A. Madkour, O. Elshaarawy, A. Butt, N. Behl, R. Prijić, Funari Mateus Pereira, Z. Wong, A. Abou-elmagd, Wen Li, S. Ghazanfar, Mark Anthony De Lusong, K. Ragab, Mohamed E. Lasheen, H. Hakim, Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Ahmed Eliwa, M. Alboraie, A. Altonbary
{"title":"Endoscopic Ultrasound at Crossroads in COVID - 19 era: a Multi-Center Global Study.","authors":"A. Madkour, O. Elshaarawy, A. Butt, N. Behl, R. Prijić, Funari Mateus Pereira, Z. Wong, A. Abou-elmagd, Wen Li, S. Ghazanfar, Mark Anthony De Lusong, K. Ragab, Mohamed E. Lasheen, H. Hakim, Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Ahmed Eliwa, M. Alboraie, A. Altonbary","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.159405.1249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.159405.1249","url":null,"abstract":"biliary dilatation (10.4%) formed major chunk of indications for procedure. Therapeutic outcomes were achieved with majority (40.8%). Conclusion: our data underscores the point of efforts of clinicians to provide the same level of care provided by EUS units despite the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126243278","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":"Impact of Infection on Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients; a Hospital-based Cohort Study in Pakistan","authors":"S. Sethi, I. Khanum, U. Javed, Sania Sabir","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.156178.1246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.156178.1246","url":null,"abstract":"had poor-control. The mean pre-infection HbA1c in good-control diabetic patients was 6.2% while in poor-control was 8.5% (p: 0.000). While the mean post-infection HbA1c in the good-control was 6.9% and in the poor-control was 8.3% (p: 0.010). The poor-control group had a higher infection-related death rate (62.5% vs. 37.5%, p: 0.72), and multiple sites of infection (65.2% vs. 34.8%, p: 0.47). In the poor-control group, there was a higher rate of re-infection (52.8 vs. 47.2%, p: 0.45), whereas the rate of septic shock was similar (50%, p: 0.42). Conclusion: Based on our study, we conclude that infection had variable effect on glycemic control . Moreover, diabetes per se had a major effect on infection risk, its severity, and mortality, regardless of glycemic control.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121246639","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 Thyroid Functions in Cirrhotic Patients with Refractory Ascites","authors":"A. Esmat, Walid Abd El-Dayem, A. Sharaf","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.156138.1245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.156138.1245","url":null,"abstract":"Background and study aim: Disturbance of thyroid functions was observed in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis. This study aimed to assess thyroid hormone levels in cirrhotic patients and to evaluate the relationship between thyroid function disturbances and cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. Methods: This study included 244 cirrhotic patients enrolled into 3 groups: group A included 122 cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites, group B included 62 cirrhotic patients with ascites and Group C included 60 cirrhotic patients without ascites. All patients were evaluated by complete blood count, liver functions, kidney functions, coagulation profiles, serology for viral hepatitis, serum Na, serum K, urine analysis, thyroid function tests, and abdominal ultrasonography. Results: In group A, 21.3 % of patients had high TSH levels, 14.8 % had low free T3 levels and 9.8 % had low free T4 levels. Cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites had a statically significant lower levels of free T3 (2.43 ± 0.66) and free T4 (1.16 ± 0.21) (P > 0.05), but no significant difference as regard TSH levels compared to cirrhotic patients without ascites. Child C cirrhotic patients had a statistically significantly lower levels of free T3 (2.44 ± 0.68) and free T4 (1.16 ± 0.21) compared to child A cirrhotic patients (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The percentage of elevated TSH levels and decreased free T3 and T4 levels was more in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. Hypothyroidism could be a risk factor for the occurrence of refractory ascites in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis .","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127798494","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 the Use of Bioactive Dye for Rapid Anti-dermatophytes Susceptibility Testing ","authors":"Omnia Taher","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.149598.1238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.149598.1238","url":null,"abstract":"Background and study aim: Fungal infections affecting the epidermis, hair, and nails are mostly caused by dermatophytes. They can infect immunocompromised and immune-competent patients as well. The study aims to evaluate the use of Resazurin in anti-dermatophytes susceptibility testing. Patients and Methods: Patients with dermatophytic infection, attending dermatology outpatient clinic in Ain Shams University Hospital were examined and 50 clinical specimens were collected. All clinical specimens were cultured on Sabarouds dextrose agar (SDA). To improve sporulation, isolates from SDA were subcultured on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and incubated at 28°C for 7 days. The colonies were collected in sterile saline, to adjust fungal suspension to 0.5 McFarland. The antifungal susceptibility was made using two methods: disc diffusion (DD) and broth microdilution (BMD) with and without Resazurin. Results: Antifungal susceptibility results were available after 24 hours by broth microdilution with bioactive dye (Resazurin). While antifungal susceptibility by broth microdilution method without bioactive dye results was available after 48-72 hours and disc diffusion results were available after an incubation period of 7 to 15 days. In addition, using bioactive dye (Resazurin) method was easier in visual interpretation. There were a perfect agreements between the antifungal susceptibility testing of Itraconazole (kappa 1.00), Terbinafine (kappa 0.947) and Fluconazole (kappa 0.878) by disk diffusion method and Broth micro-dilution method without and with bioactive dye (Resazurin). Conclusion: Usage of bioactive dyes such as Resazurin can help in providing rapid and accurate antifungal susceptibility results for better patient care.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133765072","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}
Ebtsam Abdelmonem, Salama S. Alghonaimy, Amira Soliman, M. Amin, Ahmed Badawy
{"title":"Are Hepatic Vein Waveform and Damping Index Valuable in Prediction of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients? ","authors":"Ebtsam Abdelmonem, Salama S. Alghonaimy, Amira Soliman, M. Amin, Ahmed Badawy","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.151321.1240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.151321.1240","url":null,"abstract":"with esophageal varices. Group (2): 22 patients without esophageal varices. Results: Twenty five out of 26 patients (96.2%) with esophageal varices and 90% of patients in Child Pugh class C had monophasic waveform. There is no significant relation between severity of ascites and HVW. Among all patients, 30 patients (62.5%) had DI >0.6, without significant predominance to presence of esophageal varices, certain Child Pugh class, degree of ascites or certain HVW. There is significant correlation between damping index and Child Pugh score. Conclusion: Monophasic hepatic vein waveform is a good non-invasive indicator for the presence of esophageal varices and advanced cirrhosis. DI is of no value in predicting esophageal varices, but significantly correlated with Child Pugh score.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"54 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120819290","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":"Dysnatremia and its Clinical Significance in COVID-19 Era","authors":"N. Madbouli, M. Amin, Elham Arif","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.138774.1225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.138774.1225","url":null,"abstract":"patients (38.5 percent). However, a total of 47.5 percent of hyponatremia patients and 88.9% of hypernatremia patients had serious or critical diseases with higher ratios than normonatremia patients (61.5 percent ). Patients with dysnatremia had a greater death rate than those with normonatremia. Conclusion: Hypernatremia is linked to an elevated risk of serious illness and mortality in the hospital. In patients with SARS-COV2 infection, hypernatermia was linked to a greater risk of mortality .","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121843931","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}
Soukaina Adadi, Hayat Ben-Saghroune, Zineb Tlamçani
{"title":"Yeast Infections: Epidemiological and Mycological Profile of Different Yeasts Isolated at the Hassan II University Hospital of Fez","authors":"Soukaina Adadi, Hayat Ben-Saghroune, Zineb Tlamçani","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.141467.1227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.141467.1227","url":null,"abstract":"The current to identify the were confirmed as carriers superficial or deep a + Of these patients, were sp (1.48%), and Malassezia sp (0.42%). These different fungi were responsible for different clinical conditions, some isolated from superficial samples dominated by onychomycosis (38.34%), and others from deep samples dominated by fungemia (31, 19%). Conclusion: Yeast diseases are becoming more and more known, ranging from simple superficial damage to systemic infection. Candida albicans is the most commonly identified species, but with the emergence of new species, the incidence of non albicans Candida and other yeasts is continuously increasing. Therefore, given their different susceptibility to antifungal agents, their identification remains necessary.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125372148","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. Teima, R. Seddik, L. Mohammed, Hanaa Eid, Zeinb Kasemy, Nouran Aborlkhair, M. Moawad, M. Abdel-Samiee, A. Edress, H. Helmy, Ashraf Eid, M. Abdelhamed, Amany Amer
{"title":"Prevalence of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case Control Study in Egyptian Patients","authors":"A. Teima, R. Seddik, L. Mohammed, Hanaa Eid, Zeinb Kasemy, Nouran Aborlkhair, M. Moawad, M. Abdel-Samiee, A. Edress, H. Helmy, Ashraf Eid, M. Abdelhamed, Amany Amer","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.148084.1236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.148084.1236","url":null,"abstract":"Prevalence of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case Control Study in Egyptian Patients Ahmed Abo-Zaid Ahmed Teima , Randa Mohamed Seddik,Lamiaa Ibrahim Mohammed, Hanaa A. Eid, Zeinab Abdelaziz Kasemy, Nouran Talaat Aboelkheir , Mahmoud Mohamed Moawad, Mohamed Abdel-Samiee, Ahmed Edress, Housam Ahmad Helmy, Ashraf M Eid , Mohamed Rashed Abdelhamed , Amany A. Amer 1 Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 2 Shebin Elkom Chest Hospital, Menoufia, Egypt. 3 Department of Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 4 Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 5 Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 6 Department of Clinical Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 7 Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. 8 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Shebin El-Kom Teaching Hospital, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt. 9 Department of Clinical Pathology , Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121625779","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":"Inhaled Steroids for Misdiagnosed Asthma Increase the Frequency of Esophageal Moniliasis in Patients with Achalasia","authors":"M. Emara","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.259882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.259882","url":null,"abstract":"A55-yearold patient with dysphagia had years of aspirations and was given inhaled steroids for misdiagnosed asthma and upon endoscopic examination besides manifestations of achalasia found to have sever oesophageal moniliasis.","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"136 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114103580","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":"Fecal Microbiota Transplant: Could it be an Effective Choice in Irritable Bowel Syndrome? ","authors":"Hala Hussien","doi":"10.21608/aeji.2022.256455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2022.256455","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261891,"journal":{"name":"Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125114041","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}