Microbes and Infectious Diseases

Kamran Abbasi; Parveen Ali; Virginia Barbour; Thomas Benfield; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo; Stephen Hancocks; Richard Horton; Laurie Laybourn-Langton; Robert Mash; Peush Sahni; Wadeia Mohammad Sharief; Abdullah Shehab; Paul Yonga; Chris Zielinski

Letter to the Editor

Pitfalls in the performance of real time PCR tests for SARS CoV-2 and time to improve these tests

Pages 1079-1080

Sudhir Bhatia

Review Article

A review of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria control in Africa

Pages 1081-1087

Gideon Yakusak Benjamin; Fada Mallam; Judith Alhamdu; Sindah Titus Yakubu; Ibrahim Aliyu Ladan

Original Article

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity in Zambia: Single center study

Pages 1088-1099

Emmanuel Zulu; Rodrick S. Katete; Paul Simusika; Mable M. Mutengo; Freeman W. Chabala; Mpanga Kasonde

Pattern of antimicrobial resistance in the pre and during COVID-19 era: An observational study.

Pages 1100-1113

Rania Kishk; Noha M Abu Bakr; Maha Anani; Nader Nemr; Bassam Salama; Mohammed Samahy; Safaa M. Kishk; Naglaa E. Salem; Hasnaa A. Mohamed

Prevalence of respiratory bacterial co-infection among COVID-19 patients

Pages 1114-1125

Eman Abdellah Sayed Ahmed Mohamed; Marwa A. Elashry; Noha Alaa Eldin Fahim

Association between presepsin, C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and prognosis of COVID-19

Pages 1126-1132

Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Muayad Mahdi Kadim

Assessment of protective serum anti-HBsAb levels among previously HBV vaccinated medical residents and its relation to duration and doses of vaccine – single center study

Pages 1133-1141

Mohamed B. Hashem; Hanan Abdel-Haleem; Marwa khairy; Ayatallah Amir Nassef; Mahmoud Essam Eldin; Eman D. El Desouky

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding hepatitis B infection among health care workers.

Pages 1142-1149

Rasha Farghaly; Nader Elnemr; Rania M. Kishk; Nageh Louis; Mona Mostafa; Hasnaa Azab

Review Article

Current microbiological trends of microorganisms causing nosocomial infections

Pages 1150-1157

Lilianne Dominguez Céspedes; Yohorlin Marta Céspedes Fonseca; Arianna Corchete Pérez; Rafael Labrada Pérez

Original Article

Hand hygiene: A prospective interventional study on compliance of health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in India

Pages 1158-1163

Swati Mudshingkar; Ashwini Dedwal; Rajesh Karyakarte

Hospital disinfectant efficacy testing: Experimental evidence towards the requirement of common international regulatory framework, the case of Costa Rica

Pages 1164-1172

Fabián Delgado Rodríguez; Jeimy Blanco Barrantes; Arlene Loría Gutiérrez; Jessica Morera Huertas; Jeison Corrales Sánchez

Fecal carriage rates Of extended-spectrum Β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli of inpatients and outpatients attending Yobe State Teaching Hospital, Damaturu, Nigeria.

Pages 1173-1177

Adam Mustapha; Obi Chidiebere; Mari Bata; Zenoh Danjuma Ali; Fasogbon Ilemobayo Victor; Micheal Nosano Yakubu; Nuhu Tanko; Alegbe Sunday David

Mini-review article

CRISPR in dentistry: A boon or bane

Pages 1178-1182

Mirna Garhnayak; Shakti Rath; Loknath Garhnayak; Sangram Panda

Review Article

The gut microbiome and its use as a target for novel therapeutic modalities

Pages 1183-1192

Ayman Allam; Ahmad Mohamed Al-Shaar

Original Article

Could beauty salon brushes be a potential candidate for transmitting bacterial infections?

Pages 1193-1197

Shahinda Rezk; Haneen Soliman; Ola Kader; Mohamed Turkey

PCR-based rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and their antibiotic resistance profiles in febrile neutropenic patients

Pages 1198-1209

Maggie A Ibrahim; Enas A Deaf; Rania Hafez; Safinaz Hussein; Radwa Essam; Amal A Elkhawaga

Detection of PBP2a and PVL genes among Staphylococcus aureus and their methicillin-resistant strains isolated from a hospital in Sokoto Town

Pages 1210-1218

Amaka Sylvia Ohaegbulem; Dominic Agbo Oche; Olajide Akinnibosun; Ikenna Macmagnus Akuakolam

Evaluation of loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Tanta University Hospitals in Egypt

Pages 1219-1231

Manar Mahmoud Emara; Naglaa Fawzy Ghoname; Mona Osama Ramadan; Lobna Mohamed Abo Elnasr; Sara Mina Samy

Linezolid resistance in coagulase negative Staphylococci isolates and the related genes in intensive care unit patients in a University Hospital in Egypt

Pages 1232-1245

Hanaa I. Abd El-Hady; Aya M. Abbass; Mahmoud Amer; Ehab S Abdallah; Amina A. Abdelhadi

Identification of inducible clindamycin resistance gene in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates colonizing pregnant women in Suez Canal University Hospitals

Pages 1246-1254

Omnia Mohamed Abdullah; Gehan Saddik Elhadidy; Rasha Elsayed Khamiss; Omima Tharwat Taha; Asmaa Bakeir Hamady

Clinicolaboratory characteristics of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcal infections: A cross-sectional study

Pages 1255-1265

Amr Ibrahim Risha; Mohamed Ahmed Arafa; Mai Mohamed Malek; Tarek Abd El Latef Abd El Aziz

Pneumococcal pneumonia in children less than 5 years: Are we underdiagnosing?

Pages 1266-1274

Sherif Moustafa; Nehal Abdelhamid; Nadia Mostafa; Nihal Elrifai; May Mohamed Sherif Soliman; Manal Kandil; Amani Ali El-Kholy

Multidrug resistant Enterococci as a community acquired infection in diarrheal cases of children

Pages 1275-1286

Rawhia Fathy Abd El Hamid; Heba Khaled Mohamed Nafadi; Ahmed sadek Hasanein; shereen Mansour Galal; Doaa Mohamed Abd El-Kareem; ragaa sedeik rashwan

Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance patterns among Egyptian children and predictors of resistance

Pages 1287-1295

Nermeen M.A Abdallah; Reem Mohamed Ezzat Morsy; Yosra Mohamed Mohsen Awad; Marwa Saad Fathy; Marwa Talaat El Deeb

Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors among patients presenting with symptoms of peptic ulcer in Akure metropolis

Pages 1296-1306

Patience Iye Abbah; TINUOLA TOKUNBO ADEBOLU; Babayemi Olawale Oladejo

Risk factors of ABO types associated with Helicobacter pylori in adults

Pages 1307-1311

Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani; Ali Abedulameer Alhusayni

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes among Gram negative bacilli isolates from Egyptian children with diarrhea

Pages 1312-1324

ragaa Sedeik Rashwan; Shereen M. Galal; Doaa M. Abd EL-kareem; Aliaa M.A. Ghandour; Rawhia F. Abd El-Hamid

Detection of multidrug resistance E coli isolated from patients with UTI in FMC Birnin Kebbi

Pages 1325-1330

Isah Maishanu Musa; Amina Muhammad; Solomon Ibrahim

Characteristics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from pregnant women: A cross section study.

Pages 1331-1343

Noura Hussein samir; Enas Abdelmageed Daef; Mostafa Nasreldin Ibrahim; Mohammed Ahmed ELmokhtar; Asmaa Salah Shaltout

Distribution of rmpA gene and biofilm formation among hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Ain Shams University Hospitals

Pages 1344-1354

Shimaa Ahmed Abdel Salam; Maha Ahmad Anwar; Karim Abdelfattah Montasser; Nagwa Mahmoud Abo El Magd

Effect of silver nanoparticles on biofilm forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Menoufia University Hospitals

Pages 1355-1368

Amal Fathalla Makled; Sahar Ali Mohamed; Ahmed Abo Zaid Teima; Dalia Mohammed Nabil Shaban; Amal Mohamed Dawoud

Assessment of antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of probiotic lactobacillus against biofilm-forming Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates

Pages 1369-1382

Amal Mohamed Dawoud; Samar Shawky Salman; Asmaa shaaban Sleem

The study of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expression and ascetic fluid calprotectin biomarker levels in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis patients with liver cirrhosis

Pages 1383-1395

Amany Mohammed Adwy; Ahmed Mostafa Ashmawy; Mohammed Saad Badary; Yossra Mahmoud kamel; mai ahmed mostafa; Amal Ahmed Elkhawaga

Performance of interleukin-27 cord blood level as a biomarker predicating early onset neonatal sepsis

Pages 1396-1408

Amira Mohamed Sultan; Wael Seleim; Rasha Mokhtar Elnagar

Comparative study of Widal test to stool culture for the diagnosis of suspected typhoid fever: a study in a primary health centre, Ghana

Pages 1409-1415

Seth Domfeh; Moses Amoah; Loretta Sefa

Review Article

Emergence of Candida auris infection: A review

Pages 1416-1427

Rajan Paudel

Short Reports (case reports)

Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: Case reports

Pages 1428-1434

Adeyinka Afolake Davies; Chioma Osuagwu; Victoria Aikhomu; Rita O. O. Oladele

Original Article

Microbiological and molecular investigation of Candida spp. infection among women accessing antenatal care at Prince Abubakar Audu University Teaching Hospital Anyigba, North-Central Nigeria.

Pages 1435-1445

Martin-Luther Oseni Okolo; Zainab Adebayo Alaba; Sunday Ocholi Samson; Cornelius Arome Omatola; Benjamin Mudi Idache; Julius Akor Omatola; Eleojo Ugbane Okolo

Journal Archive

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