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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.

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Evaluation of in vitro effect of Fosfomycin on resistant Gram-negative pathogens in urinary tract infection

Malaria endemicity in sub-saharan Africa: Past and present issues in public health

Prevalence of malaria and typhoid fever co-infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant Gram negative bacilli clinical isolates from Zagazig University Hospitals

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Citrus aurantium L. leaf extracts on bacteria isolated from blood of Hepatitis B positive individuals in Ondo State, Nigeria

Main Subjects

Antimicrobial resistance 13

Clinical microbiology 8

Infection prevention and control 4

Infectious diseases 4

Medical bacteriology 2

Medical microbiology 4

Medical mycology 2

Medical virology 2

Microbiome 1

Original Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Review Article

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

Original Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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