EKB Journal Management System
1.

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units of Zagazig University Hospitals

Pages 1240-1252
Tahia Mohamed Ahmed; Samir A. Afifi; Ahmad M. Hassaneen; Mona Radwan; Rehab Mohamed Ateya
2.

Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon alpha in COVID-19 patients and their correlations with disease severity.

Pages 1253-1263
Shorouk Alaa eldeen Ibrahim; Basem ELsayed Essa; mona adel khattab; Ola Ibrahim Ahmed
3.

Prevalence of depression and anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 era in Egypt – a cross-sectional study

Pages 1264-1272
Nehal El Koofy; Mona Mohsen El Attar; Marwa M. Zein; Reham Mohamed Kamel; Yasmin Mohamed Ramadan; Hesham Abdelkarim Mohamed; Hanan M. Osman
4.

Knowledge and attitude towards Mpox among healthcare workers: an intervention study

Pages 1273-1284
Sally Khattab; Nader Nemr; Rania M Kishk; Hebatalla M Aly; Nada N. Nemr; Amira A El-Ghazaly; Mohamed O Abdalla; Noha M Abu Bakr Elsaid
5.

Awareness and satisfaction of the National Hepatitis C Virus screening campaign among a sample of the general population in Egypt.

Pages 1285-1296
Ismail Anwar; Mohammed Mustafa; Eman ElDesouky; Islam Ammar; Marwa Salem; Mohamed Abdallah
6.

Characteristics of the hemagglutinins antibody responses in influenza A patients in Suez Governorate, Egypt

Pages 1297-1306
Rehab M.Elsaid Tash; Ahmed Roshdy Mohamed; Said Hamed Abbadi; Mai Hamdi Rashad
7.

Community knowledge and attitude towards human papillomavirus and its vaccine in Al-Jouf Province, Saudi Arabia

Pages 1307-1313
Amany A Ghazy; Mona Saleh Alnosairi; Renad Mohammed Alnasser; Wala Khaled Aif Alruwaili; Amerah Abdullah Mubarak AlHassan; Salma Ahmed Fathy Shatara
8.

Implementing a quality improvement plan to reduce the blood culture contamination rate in pediatric patients: A quasi-experimental study.

Pages 1314-1325
Heba Sherif Abdel Aziz; HebatAllah Fadel Algebaly; Nada KSAG Rakha; Mona Moheyeldin Abdelhalim
9.

Evaluating EUCAST rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test from positive neonatal blood culture directly against the golden standard disc diffusion method in a tertiary hospital

Pages 1326-1334
Basma Hamed EL Emam; Makram Fahmy Attalah; Basma Sherif; Lamia Mohamed EL Moussely
10.

Knowledge, and adherence to standard precautions among health care providers in Beni-Suef University Hospital

Pages 1335-1342
heba Reda Elareed; Rasha Aziz Attia; Mohamed Raafat Motawea; Ekram Mohamed El-Shabrawy; Doaa Mahmoud Khalil
11.

The bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of central line-associated blood stream infections in surgical intensive care unit in Tanta University Hospital

Pages 1343-1352
Aliaa Afify Saad Omr Afify; Gehan Morsy Morsy; Mona Osama Ramadan; Marwa Gamal Bahey
12.

Distribution of toxin encoding genes among Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates and their correlation with antibiotic resistance

Pages 1353-1366
Rania alam eldin Mohamed; nouran magdy moustafa; shaimaa abou bakr gaber; Yara said Elsaadawy
13.

Membrane protein-driven drug development in Staphylococcus aureus: Bridging the gap in antibiotic efficacy for resistant strains

Pages 1367-1377
Kokila Manickam; Suganya Kannan; Jeyakumar Balakrishnan; Guru aadavan Kuppusamy; Gunasekaran Chinnathambi
14.

Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus isolates in Menoufia University Hospitals and community-acquired infections: Genetic determinants and risk factors

Pages 1378-1390
Asmaa Mohammed Elbrolosy; Amal Fathallah Makled; Sahar A.M. Ali; Enas Mohammed Ghoneim; Shymaa Salah Alkady; Esraa El-Sayed El- Mahdy
15.

Characterization of quorum-sensing and virulence factors associated genes among uropathogenic Enterococcus faecalis

Pages 1391-1402
Dina Ashraf; Mona I. Shaaban; Ramadan Hassan; Abeer Mohamed Abd El-Aziz
16.

The prevalence of urinary tract infection among students of Modibbo Adama University of technology, Yola Nigeria, and the effects of plasmid curing on the antibiotic resistance profile of uropathogens.

Pages 1403-1412
Faith Godwin; Blessing Nkechi Emmanuel; Chikezie Chukwunonye Onuoha; Catherine Matthew Musa; Nathanael Temitope Ajibola; Joel Uyi Ewansiha
17.

Study of genetic characterisation of Multidrug-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli from septicaemia: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and PCR techniques

Pages 1413-1424
Alia Bashbosh; Suad Ibrahim; Hussein AL-saadi; nesreen mostafa kamel; Soumya Ghosh; Sundus AL-huchaimi; Ehab M. Fahmy
18.

Evaluation the combination of amoxyclav with amikacin and ceftriaxone against Escherichia coli sepsis

Pages 1425-1430
Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Haider Yahya Abdullah; Haider Mahdi Karkaz; Hawraa Ali abdulhussein
19.

Characterization of plasmid mediated quinolone resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae in a University Hospital in Tunisia

Pages 1431-1437
Sana Bahri; Sabrine Jarbouii; Ikram El Ahmer; Aniss Bel Haj Khalifa; Mohamed Khedher; Mahjoub Aouni; Olfa Bouallegue; Wejdene Mansour
20.

In silico and In vitro combinatorial study in the fight against the multi-drug resistant uropathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pages 1438-1449
Samuel Oluwatoyin Titiladunayo; Muftau Kolawole Oladunmoye
21.

Transformation mediated transfer of Extended Spectrum Beta lactamases (ESBLs) and Sul 1 genes obtained from trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant (TSR) Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

Pages 1450-1460
Olivia Sochi Egbule; Bernard Onyekweli Ejechi; Ubreye Benjamin Uwhe-Ureghe; Ogi Okwumabua; Benson C IWERIEBOR; LC Obi
22.

Dissemination of NDM-mediated carbapenem resistance in biofilm-forming Acinetobacter baumannii in some Egyptian hospitals

Pages 1461-1470
Mohamed H. Gaballah; Hamido Mohamed Hefny; Moselhy Salah Mansy; Reem M. Hassan
23.

The effect of tigecycline-usnic acid combination on tigecycline-non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates and the role of usnic acid as an adjuvant efflux pump inhibitor

Pages 1471-1485
Ghada A Fahmy; Safaa Mohammed Abdel-Rahman; Reham Ali Ahmed Khalifa; Rania alam eldin Mohamed
24.

Phased outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex and multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causing neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria: Investigation and mitigation

Pages 1486-1493
Ephraim Ehidiamen Ibadin; Jeremiah Agbons Igunma; Esohe Olivia Ogboghodor; Ikechukwu R Okonkwo; Ewere Scholar Ehinze; Philomena O Irabor; Richard Etinosa Eriamiatoe; Ebenovbe Idemudia
25.

Assessment of colistin resistance among nosocomial multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli isolated from different clinical samples

Pages 1494-1505
Hanaa Fathy Abdel-Aty; Heba Mosaad El-Batal; Noha Mahmoud Gohar
26.

Phenotypic versus molecular assays for detecting carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales from urinary tract infections

Pages 1506-1518
Amina Mahmoud Nour El Deen; Yasmin Salah Naga; Ahmed Moustafa El Menshawy; Mai khaled Mahar; Yara Safwat Roshdy
27.

In vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam in combination with aztreonam against carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales isolated from intensive care units

Pages 1519-1529
Aya Bedawy; Raghdaa Ramadan; Mona Elharrisi; Hend Mahdi Elarini
28.

Microbiological profile of diabetic foot infections

Pages 1530-1540
Abeer K. Abu-El-Azayem; Nihal Nashaat; Reham A. Dwedar; Khaled M. Fekry; Rasha H. Bassyouni; Asmaa Sayed Hegab
29.

Potential probiotics from human breast milk with promising cholesterol-reduction and anti-tumour effects

Pages 1541-1556
Amany Abd El Mawla; Nayra Shaker Mehanna; Marwa Kamal Sallam; Zeinat Kamel; Mahmoud S.M. Mohamed
30.

Identification of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria clinical isolates to species level using four different advanced diagnostic technologies

Pages 1557-1566
May Sherif Soliman; Noha Salah Soliman; Amira Muhammad Abbas; Maha Ali Gad; Sahar Mohammed Khairat; Amani Ali El-Kholy
31.

Impact of GST (M1, T1) gene polymorphisms on hematobiochemical changes in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients

Pages 1567-1579
Hany K Desouky; Nashwa Mokhtar Hasan Rizk; Huda EM Said; Reham Mahmoud Abd El-Azeem
32.

Evaluation of serum levels of Interleukin -1 and Tumor Necrosis Alpha (TNF-α) and their nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.

Pages 1580-1589
Abdelhakim Fouad Ghallab; Rasha Abd Elhamid Elsayed; Mohamed Goda Elnems; Mostafa Gomaa Sobhey; Eslam Farid Abu Shady
33.

Evaluating the risk of listeriosis through genotypic profiling of potentially hazardous strains isolated from local food market

Pages 1590-1605
lamiaa Ismail Fahmy; Hebatallah Magdy Aly Amin
34.

Prevalence and antibiogram of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from ready-to-eat vegetables and fermented milk in Yola, Nigeria

Pages 1606-1613
MUSA PUKUMA SALE; Abdullahi Ibrahim; Babajide Alaba Adedeji; Fatima Aliyu Hamza
35.

Tinea versicolor disease distribution according to certain epidemiological factors among patients attending dermatological clinic outpatient in Tikrit teaching hospital

Pages 1614-1620
Ehan Al-Sharifi; Abid Al-Mahmood; Marwah Al-khafajy
36.

ABC genotyping, virulence factors production and antifungal resistant pattern of Candida albicans isolated from immunocompromised patients with candidemia

Pages 1621-1630
Salah Al-Sayed Ibrahim Ali; Aya Ahmed Ghamry; Fatma Atef Ibrahim
37.

Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility patterns of Candida isolated from critically ill patients with candidemia

Pages 1631-1641
Nahla Sahloul; Mariam Mahmoud Balah; Mai Adel Sahbal; Basma Ahmed Elawady; Noha Mahmoud Gohar
38.

Effect of silver nanoparticles on different Candida species isolated from patients with oral candidiasis.

Pages 1642-1653
Marwa Gamal Bahey; Basant mostafa Gabr; Amr Mostafa Gabr; Alaa M Abo Hagar; Eman E. Hegazy
39.

Evaluation of antifungal activity of Origanum vulgare essential oil and detection of its influence on CDR1 gene expression among Candida albicans in vulvovaginal candidiasis

Pages 1654-1666
Doaallah Osama Diab; Marwa Saad Fathy; Nashwa elsaid Ali; Soha Abdelrahman Elhady; Yasmin Mohamed Ahmed
40.

Association of toxoplasma infection and susceptibility with NLRP1 rs8081261 and rs11652907 gene polymorphism using RFLP among Egyptian population.

Pages 1667-1677
Ahmed ElSadek Fakhr; Shereen A. Baioumy; Rania A Mohamed