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Volume & Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2023, Page 1072-1445


1		Editorial Appreciation
	Page 1072-1074
	Ahmad Morad Morad
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2		Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency
	Page 1075-1078
	Kamran Abbasi; Parveen Ali; Virginia Barbour; Thomas Benfield; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo; Stephen Hancocks; Richard Horton; Laurie Laybourn-Langton; Robert Mash; Peush Sahni; Wadeia Mohammad Sharief; Abdullah Shehab; Paul Yonga; Chris Zielinski
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3		Pitfalls in the performance of real time PCR tests for SARS CoV-2 and time to improve these tests
	Page 1079-1080
	Sudhir Bhatia
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4		A review of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria control in Africa
	Page 1081-1087
	Gideon Yakusak Benjamin; Fada Mallam; Judith Alhamdu; Sindah Titus Yakubu; Ibrahim Aliyu Ladan
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5		Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity in Zambia: Single center study
	Page 1088-1099
	Emmanuel Zulu; Rodrick S. Katete; Paul Simusika; Mable M. Mutengo; Freeman W. Chabala; Mpanga Kasonde
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6		Pattern of antimicrobial resistance in the pre and during COVID-19 era: An observational study.
	Page 1100-1113
	Rania Kishk; Noha M Abu Bakr; Maha Anani; Nader Nemr; Bassam Salama; Mohammed Samahy; Safaa M. Kishk; Naglaa E. Salem; Hasnaa A. Mohamed
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7		Prevalence of respiratory bacterial co-infection among COVID-19 patients
	Page 1114-1125
	Eman Abdellah Sayed Ahmed Mohamed; Marwa A. Elashry; Noha Alaa Eldin Fahim
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8		Association between presepsin, C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and prognosis of COVID-19
	Page 1126-1132
	Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Muayad Mahdi Kadim
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9		Assessment of protective serum anti-HBsAb levels among previously HBV vaccinated medical residents and its relation to duration and doses of vaccine – single center study
	Page 1133-1141
	Mohamed B. Hashem; Hanan Abdel-Haleem; Marwa khairy; Ayatallah Amir Nassef; Mahmoud Essam Eldin; Eman D. El Desouky
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10		Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding hepatitis B infection among health care workers.
	Page 1142-1149
	Rasha Farghaly; Nader Elnemr; Rania M. Kishk; Nageh Louis; Mona Mostafa; Hasnaa Azab
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11		Current microbiological trends of microorganisms causing nosocomial infections
	Page 1150-1157
	Lilianne Dominguez Céspedes; Yohorlin Marta Céspedes Fonseca; Arianna Corchete Pérez; Rafael Labrada Pérez
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12		Hand hygiene: A prospective interventional study on compliance of health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in India
	Page 1158-1163
	Swati Mudshingkar; Ashwini Dedwal; Rajesh Karyakarte
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13		Hospital disinfectant efficacy testing: Experimental evidence towards the requirement of common international regulatory framework, the case of Costa Rica
	Page 1164-1172
	Fabián Delgado Rodríguez; Jeimy Blanco Barrantes; Arlene Loría Gutiérrez; Jessica Morera Huertas; Jeison Corrales Sánchez
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14		Fecal carriage rates Of extended-spectrum Β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli of inpatients and outpatients attending Yobe State Teaching Hospital, Damaturu, Nigeria.
	Page 1173-1177
	Adam Mustapha; Obi Chidiebere; Mari Bata; Zenoh Danjuma Ali; Fasogbon Ilemobayo Victor; Micheal Nosano Yakubu; Nuhu Tanko; Alegbe Sunday David
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15		CRISPR in dentistry: A boon or bane
	Page 1178-1182
	Mirna Garhnayak; Shakti Rath; Loknath Garhnayak; Sangram Panda
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16		The gut microbiome and its use as a target for novel therapeutic modalities
	Page 1183-1192
	Ayman Allam; Ahmad Mohamed Al-Shaar
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17		Could beauty salon brushes be a potential candidate for transmitting bacterial infections?
	Page 1193-1197
	Shahinda Rezk; Haneen Soliman; Ola Kader; Mohamed Turkey
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18		PCR-based rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and their antibiotic resistance profiles in febrile neutropenic patients
	Page 1198-1209
	Maggie A Ibrahim; Enas A Deaf; Rania Hafez; Safinaz Hussein; Radwa Essam; Amal A Elkhawaga
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19		Detection of PBP2a and PVL genes among Staphylococcus aureus and their methicillin-resistant strains isolated from a hospital in Sokoto Town
	Page 1210-1218
	Amaka Sylvia Ohaegbulem; Dominic Agbo Oche; Olajide Akinnibosun; Ikenna Macmagnus Akuakolam
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20		Evaluation of loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Tanta University Hospitals in Egypt
	Page 1219-1231
	Manar Mahmoud Emara; Naglaa Fawzy Ghoname; Mona Osama Ramadan; Lobna Mohamed Abo Elnasr; Sara Mina Samy
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21		Linezolid resistance in coagulase negative Staphylococci isolates and the related genes in intensive care unit patients in a University Hospital in Egypt
	Page 1232-1245
	Hanaa I. Abd El-Hady; Aya M. Abbass; Mahmoud Amer; Ehab S Abdallah; Amina A. Abdelhadi
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22		Identification of inducible clindamycin resistance gene in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates colonizing pregnant women in Suez Canal University Hospitals
	Page 1246-1254
	Omnia Mohamed Abdullah; Gehan Saddik Elhadidy; Rasha Elsayed Khamiss; Omima Tharwat Taha; Asmaa Bakeir Hamady
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23		Clinicolaboratory characteristics of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcal infections: A cross-sectional study
	Page 1255-1265
	Amr Ibrahim Risha; Mohamed Ahmed Arafa; Mai Mohamed Malek; Tarek Abd El Latef Abd El Aziz
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24		Pneumococcal pneumonia in children less than 5 years: Are we underdiagnosing?
	Page 1266-1274
	Sherif Moustafa; Nehal Abdelhamid; Nadia Mostafa; Nihal Elrifai; May Mohamed Sherif Soliman; Manal Kandil; Amani Ali El-Kholy
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25		Multidrug resistant Enterococci as a community acquired infection in diarrheal cases of children
	Page 1275-1286
	Rawhia Fathy Abd El Hamid; Heba Khaled Mohamed Nafadi; Ahmed sadek Hasanein; shereen Mansour Galal; Doaa Mohamed Abd El-Kareem; ragaa sedeik rashwan
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26		Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance patterns among Egyptian children and predictors of resistance
	Page 1287-1295
	Nermeen M.A Abdallah; Reem Mohamed Ezzat Morsy; Yosra Mohamed Mohsen Awad; Marwa Saad Fathy; Marwa Talaat El Deeb
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27		Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors among patients presenting with symptoms of peptic ulcer in Akure metropolis
	Page 1296-1306
	Patience Iye Abbah; TINUOLA TOKUNBO ADEBOLU; Babayemi Olawale Oladejo
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28		Risk factors of ABO types associated with Helicobacter pylori in adults
	Page 1307-1311
	Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Ali Abedulameer Alhusayni
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29		Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes among Gram negative bacilli isolates from Egyptian children with diarrhea
	Page 1312-1324
	ragaa Sedeik Rashwan; Shereen M. Galal; Doaa M. Abd EL-kareem; Aliaa M.A. Ghandour; Rawhia F. Abd El-Hamid
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30		Detection of multidrug resistance E coli isolated from patients with UTI in FMC Birnin Kebbi
	Page 1325-1330
	Isah Maishanu Musa; Amina Muhammad; Solomon Ibrahim
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31		Characteristics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from pregnant women: A cross section study.
	Page 1331-1343
	Noura Hussein samir; Enas Abdelmageed Daef; Mostafa Nasreldin Ibrahim; Mohammed Ahmed ELmokhtar; Asmaa Salah Shaltout
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32		Distribution of rmpA gene and biofilm formation among hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Ain Shams University Hospitals
	Page 1344-1354
	Shimaa Ahmed Abdel Salam; Maha Ahmad Anwar; Karim Abdelfattah Montasser; Nagwa Mahmoud Abo El Magd
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33		Effect of silver nanoparticles on biofilm forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Menoufia University Hospitals
	Page 1355-1368
	Amal Fathalla Makled; Sahar Ali Mohamed; Ahmed Abo Zaid Teima; Dalia Mohammed Nabil Shaban; Amal Mohamed Dawoud
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34		Assessment of antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of probiotic lactobacillus against biofilm-forming Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates
	Page 1369-1382
	Amal Mohamed Dawoud; Samar Shawky Salman; Asmaa shaaban Sleem
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35		The study of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expression and ascetic fluid calprotectin biomarker levels in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis patients with liver cirrhosis
	Page 1383-1395
	Amany Mohammed Adwy; Ahmed Mostafa Ashmawy; Mohammed Saad Badary; Yossra Mahmoud kamel; mai ahmed mostafa; Amal Ahmed Elkhawaga
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36		Performance of interleukin-27 cord blood level as a biomarker predicating early onset neonatal sepsis
	Page 1396-1408
	Amira Mohamed Sultan; Wael Seleim; Rasha Mokhtar Elnagar
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37		Comparative study of Widal test to stool culture for the diagnosis of suspected typhoid fever: a study in a primary health centre, Ghana
	Page 1409-1415
	Seth Domfeh; Moses Amoah; Loretta Sefa
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38		Emergence of Candida auris infection: A review
	Page 1416-1427
	Rajan Paudel
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39		Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: Case reports
	Page 1428-1434
	Adeyinka Afolake Davies; Chioma Osuagwu; Victoria Aikhomu; Rita O. O. Oladele
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40		Microbiological and molecular investigation of Candida spp. infection among women accessing antenatal care at Prince Abubakar Audu University Teaching Hospital Anyigba, North-Central Nigeria.
	Page 1435-1445
	Martin-Luther Oseni Okolo; Zainab Adebayo Alaba; Sunday Ocholi Samson; Cornelius Arome Omatola; Benjamin Mudi Idache; Julius Akor Omatola; Eleojo Ugbane Okolo
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Editorial Appreciation

Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Pitfalls in the performance of real time PCR tests for SARS CoV-2 and time to improve these tests

A review of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria control in Africa

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity in Zambia: Single center study

Pattern of antimicrobial resistance in the pre and during COVID-19 era: An observational study.

Prevalence of respiratory bacterial co-infection among COVID-19 patients

Association between presepsin, C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and prognosis of COVID-19

Assessment of protective serum anti-HBsAb levels among previously HBV vaccinated medical residents and its relation to duration and doses of vaccine – single center study

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding hepatitis B infection among health care workers.

Current microbiological trends of microorganisms causing nosocomial infections

Hand hygiene: A prospective interventional study on compliance of health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in India

Hospital disinfectant efficacy testing: Experimental evidence towards the requirement of common international regulatory framework, the case of Costa Rica

Fecal carriage rates Of extended-spectrum Β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli of inpatients and outpatients attending Yobe State Teaching Hospital, Damaturu, Nigeria.

CRISPR in dentistry: A boon or bane

The gut microbiome and its use as a target for novel therapeutic modalities

Could beauty salon brushes be a potential candidate for transmitting bacterial infections?

PCR-based rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and their antibiotic resistance profiles in febrile neutropenic patients

Detection of PBP2a and PVL genes among Staphylococcus aureus and their methicillin-resistant strains isolated from a hospital in Sokoto Town

Evaluation of loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Tanta University Hospitals in Egypt

Linezolid resistance in coagulase negative Staphylococci isolates and the related genes in intensive care unit patients in a University Hospital in Egypt

Identification of inducible clindamycin resistance gene in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates colonizing pregnant women in Suez Canal University Hospitals

Clinicolaboratory characteristics of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcal infections: A cross-sectional study

Pneumococcal pneumonia in children less than 5 years: Are we underdiagnosing?

Multidrug resistant Enterococci as a community acquired infection in diarrheal cases of children

Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance patterns among Egyptian children and predictors of resistance

Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors among patients presenting with symptoms of peptic ulcer in Akure metropolis

Risk factors of ABO types associated with Helicobacter pylori in adults

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes among Gram negative bacilli isolates from Egyptian children with diarrhea

Detection of multidrug resistance E coli isolated from patients with UTI in FMC Birnin Kebbi

Characteristics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from pregnant women: A cross section study.

Distribution of rmpA gene and biofilm formation among hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Ain Shams University Hospitals

Effect of silver nanoparticles on biofilm forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Menoufia University Hospitals

Assessment of antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of probiotic lactobacillus against biofilm-forming Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates

The study of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expression and ascetic fluid calprotectin biomarker levels in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis patients with liver cirrhosis

Performance of interleukin-27 cord blood level as a biomarker predicating early onset neonatal sepsis

Comparative study of Widal test to stool culture for the diagnosis of suspected typhoid fever: a study in a primary health centre, Ghana

Emergence of Candida auris infection: A review

Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: Case reports

Microbiological and molecular investigation of Candida spp. infection among women accessing antenatal care at Prince Abubakar Audu University Teaching Hospital Anyigba, North-Central Nigeria.