B streptococcus (Gbs) vaginal colonization and ascending intrauterine infection: interaction between host immune responses and gbs virulence factors. Acta Scientifica Malaysia (ASM), 6 (2) pp. 17-22
2022 Expression of virulence genes in group B streptococcus isolated from symptomatic pregnant women with term and preterm delivery. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 18 (4) pp. 370-379
2022 Hybrid de novo whole-genome assembly and annotation of SARS-CoV-2 Virus from nosocomial infection in Pahang, Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 116 () pp. S19-S19
2022 Maternal risk factors for group B streptococcus (GBS) vaginal colonization. Acta Scientifica Malaysia (ASM), 6 (2) pp. 55-58
2022 Near-complete whole-genome sequencing of two Burkholderia Pseudomallei strains harbouring novel molecular class d beta-lactamase genes, isolated from Malaysia. Microbiology Resource Announcement, 11 (10) pp. 1-2
2022 Prevalence of bacteria isolated from the lift buttons of two hospitals in Kuantan, Pahang. IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences, 3 (Supp 1) pp. 67
2022 Whole genome sequence analysis showing unique SARS-CoV-2 lineages of B.1.524 and AU.2 in Malaysia. PLOS ONE, 17 (2) pp. 1-16
2021 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal replacement in a Malaysian teaching hospital: findings from an eight-year interval molecular surveillance. Antibiotics, 10 (3) pp. 1-10
2021 Near-Complete Genome Sequences of Nine SARS-CoV-2 Strains Harboring the D614G Mutation in Malaysia. Microbiology Resource Announcements® (MRA), 10 (31) pp.
2020 Asymptomatic primary biliary cholangitis in a young patient: an incidental finding. Gazi Medical Journal, 31 (2) pp. 201-203
2019 Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests. Tropical Biomedicine, 36 (4) pp. 883-887
2018 Non - neoformans cryptococcemia in a patient with hodgkin's lymphoma. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 11 (12) pp. 7-8
2018 Non-neoformans cryptococcemia in a patient with hodgkin’s lymphoma. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 11 (12) pp. 7-8
Conference or Workshop Items

2025 Correlation of pancreatic stone protein PSP with septic shock, SOFA, and APACHE scores: an emerging biomarker for disease severity. In: 35th Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID Global),
2025 When typhoid skips the gut: Salmonella Typhi presenting as a submental abscess. In: International Congress of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (ICPALM) 2025,
2022 Islamic leadership in hospital-associated cluster of Covid-19 management. In: 4th KHUAM National Conference,
2022 Tapping the pathogenic bacteria from hospital water tap system in Malaysia using flongle nanopore. In: International Congress on Infectious Diseases 2022,
2022 Whole genome sequencing of Sars-COV-2 from Covid-19 acquired hemophilia patient. In: International Congress on Infectious Diseases 2022,
2021 Hybrid de novo Whole-Genome Assembly and Annotation of SARS-CoV-2 Virus from Nosocomial Infection in Pahang, Malaysia. In: International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2021,
2021 Low occurrence of bacteria on the lift buttons of a public hospital executing weekly Covid 19 decontamination. In: The Inaugural Monash International Health Science & Technology Conference,
2021 Molecular identification of Polyporales sp. isolated from a rare lung fungal infection case in Malaysia. In: 3rd Symposium on Industrial Science and Technology 2021,
2020 Antibiotic cover in diabetic foot infection. In: Diabetic Foot Care Symposium & Workshop 2020,
2020 Antimicrobial stewardship; why, what & how. In: International Webinar on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 2020,
2020 Coronavirus. In: Coronavirus Awareness Talk,
2020 The essence of medical microbiology. In: Laboratory Medicine Seminar : Bridging The Basic And Clinical Sciences,
2018 A rare case of primary tuberculosis of female genital tract. In: International Congress of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2018,
2018 Community-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium: a case of infective endocarditis.. In: International Congress of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2018,