Mariam Makram, F. Eskander, FawzyMegahed Khalil, N. Salem
{"title":"Assessment of Serum Aldo-Keto Reductase Family 1 Member B10 for Early Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients in Suez Canal University Hospital, Egypt ","authors":"Mariam Makram, F. Eskander, FawzyMegahed Khalil, N. Salem","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.193103.1281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.193103.1281","url":null,"abstract":"This comparative analytical","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116850439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Race Against Time: Experts Rally for Action as Meningitis and Cholera Outbreaks Continue to Spread in Nigeria ","authors":"B. Gulumbe, Z. Yusuf, A. Bazata","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.202586.1284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.202586.1284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122139054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic Efficacy of the Carba NP Strip Test for Carbapenemase Detection ","authors":"Noha Alaa Eldin Fahim, Lamya Elsayed, S. Elmasry","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.190037.1280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.190037.1280","url":null,"abstract":"OXA-48 gene. Pseudomonas isolates were positive for the bla VIM gene as a single gene. The Carba NP strip method exhibited high sensitivity and specificity, but the tube method had a higher diagnostic performance in Pseudomonas isolates. Conclusion: The current study highlights that Carba NP strip test can be a reliable and excellent alternative to other tedious and expensive standard techniques, making carbapenem resistance diagnosis reachable to routine laboratories. The Carba NP strip test is simple, inexpensive, and rapid. It can be implemented in low-resource healthcare settings for early detection of carbapenem resistance, hence initiating proper therapy. Further studies on broad scales are recommended to study the effect of other carbapenemase genes on sensitivity and specificity.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128457060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nitazoxanide Based Therapeutic Regimens: Will this Solve the Puzzle of Increasing Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to Conventional Treatment?","authors":"S. Abd-Elsalam","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.288144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.288144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122438937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Polymyxin NP Test as a Rapid Method for Detection of Polymyxins Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae ","authors":"Noha Alaa Eldin Fahim, Amira El-Beih, S. Elmasry","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.182460.1275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.182460.1275","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125550170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md. Othman, G. Salem, S. A. Abdel Monem, Amal A Jouda, A. Sharaf
{"title":"Optimality of 2-week Versus 4-week Intervals in Secondary Prophylaxis of Bleeding by Endoscopic Esophageal Variceal Ligation","authors":"Md. Othman, G. Salem, S. A. Abdel Monem, Amal A Jouda, A. Sharaf","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2023.181161.1273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2023.181161.1273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131194763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Abdelkader, A. Gad, Emad Mohamed, Mustafa Elshamy
{"title":"The Efficacy of Bacterial Meningitis Score in Predicting Bacterial Meningitis at Mansoura Fever Hospital","authors":"A. Abdelkader, A. Gad, Emad Mohamed, Mustafa Elshamy","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.174090.1269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.174090.1269","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125003733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amira Abdelhai Sonbol, Hala Hussien, H. Ibraheem, Ahmed Badawy
{"title":"Evaluation of Lipid Profile in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Related Liver Cirrhosis","authors":"Amira Abdelhai Sonbol, Hala Hussien, H. Ibraheem, Ahmed Badawy","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.171614.1265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.171614.1265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"318 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124218362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samah Soliman, Lobna Abo Ali, M. Rabea, Nabila Elgazzar, A. Elfert
{"title":"Carvedilol versus Band Ligation for Primary Prophylaxis of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis with Systemic Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Samah Soliman, Lobna Abo Ali, M. Rabea, Nabila Elgazzar, A. Elfert","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.166360.1259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.166360.1259","url":null,"abstract":"in","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131494490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Walaa Elsayed, El Saeed El Badrawy, A. Ata, Soha A. Elhawari
{"title":"Association between Proton Pump Inhibitors Use and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Development in Egyptian Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites","authors":"Walaa Elsayed, El Saeed El Badrawy, A. Ata, Soha A. Elhawari","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.172836.1266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.172836.1266","url":null,"abstract":"their indication. Results: Out of 209 cirrhotic patients with ascites, SBP was detected in 34.9% of patients whether they were on PPIs or not. SBP patients had a significant higher use of PPIs therapy (72.6%) than the non-SBP patients (26.5%) ( P< 0.001). However, there was no statistical significant difference regarding type of PPIs or indications of use ( P> 0.05). Conclusion: The rate of PPIs use was higher in SBP patients than in patients without SBP. There were no differences regarding PPIs types or indications of use between both groups. Thus, PPIs therapy should be judiciously used and only when indicated in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"72 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129670432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}