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Microbes and Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed, quarterly, open-access journal. It publishes original articles, review articles, short reports, correspondence, and letters to the editor of significant scientific and ethical standards that relate to all fields of medical/clinical/pharmaceutical microbiology, infection prevention and control, and infectious diseases. Please, see the full aim and scope of the journal available at: https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/journal/aim_scope. The journal will consider for publication manuscripts from any part of the world but particularly reports that would be of interest to readers in the Middle East or other parts of Africa and Asia. Microbes and Infectious Diseases is the official publication of Zagazig University, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, August 2023, Pages 704-1071 

Review Article

A scoping review of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis: Current options and future aspects

Pages 704-712

Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Zaytoon Abdulridha Alkhafaji


Original Article

Performance assessment of StandardTM Q COVID-19 Ag Test in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Pages 713-723

Abdou Azaque Zoure; Henri Gautier Ouedraogo; Serge Théophile Soubeiga; Tegwinde Rebeca Compaoré; Sylvie Zida; Oumarou Ouedraogo; Dinanibè Kambiré; Dezemon Zingue; Charlemagne Dabiré; Alidou KAGAMBEGA; Charles Sawadogo; Zakariya Yabre; Tani SAGNA; Lassana Sangare


Short Reports (case reports)

Quantiferon TB Gold conversion in the medical staff caring to COVID-19 patients

Pages 724-728

Humberto Guanche Garcell; Reinaldo Barban Arias; Eduardo Crespo Ramirez


Zinc level in COVID-19 Infection; Truth or myth?

Pages 735-740

Zeinab Abdellatif Soliman; Rasha Ahmed Abdalaziz; Aya Alsharif; Yasmine Gaber; Reem Ibrahim Mohamed El-Korashy; Youssef Mohamed Amin Soliman; Manal Mohamed Kamal; Ahmed Hashem; Hanan Zaghla; Khaled Salem; Hala Ramadan


Psychiatric symptoms screening among patients suffering from COVID-19 infection attending Kasr-Al-Ainy outpatient clinic: A cross sectional study

Pages 741-753

Mira Atef; Hanan Abdel-Haleem; Rasha Ahmed Abdalaziz; Ahmed Ramadan; Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy; Reem Ibrahim Mohamed El-Korashy; Youssef Mohamed Amin Soliman; Sabah Ahmed Hussein; Ola Osama Khalaf; Mohammed Mustafa Abdel Razik; Manal Mohamed Kamal; Reham Abdelmaksoud


Monkey pox infection: Epidemiology update with analysis on community transmission risk

Pages 754-761

Naushaba Akhtar; Shakti Rath; Sourav Palai; Sangram Panda


Mini-review article

Beyond the peak: Global health post-COVID-19 and Mpox: Successes, challenges and prospects

Pages 762-767

Bashar Haruna Gulumbe; Zaharadeen Muhammad Yusuf; Nazeef Idris Usman


HIV screening among prospective blood donors who are negative for conventional screening methods in referral hospitals in Kebbi State Nigeria

Pages 792-799

Mohammed B Danlami; Aisha Muhammad; Basiru Aliyu; Tajudeen O Yahaya; Zaharaddin Kalgo Muhammad; Shuiabu Bala Manga


Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique (RAPD) for typing of Staphylococcus aureus causing Infection in intensive care units of Tanta University Hospitals

Pages 819-832

Amira Ezzat Eid; Hanan Samir Abdel Khalek; Lobna Mohamed Abo Elnasr; Ahmed Mostafa Amin; Aziza Mahmoud Hassan


Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an Egyptian pediatric hospital: Prevalence, antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and genotyping

Pages 871-883

Nancy Mohamed Attia; Ebtisam El-Ghazzawi; Fayek Elkhwsky; Dalia El Sayed Metwally; Asmaa Ramadan


Molecular detection of efflux pump and virulence factors genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pages 884-893

Nessma Atef Hassan; Mohamed Hamdy Alrawy; Mona Mohamed Abdelrahman; Ebtsam Mohamed Gad; Noha Saber shafik


Short Reports (case reports)

A case report of acute pancreatitis in a patient with S. enterica gastroenteritis

Pages 916-918

Rozeta Kamberi; Edmond PUCA; Elda Qyra; Vasilika Mano


Original Article

Silent threats on surfaces and equipment in the newborn unit of Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya

Pages 919-927

Adut Chan Malual; Anne Maina; Dennis Kithinji; Winnie Mutai


Evaluation of the Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds

Pages 928-942

Magdy Salah El-Din Hussain; Hisham Wefky Anwar; Mostafa Mahmoud Elnakib; Amr Essam Mosaad


Bacteriology of neonatal sepsis in a hospital in southwest Nigeria

Pages 943-953

ABIODUN J KAREEM; Patricia Eniowo; Akinbowale Eniowo; Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe


Bacteria diversity of two abattoir effluents in Ikpoba Hill and Oluku, Benin City, Nigeria and their potential public health implications

Pages 954-959

Obhioze Augustine Akpoka; Ezekiel Olatoye Solanke; Adebayo John Akinyeye; Helyn Unoma Mekomah


Antibiotic resistance: Detection of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae from garden eggs

Pages 960-967

Motunrayo Jibola-Shittu; Jacqueline Badaki; Mercy Adown; Gbolabo Odewale


Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from table egg shells and its contents sold at different markets in Peshawar, Pakistan

Pages 968-975

Rooh Ullah; Manzoor Afridi; Mati Ur Rehman; Tarique Noorul Hasan; Muhammad Tahir; Hamid Ali Khan; Ziaullah Shah; Qurat Ul Ain; Shabana Perween; Narmeen Arshad; Muhammad Yousaf; Muhammad Ammad; Amjad Hussain; Sajjad Hussain


Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. from mutton meat in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Pages 976-980

Rayan Mohammed Abdalbage; Hassan Elsiddig Hag Elsafi; Shahinaz Fadul Mohammed


Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among inmates of Nigerian correctional services centre, Jos, attending Faith Alive Foundation Hospital, Jos, Nigeria

Pages 981-987

Yusuf Agabi; stella Boko Uneze; Okwuchukwu Kaosoluchukwu Ozioma; Kosisochukwu Elijah Udeogu; Ekene Valentine Ibeh; Akaa MSUGHAONDO MANASSEH; Jesse Samson; John Otumala Egbere; Joseph Aje Anejo-Okopi


Invitro inhibitory effect of Lactic acid bacteria isolated from Kunun zaki against multi-drug resistant diarrhogenic bacteria in HIV patients in Jos, Nigeria

Pages 1008-1021

Anayochukwu Chibuike Ngene; Solomon Musa Ebuga; John Otumala Egbere; Collins Emeka Odu; Margaret Musa Danladi; Isaac Amechi Onyimba; Michael Dashen; Edo Godwin Ochiheche; Hemen Winifred Nguhemen; Amos Obaje Ogaji


Review Article

Anti-Salmonella activity of Gossypium hirsutum leaf extracted with carbonated drink and its toxicological evaluation in-vivo

Pages 1022-1040

Tolulope Gbenga Emoruwa; Funmilola Oluyemi Omoya; AYOKUNLE Itunu OKEWALE; Michael Omoniyi Elabiyi


Short Reports (case reports)

Malaria species in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Pages 1059-1064

Agom Daniel Dansy; Matthias Gamde Solomon; Ogboi Sonny Johnbull; Zainab M.; Murtala Mohamed M.; Jazuli Mohammed; Ibrahim Abdullahi; Muawaya A.; Sani Gatawa Yakubu; Aliyu G.B.; Garba Z.G.


Original Article

Candida albicans and Trichomonas vaginalis: High prevalence and risk factors in women attending a gynaecology clinic in Jos, Nigeria

Pages 1065-1071

Yusuf Amuda Agabi; Mwanret Dangkat Kilson; Stella Boko Uneze; Murna Ali; Zumbes Hosea Jwan; Vem Tabitha Silas; Maktu Dennis Mutdihinn; Moses Adoga Peter; Patricia Manko Lar


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