EKB Journal Management System
1.

The Prevalence and Clinical Manifestations of Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease in Immunocompetent HIV-Negative Individuals: A Scoping Review

Pages 1-7
Somasundram Pillay; Davashni Pillay
2.

Fibro-Scan versus Child-Pugh Score for the Assessment of Liver Function and Treatment Outcome in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Sorafenib or Intervention Therapy

Pages 8-17
Adel Bakry; Fouad M. Abutaleb; Sameh Saber; Amira Elwan; Abdullah Mohammad Abd el-hameed; Ahmed Ibrahim Gad; Amir Abd-elhameed Barakat; Ahmed L Sharaf; Asmaa A. Mahmoud
3.

Colonic Diverticulosis: Level of Fecal Calprotectin as Predictor of Disease Severity

Pages 18-25
Rasha Salama; Mohamed Emara; Ramy I El Hendawy; Mohamed H Ahmed
4.

Factors Impacting Knowledge of Voluntary Blood Donation among Adult Residents of Mwanakwerekwe Ward in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Insights from a Community Survey

Pages 26-35
Hassan Pandu Ameir; Edward Augustine Magwe
5.

Rural-Urban Disparities in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Infrastructure in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Case of Iringa Region, Tanzania

Pages 36-47
Edward Augustine Magwe
6.

Correlation between Serum Irisin Concentration and Sarcopenia in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Pages 48-58
Mohammed AE Nouh; Moamena S Elhamouly; Rania MA El-Shazely; Mahmoud MA Moawad; Heba EM Nagy; Ahmed AA Teima
7.

Serum Myostatin in Liver Cirrhosis: a Marker beyond Malnutrition

Pages 59-71
Marwa Ibrahim; Ayman Elshayeb; Akram Deghady; Essam Bedewy; Rewan Hanno
8.

The Usefulness of Ascitic Fluid Lactoferrin Level in Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients

Pages 72-80
Ibrahim M Ibrahim; Ahmed Mokhtar Ahmed Ibrahim; Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Wahed; Tarik Ibrahim Zaher; Ahmed Abouelkhair Badawy
9.

Assessing the Impact of Burkholderia cepacia in Critical Care: Insights into Clinical Outcomes, Resistance Patterns, and Contamination Sources

Pages 81-88
Sheetal Goenka; Wanshisha Daphi Wanswett; Manisha Jain; Poonam Loomba; Abha Sharma; Shivani Tyagi
10.

Prevalence of Aspergillus Infection in Various Clinical Samples with a Special Reference to Black Grain Eumycetoma Caused by Aspergillus nidulans in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

Pages 89-97
Purnima Mondal; Ranjan Basu; Somnath Bhunia; Aritri Mondal; Ankita Das; Adrija Debnath; Jayanta Bikash Dey
11.

Parenchymal Neurocysticercosis as One of the Most Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case Report

Pages 98-104
I Gusti Ngurah Satya Diksha; I Gusti Ayu Maha Hiranandini Prawista; I Gede Purna Weisnawa; Saktivi Harkitasari; Cokorda Agung Wahyu Purnamasidhi; Komang Trisna Sumadewi; Pande Ayu Naya Kasih Permatananda