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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

Detection of carbapenemase enzymes and genes among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Suez Canal University Hospitals in Ismailia ,Egypt.

Main Subjects

Antimicrobial resistance 4

Clinical microbiology 6

Infection prevention and control 3

Infectious diseases 8

Infectious Diseases 1

Medical bacteriology 1

Medical microbiology 2

Medical mycology 3

Microbial genetics and Proteomics 1

Microbiome 1

Molecular microbiology 1

Pharmaceutical microbiology 1

Original Article

Managing source of information and its relationship with fear of new strains of COVID-19 virus among a sample of Egyptians

Pages 863-872

Marwa M. Zein; Samar Anwar; Youssef Elsendiony; Alaa Qandeel; Marwa Salem

Whole genome sequencing analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant isolated ‎from Egypt‎

Pages 873-885

Hanaa Hussain Ahmed; Mohamed Gomaa Seadawy; Mohamed Abdel-Razik; Ahmed Fawzy Gad; Mervet Gamil Hassan

Towards preliminary inactivated vaccine for SARS CoV-2 isolated from Egypt: ‎Isolation, propagation and inactivation of SARS CoV-2 Omicron variant (in vitro ‎study)‎

Pages 886-900

Mohamed Gomaa Seadawy; Ahmed fawzy Gad; Mervet Gamil Hassan; Hanaa Hussain Ahmed; Mohamed Abdel-Razik

The effects of probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus and colchicine on the control of symptoms, duration, and disease progression of mild and moderate cases of COVID-19: Randomized controlled clinical trial

Pages 901-910

Samar Osama Hassan; Ahmed Nour El-Din Hassan; Manal Sabry Mohamed; Mohamed Nabil Badawy Al Ashram; Mina Michael Nesim; Mohamed Farouk Allam

Risk stratification for Clostridioides difficile infection among hospitalized patients with diarrhea in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia; with a glimpse at COVID-19 coinfection

Pages 911-923

Taghird G Kharboush; Mohammed Al mohaini; Fatima Abu Deeb

Review Article

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) and other fungal infections: A review

Pages 924-933

C T Swamy

Short Reports (case reports)

Rhinoorbital mucormycosis - Unveiling the hidden menace : A Case Series

Pages 934-938

Shibam Kundagrami; Siddhartha Basak; Uddalok Das

Original Article

Drug resistance trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in an Egyptian Cairo University tertiary-care hospital

Pages 939-947

Noha Salah Soliman; May Sherif Soliman; Sherine Mohamed Shawky; Heba Rashed; Maha Gadalmawla; Sahar Mohammed Khairat; Amani Ali El-Kholy

Experience of an Egyptian tertiary Laboratory in the diagnosis of tuberculous and non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections: A five-year retrospective study.

Pages 948-960

Asmaa A. Ramadan; Sherine M. Shawky; Arsany Ibrahem; Mohammed A. El-Kholy

Sociodemographic and clinical profile of HIV/AIDS patients in Upper Egypt: A multi-center study

Pages 961-971

Mina Tharwat; Ehab Moustafa; Aisha El Sharkawy; Mostafa Medhat; Heba Sayed; Mohamed Hassany; Marwa Salem

Review Article

One health approach in the fight against yellow fever in Nigeria

Pages 972-990

Seyi Samson Enitan; Daniel Sudan Gbise; Banenat Bajehson Dogonyaro; Samuel Sunday Eke; Unata Michael Iduh; Michael Olugbamila Dada; Olaitan Abosede Adebola; Osakue Eguagie Osareniro; Grace Amarachi John-Ugwuanya; Grace Eleojo Itodo; Richard Yomi Akele; Okeoghene Marcel Edafetanure-Ibeh; Rhoda Temilola Akinpelu; Adeiye Adedoyin Oluwayemis; Omotayo Esther Oyewopo; Lily Amarachukwu Innocent-Sunday; Ayomide Oluwatobiloba Okuneye

Systematic review or meta-analysis

Prevalence of occult hepatitis B in southeast Asia: The first systematic review and meta-analysis

Pages 991-1006

Kizito E Bello; Itodo Kelechi Janefrancis; David Adeiza Zakari; Saliu Hadiya Modupe; Aishat Musa; Irekeola Adebayo Ahmad; Wada Yusuf; Otuyelu frank Olakunle; Azeez Ridwan; Jegede Raphael; Yusuf Lamidi; Hanim Rafidah; Nazri Mustaffa

Original Article

Value of autotaxin as a serum marker for liver fibrosis in chronic HCV infected patients receiving direct-acting antiviral therapy

Pages 1007-1019

Ahmed Moustafa; Nouran Nabil; Zeinab Abdellatif Soliman; Yomna Mohamed; Hasan Elgarem; Rasha Eletreby

Invasive candidiasis in intensive care units in Tunisia: A prospective matched case-control study

Pages 1020-1031

MAHER BEN BRAHIM; Meriam BenHamida-Rebai; nihel Haddad; Lamia Tilouche; Sameh boughattas; Farah Azouzi; Abdelhalim Trabelsi; Soumaya Ketata

Review Article

Review of hand foot mouth disease

Pages 1032-1035

Karthika Jayakumar; Priya Jayakumar; Vidyaa Nayaki Suppiah; Jada Sunilkumar

Probiotics: Mitigating antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome

Pages 1036-1045

Chinyere Charity Ezeanya-Bakpa; Chidozie Udeogu; Nneka Regina Agbakoba; Immaculata Uduchi; Chinwe Ejike

Original Article

characteristics of intestinal microbiome in very low birth weight preterm neonatal intensive care unit patients

Pages 1046-1056

Zahraa EzzEldin; May Sherif Soliman; Esraa Elmazzahy; Doaa Hamed; Amani El Kholy

Frequency of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis among cirrhotic ascitic patients and predictors for its outcome in Menoufia University Hospitals

Pages 1057-1076

Naglaa Said Elabd; Hossam Ibrahim Mohammed; Ahmed Ragab El-Gazzarah; Abdelnaser A. Gadallah; Reem Mohsen ElKholy; Heba M. El-Lehleh; Amany Abbas Amer

Stool Lactoferrin as a biochemical marker in Crohn’s disease; correlation with clinical, laboratory and endoscopic indices and its use as a surrogate marker for endoscopic healing.

Pages 1077-1084

Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Naguib; Hanan Abdel-Haleem; Mahmoud Abdo; Sherif Hamdy; Tarek Ramzy; Ahmed Moustafa; Hany Shehab; Hedy Ayman; AbdelAziz Gaber

Beta-lactamase production among multidrug-resistant wound isolates from patients attending University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Pages 1085-1097

Busayo Mutiat Olowe; Grace Iyabo Soyinka

Sccmec- and spa-based determination of the genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates

Pages 1098-1112

Abdel-Aty Elsayed Alfeky; Mahmoud Mohamed Tawfick; Mohamed Seif El-Din Ashour; Abdel-Nasser Abbass El-Moghazy

Virulence characterization of Escherichia coli sequence type 131 clone isolated from hospital-acquired and community-acquired urinary tract infections, Egypt

Pages 1113-1126

Soha S Abdelrahim; Shaimaa Zaki; Haitham Abdel Hamid; Dalia N Kotb

Predominance of blaKPC carbapenemase gene in multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from ICUs and surgical wards in Egypt

Pages 1127-1138

Noha A. Hassuna; Nehal E. Koriem; Shaimaa Hassouna Zaki; Medhat Abd El Fattah; Amani Mohammed Abdelmoaty; Reham A. Ibrahem

Antimicrobial resistance of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales and Acinetobacter baumannii isolates to colistin in a Moroccan hospital

Pages 1139-1146

Nadia El mrimar; El mehdi Belouad; Elmostafa Benaissa; Adil Maleb; Mostafa Elouennass

Bacterial respiratory infection epidemiology and antibiogram profile in patients attending in regional hospital, Meknes, Morocco

Pages 1147-1153

Najia El Hamzaoui; Fatima El Kamari; Anjoud Harmouzi; Samira Jaouhar

Antibacterial resistance pattern of transfusion transmissible bacteria from blood donors attending federal medical center, Birnin Kebbi

Pages 1154-1163

Usman Abubakar; Adamu Almustapha Aliero; Daniel Dan-Inna Attah; Adesina Adefowope

Antitumor impact of Clostridium sporogenes endospores against diethyl nitrose amine induce hepatocellular carcinoma in rats

Pages 1164-1175

Mansour Ismail Mansour; Mostafa Elbahnasawy; Hany Mahgoub; Nermeen Elbakary

Clinical profile and molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in follicular conjunctivitis: Insights from Egypt

Pages 1176-1189

Kholoud M. Abd El-Moneem; Mohamed Nabil Hamza; Shereen Bendary El-Sayed; Amal M. Soliman

Evaluating the antibacterial activity of potassium aluminium sulphate (alum) combined with other antibiotics

Pages 1190-1197

Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Dena Mahmood Zaraa; Hawraa Sabah Abbas; Hawraa Sabah Musa; Hussien Alaa Dahir; Hawraa Awaad Mohammed Musa; Ali Abedulameer Alhusayni