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Identification Of Bacterial Agentsand Antimicrobial Susceptibility Of Neonatal Sepsis With Patient,S Outcome, Abdul-Kareem Mohammed Ali, Lamia Abdul-Kareem, Emad Japur Rashed Mar 2026

Identification Of Bacterial Agentsand Antimicrobial Susceptibility Of Neonatal Sepsis With Patient,S Outcome, Abdul-Kareem Mohammed Ali, Lamia Abdul-Kareem, Emad Japur Rashed

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Background : Sepsis neonataroum is an important factor for morbidity and mortality in neonates. The incidence of neonatal bacterial sepsis depends on geographic area and may vary from country to country as well as within the same country.Objective: To identify the percentage of neonatal septicemia confirmed by positive blood cultures among 664 neonates admitted in neonatal care unit, and to identify the bacterial agents causing early and late neonatal sepsis and their antimicrobial susceptibility, and the outcome from neonatal septicemia. Patients and methods: The total number of patients(with clinical signs and symptoms suggesting sepsis) collected from neonatal care unit of …

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Physiological Changes Of Pneumoperitoneum During Laproscopic Cholecystectomy, Mohammad O. Al-Muhammadi, Adel Mosa Al-Rekabi, Hamida Salim Al-Mosayi Mar 2026

Physiological Changes Of Pneumoperitoneum During Laproscopic Cholecystectomy, Mohammad O. Al-Muhammadi, Adel Mosa Al-Rekabi, Hamida Salim Al-Mosayi

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Background: Recently, the frequency and indication for laparoscopic surgery have increased, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been widely accepted as an alternative to laparotomy.To carry out the laparoscopic procedure, a pressure gas, most commonly co2 is used. It is important to know the pathophysiological changes that are caused by an increase in intra-abdominal pressure and by the absorption of co2 from an co2 pneumoperitoneum. Aim this study; aims to estimate some physiological changes that caused by pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients and methods: one hundred patients were included in this study randomly selected and consisted of (80 females) and (20 males) …

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Epidemiology Of Diarrheal Diseases In Children Below 5 Years In Wassit Province, Aseel H. Shemal Mar 2026

Epidemiology Of Diarrheal Diseases In Children Below 5 Years In Wassit Province, Aseel H. Shemal

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Diarrheal diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. We have analyzed distribution of diarrhea in children under five years of age who resided in rural or urban environments but attended Al_Karama hospital in Al_Kut city in Wassit. In this study we have found that diarrheal disease is more common in family that their parents illiterate, there is a peak incidence at1-2 years old. The disease more in infant who use bottle feeding than in those who feed on breast of their mothers and those with mixed type of feeding.The incidence of the disease is …

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Post-Appendectomy Infected Wounds And Ideal Management A Retrospective Study, Mahmoud M. Al-Mukhtar Mar 2026

Post-Appendectomy Infected Wounds And Ideal Management A Retrospective Study, Mahmoud M. Al-Mukhtar

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Background :Abdominal operations are traditionally classified into elective and emergency procedures both of which may be complicated by postoperative wound infections. Although postoperative wound infection is usually infrequent following elective procedures, it is an anticipated and acceptable complication of emergency surgeries as these operations are usually of a contaminated nature with no standard preoperative preparation associated with an urge to operate.Objectives :This study tries to compare the results of a two adopted regimes to manage post-appendectomy wound infections in regard to the significance of using parenteral antibiotics. Methods : This study had evaluated (108) patients with clinical postoperatively wound infections …

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Emergence Of Plasmid Mediated Aac(6´)-Ib-Cr Gene In Flouroquinolon- Resistant Acinetobacter Spp, Adnan H. Al-Hamadani, Ali M. Al-Mohana, Ali S. Al-Khazaali Mar 2026

Emergence Of Plasmid Mediated Aac(6´)-Ib-Cr Gene In Flouroquinolon- Resistant Acinetobacter Spp, Adnan H. Al-Hamadani, Ali M. Al-Mohana, Ali S. Al-Khazaali

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

This study aimed to detection of plasmid mediated aac(6´)-Ib-cr gene in fluoroquinolon resistant Acinetobacter spp. A total of 154 clinical and inanimated samples were collected from inpatients and medical devices from different units in Al-Dewaniyah Teaching Hospital during a period of five months from November 2011 to March 2012. Sources of specimens were ICU (n= 85), burn unit (n=43) and urine from inpatients suspected with UTI (n=26). Totally, 16(10.3) Acinetobacter spp. were obtained. Identification of Acinetobacter isolates to species level was done by VITEK 2 compact system, results showed that the vast majority of isolates belong to A. calcoaceticus A. …

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Effects Of Metformin, Glyburide And Their Combination On Lipid Profile In Niddm Patients, Reyadh H. Hashim Mar 2026

Effects Of Metformin, Glyburide And Their Combination On Lipid Profile In Niddm Patients, Reyadh H. Hashim

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Background and Objectives: DM plays an important role in the endothelial dysfunction and vascular complications like dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis., It is important now a day to evaluate the dyslipidemic effects of oral hypoglycemic drugs in addition to blood glucose lowering effects, since this may provides a better treatment approach and participates in the prevention of complications of DM.Patients and Methods :We studied the dyslipidemic effects of glyburide, metformin, and their combination on (111) NIDDM patients aged from 39 – 58 years, treated for two years with different treatment lines and compared the results with healthy controls. Serum (TC-C), (TG-C),(HDL-C),(VLDL-C), and …

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Extremities Trauma In Emergency Unit Of Al-Karama Hospital-Alkut City- Wassit Province, Hikmet K. Abbas, Aseel H. Shemal Mar 2026

Extremities Trauma In Emergency Unit Of Al-Karama Hospital-Alkut City- Wassit Province, Hikmet K. Abbas, Aseel H. Shemal

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Extremity wounds compose the burden of injury in Emergency Unit in Alkarama hospital and there is a great need for research to improve the treatment of patient who incur these devastating injuries.Objective: The aim of this project was to define the epidemiological profile of the patients attended in Emergency Unit in Al-karama hospital regarding the upper and lower limb trauma.Methods: Authors and trained assistants collected data with aid of a simple proforma was designed to collect basic demographic data , type of accident,type of injury in general, type of management , site of injury in the body, place of management …

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Pre Valence Of Genital Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma Hominis And Ureaplasma Urealyticum In Women In Al-Qadisiya Province. A New Record, Habeeb S. Naher, Adnan H. Al-Hamadini, Ibtisam Habeeb Said Mar 2026

Pre Valence Of Genital Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma Hominis And Ureaplasma Urealyticum In Women In Al-Qadisiya Province. A New Record, Habeeb S. Naher, Adnan H. Al-Hamadini, Ibtisam Habeeb Said

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Seven hundred and thirty five samples included endocervical, high vaginal, urethral and urine, were collected from married 530/735 (72.1%) and unmarried women 205/735 (27.9%) who admitted to Al-Diwaniya Maternity and Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Al-Diwaniya Teaching Hospital, and private clinics in Al-Qadisyia province, through a period of twelve months (from April 2011 to April 2012) in an attempt to isolate these bacteria. Through the study two types of media were used for cultivation of the genital Mycoplasma. The incidence rate of genitourinary infection caused by U.urealyticum was significantly higher (79.4%) while the incidence caused by M.hominis which a The main goal …

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Detection Of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia In Early Five Years Of Diabetes Mellitususing Holter Monitoring, Hussein A. Naser Mar 2026

Detection Of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia In Early Five Years Of Diabetes Mellitususing Holter Monitoring, Hussein A. Naser

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The study was carried in Al Najaf Diabetic Centre in Sadar Teaching Hospital in Najaf . from March 2010 to March 2012 . Aim of the study is to understand the associated ventricular tachyarrhythmias as they important risk factors and can related to sudden death in diabetic patients . we studied 60 patients in early 5 years of disease with other 60 normal persons of same age using Holter Monitor for 24 hours ECG monitor. The results showed occurrence of more ventricular premature contractions in diabetic patients compare to the normal persons and more in female patients .

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Pulmonary Function Tests Abnormalities Predictors In Smoker Patients, Hawa A.A. Al-Dhahir, Ali .S.Baay, Amjed H. Abbas Mar 2026

Pulmonary Function Tests Abnormalities Predictors In Smoker Patients, Hawa A.A. Al-Dhahir, Ali .S.Baay, Amjed H. Abbas

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Background: Smoking remains the most preventable cause of premature death and morbidity in the US and the developed world. Cigarette smoking is the most well known risk factor for accelerating lung function decline in adults. This study aimed to evaluate pulmonary function tests abnormalities predictors in smoker patients Materials and methods: This case-control study was done in Merjan teaching Hospital, Babylon, Iraq, in the period from December 2010 to March 2012. The study included 182 patients who were divided into 114 patients in obstructive group and 68 patients in restrictive group. Duration and amount of smoking were evaluated by pack …

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Glycemic Control, Serum Leptin And Lipid Profile In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Effect Of Initial Two Months Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy, Imad Abdul-Jabbar Thanoon, Aseel Abed-Alelah Aded- Alrahman Mar 2026

Glycemic Control, Serum Leptin And Lipid Profile In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Effect Of Initial Two Months Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy, Imad Abdul-Jabbar Thanoon, Aseel Abed-Alelah Aded- Alrahman

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Objectives:To evaluate the effect of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) on glycemic control (fasting serum glucose "FSG", serum insulin, C-peptide and insulin resistance), serum leptin and lipid profile (total cholesterol 'Tc', triglyceride "TG", low density lipoprotein cholesterol "LDL-C", high density lipoprotein cholesterol "HDL-C" and atherogenic index AI) and to evaluate the effects of intensive 2-months anti-tuberculosis therapy on these parameters in comparison to healthy controls. Methods:Forty three patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis from the Advisory Clinic for Chest and Pulmonary Diseases in Mosul City were included in this study, with 40 apparently healthy age and sex matched subjects as controls. Assessment of …

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In Vivo Cytogenetic And Genotoxic Effects Of Curcumin On Mouse Bone Marrow, Mohammed Subhi Mohammed Mar 2026

In Vivo Cytogenetic And Genotoxic Effects Of Curcumin On Mouse Bone Marrow, Mohammed Subhi Mohammed

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Objectives: Studying the cytogenetic effects of Mytomycin-C by using 2mg/kg by study of (mitotic index, chromosomal aberrations and micronucleus assays) on mouse bone marrow cells (in vivo) andStudying the cytogenetic effects of crude extract of Curcuma longa on mouse bone marrow cells and Studying the ability of crude extract of C. longa in reducing the genotoxic effects induced by Mytomycin-C by combination treatment on mouse bone marrow cells.Material and methodology: Administrative Arrangement: analytical study to period (1 / 5 / 2011 to1 / 1 / 2012)conducted in Al-Nahrain research Centre for biotechnology,Baghdad, Iraq . Methodology: distributed of mice on equal …

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Upper Respiratory Tract Infection In Breast Feed Baby Versus Formula Feeding, Hassan Raji Jallab Mar 2026

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection In Breast Feed Baby Versus Formula Feeding, Hassan Raji Jallab

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Four hundred thirty three children has attending the health center of Jordan university of science and technology for a period between (Nov 1st –Nov30th) 2009.100 of them complaining of upper respiratory tract infection which included in this study . We studied the effect of feeding types on the frequency of upper respiratory tract infection , the children who exclusively fed for the 1st 6 months of life had lower rate of upper respiratory tract infection compared to bottle feeding . A strong association was found for protection against upper respiratory tract infection by breast feeding versus bottle feeding .The collection …

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Immunohistochemical Study Of Cd15 Expression In Cd30+ Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Thaeer Jawad Kadhum, Aws Rassul Hussain, Nawar Jamal Naser Mar 2026

Immunohistochemical Study Of Cd15 Expression In Cd30+ Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Thaeer Jawad Kadhum, Aws Rassul Hussain, Nawar Jamal Naser

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

defined B-cell neoplasm that includes two distinct types of disease, classical and nodular lymphocyte-predominant. Aim of the study: To evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of CD15 in CD30+ classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study included revision of 52 lymph nodes specimens from patients newly diagnosed with HL from January 2005 to September 2010.These samples were collected from Al-Yarmouk Teaching  Hospital, Baghdad Medical City and Al-Atheer private laboratory. Only well-preserved samples that stood a retrospective confirmatory morphological revision and revealed IHC CD30 stain {from DAKO} positive reactivity were included in this study. All biopsies were formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded. …

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Oxidant/Antioxidant Status, C-Reactive Protein And Serum Leptin In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Effect Of Vitamin E Supplemention, Imad Abdul-Jabbar Thanoon, Eman Abdulla Solaiman Mar 2026

Oxidant/Antioxidant Status, C-Reactive Protein And Serum Leptin In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Effect Of Vitamin E Supplemention, Imad Abdul-Jabbar Thanoon, Eman Abdulla Solaiman

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) on markers of oxidative stress (malondialdehyde "MDA" and total antioxidant status "TAS"), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and serum leptin and to compare the effects of standard intensive 2 months anti-TB therapy with the standard intensive anti-TB therapy plus vitamin E supplementation on the parameters. Methods: Two group of patients with active pulmonary TB from the Advisory Clinic for Chest and Respiratory Diseases in Mosul City were included in this study.Group one consistent of 38 patients and group two consistent of 28 patients, with forty healthy age and sex matched subjects …

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Comparisons Of Quality Of Life For Schizophrenic Outpatients And A Control Population, Mohammed Dawood Jasam Mar 2026

Comparisons Of Quality Of Life For Schizophrenic Outpatients And A Control Population, Mohammed Dawood Jasam

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The study of quality of life (QOL) and the focus on patients' subjective sense of well-being is a new approach to understand the impact of the illness.87 patients suffering from schizophrenia, attending the psychiatric outpatient unit of Al Rashad Teaching Hospital in Baghdad and 100 control formed the subjects.QOL of the patients and the control sample were assessed using the WHOQOL-100Arabic version. Patients group scored lower than control on all facets of QOL For the control group the highest scores on facet of self-esteem, while the lowest scores on facet of security. For the patients, the highest scores on facets …

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Effectivness Of 10% Povidone Iodine As Ascolicidal Agent In Hydatid Cyst Surgery In Compared With Other Scolicidal Agents, Ali Nayyef Assi Mar 2026

Effectivness Of 10% Povidone Iodine As Ascolicidal Agent In Hydatid Cyst Surgery In Compared With Other Scolicidal Agents, Ali Nayyef Assi

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Hydatid disease or Echinococcal disease, is a parasitic disease that affects both humans and other mammals such as sheep, dogs, rodents and horses.[1] There are three different forms of Echinococcosis found in humans, each of which is caused by the larval stages of different species of the tapeworm of genus Echinococcus[1].This study was done in the AL-Husseinteaching hospital (AL-Nassiyria)during3 years (between 1st January 2004 to december2006) and follow up for5 years,120 patients [70 females and 50 males] ages range between 12years to 56years presented withhydatid cyst in the liver only we concentrate on the hydatid cyst of liver( un complicated …

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Blastocystis Hominis Infections Among Patients In Duhok City / Kurdistan Region €“ Iraq, Adel T. M. Al-Saeed, Qais I. Ismaeel, Ghazwan F. Ahmed Mar 2026

Blastocystis Hominis Infections Among Patients In Duhok City / Kurdistan Region €“ Iraq, Adel T. M. Al-Saeed, Qais I. Ismaeel, Ghazwan F. Ahmed

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

A total of 610 patients of different age and sex attending the central Laboratory / Shilan Private Hospital and Hevi Pediatric Hospital – Duhok Governorate suffering from gastroenteritis sumptomes were investigated by direct stool examination. The samples were collected from 350 children and 260 adults during the period from April to November 2010. All stool samples were examined microscopically by the direct method for identification of B. hominis and for the presence of other intestinal parasites. The number and percent of infection rate with B. hominis among the examined samples (610) was 31(5.08%) in both of adults and children groups, …

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Epidemiological Study In Roseola Infantum In Babylon, Muder Hassan Noor, Wisam Hamzah Hamad, Adil Jabbar Hussein Mar 2026

Epidemiological Study In Roseola Infantum In Babylon, Muder Hassan Noor, Wisam Hamzah Hamad, Adil Jabbar Hussein

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Roseola is a mild febrile exanthematous illness occurring almost exclusively during infancy. Among the many alternative names for the disease are exanthem subitum (indicating the sudden and surprising appearance of the rash), the rose rash of infants and pseudo-rubella. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is the etiological agent of roseola infantum. The aim of this study is to predict the disease early by the time of high incidence of this disease, the common age of presentation and the commonest clinical findings. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Babylon Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children in Babylon city for 12 months, from …

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Extraction And Identification Of A Flavonoid Compound From Oak Plant(Quercus Infectoria Oliv.) And Study Of Its Antibacterial Activity, In Vitro, Rajaa A. Hussein Mar 2026

Extraction And Identification Of A Flavonoid Compound From Oak Plant(Quercus Infectoria Oliv.) And Study Of Its Antibacterial Activity, In Vitro, Rajaa A. Hussein

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

A flavonoid compound was isolated from oak plant (Quercus infectoria oliv.) (Fagaceae) stem barks using ethanol alcohol as a solvent, the isolated compound was identified using conventional characterization methods, such as Thin Layer Chromatography(TLC),Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR), as well as, some biochemical assays using color reagents. Antibacterial activity of extracted flavonoid was carried out against two types of reference strains bacteria: which are Gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923) and Gram negative ( Escherichia coli ATCC 25923), the results shows that the extract of oak barks has good a antibacterial growth activity in which gram positive …

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Methotrixate For Nonsurgical Management Of Ectopic Pregnancy, Ariana Kh. Jawad Mar 2026

Methotrixate For Nonsurgical Management Of Ectopic Pregnancy, Ariana Kh. Jawad

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Systemic Methotrexate has been widely used to treat ectopic pregnancy.The aim of current study were to evaluate the safety and efficacy of single dose intramuscular methotrexate as a treatment option for early unruptured ectopic pregnancies. From 1st of January 2007 to 1st of January 2009 at Maternity teaching Hospital-Erbil, a case cohort prospective study was conducted on 60 patients with small unruptured ectopic pregnancies treated as in-patients with single dose of Methotrexate therapy. Ectopic pregnancy was diagnosed by both transvaginal ultrasound for the size and volume of the gestational mass and β- HCG measurement. Intramuscular methotrexate 50 mg/m2 was administered …

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Effect Of Amlodipine Drug On Male Sex Hormones Of Hypertensive Patients In Al-Najaf Province, Karrar Saleem Zayed Al-Shebli Mar 2026

Effect Of Amlodipine Drug On Male Sex Hormones Of Hypertensive Patients In Al-Najaf Province, Karrar Saleem Zayed Al-Shebli

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The current study was carried out in Al-Sader teaching Hospital in Al-Najaf province during the period 2011/6/5 till 2011/12/2. The study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of Amlodipine drug that’s uses to treatment of hypertension on male sex hormones (LH ,FSH and testosterone) in a number of males hypertensive patients . Forty five males patients who are took this drug to lower their high blood pressure participated in the study , their ages ranged from (31-60) years divided into three groups (15 male/group) according to amlodipine doses 2.5, 5 and 10 mg once daily .Also contribute fifteen health males …

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New Technique Use To Rapid Isolation Pneumococcus Bacteria From Both Pneumococcus Meningitis And Pneumococcus Pneumonia Infections In Iraq, Mohammed Kadum Al-Araji Mar 2026

New Technique Use To Rapid Isolation Pneumococcus Bacteria From Both Pneumococcus Meningitis And Pneumococcus Pneumonia Infections In Iraq, Mohammed Kadum Al-Araji

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Pneumococcal pneumonia is more common in the very young and the very old ages. Pneumococci are the most common cause of meningitis in adults. Especially at risk are alcoholics and people with chronic otitis, sinusitis, mastoiditis. We compared the relative efficacy of three methods for the isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae microorganism in both pneumococcal meningitis and pneumococcal pneumonia in both lower respiratory secretion and cerebrospinal fluid depending on results from total speciemens collected (Cerebrospinal fluid and respiratory secretion). These 100 speciemens were subcultured on different three types of blood agar plates we found that Streptococcus pneumonia was isolated at a …

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The Risk Of Conventional X-Ray For Abdominal Examination At Different Erbil Hospitals, Runak Tahr Ali Mar 2026

The Risk Of Conventional X-Ray For Abdominal Examination At Different Erbil Hospitals, Runak Tahr Ali

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Thermo luminescent dosimeters (TLDs) have been used to measure the entrance surface doses (ESDs) of patients undergoing abdomen diagnostic X-ray examinations in Erbil. A total of three public hospitals and 286 patients were included in this investigation. The ages of the patients involved were from 40 years to 85 years, while their weights ranged from 64 kg to 71 kg. Mean, of ESDs are reported. The results showed that in most cases of the examinations, the individual ESD values are found to be comparable with, and higher than, those from Ghana and Tanzania, respectively. The ranges found in this work …

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Antiatherosclerotic Potential Of Aspirin: Antioxidant And Anti-Inflammatory Approaches, Najah R Hadi, Hussam H Sahib, Bassim I Mohammad Mar 2026

Antiatherosclerotic Potential Of Aspirin: Antioxidant And Anti-Inflammatory Approaches, Najah R Hadi, Hussam H Sahib, Bassim I Mohammad

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Objective: this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of aspirin on the progression of atherosclerosis. Materials and methods: A total of 28 local domestic rabbits were assigned to four groups: Group I (normal control), Group II (atherogenic control), Group III (vehicle control),Group IV (aspirin 10 mg\kg daily). Blood samples were collected at the end of experiment (8 weeks) for measurement of serum triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), HDL-C, plasma high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) and plasma reduced glutathione (GSH). Immunohistochemical analysis (VCAM-1, MCP-1, and TNF-α) and histopathologic assessment of aortic atherosclerotic changes were also performed. Results: …

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Detection Of Tem And Shv Genes In Escherichia Coli And Klebseilla Species Isolated From Cancer Patients In Al-Diwaniya Governorate, Adnan H. Al-Hamadani, Adel M. Al-Rikabi, Atheer F. Al- Fatlawi Mar 2026

Detection Of Tem And Shv Genes In Escherichia Coli And Klebseilla Species Isolated From Cancer Patients In Al-Diwaniya Governorate, Adnan H. Al-Hamadani, Adel M. Al-Rikabi, Atheer F. Al- Fatlawi

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The aim: Detection of some genes that encode to some extended spectrum beta-lactamase enzymes in E. coli and Klebseilla spp. isolates from colon and bladder cancer patients by using the phenotypic and genotypic method. Methods: A total of 61 stool and urine samples collected from 61 patients definitely and clinically diagnosed with cancer. All these isolates were identified by conventional methods and confirmed by VITEK-2 system. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was determined using disk diffusion methods. Investigation of production of ESBL was done by DDST methods while screening of β-lactamase genes was done by PCR technique.Results: The study revealed that Klebsiella …

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Isolation And Detection Of Echoviruses In Acute Flaccid Paralysis Among Children Under 15 Years Old In Different Iraqi Provinces, Hummady A. Al-Hilaly, Razaq Hadi Eissa Al-Sayidi, Faisal G.Al- Hamadani Mar 2026

Isolation And Detection Of Echoviruses In Acute Flaccid Paralysis Among Children Under 15 Years Old In Different Iraqi Provinces, Hummady A. Al-Hilaly, Razaq Hadi Eissa Al-Sayidi, Faisal G.Al- Hamadani

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset of weakness, affecting the muscles then progressing to maximum severity within several days to weeks and sometimes may lead to death. The objective of this study was the isolation and detection of Non-Polio Enteroviruses, The ECHO virus from three hundred stool specimens obtained from children aged less than 15 years old showing symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) from different Iraqi provinces and characterization the different serotypes of these viruses using both tissue culture (using RD cells) and neutralization-assay methods. This was done according to protocols applied by …

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Genotyping And Antifungal Susceptibility Profile Of Candida Albicans Isolated From Neonatal Thrush Infections In Iraq, Haydar Mahmood Ali Samaka, Adnan Hamad Al-Hamadani, Ali Muhsen Al-Muhana Mar 2026

Genotyping And Antifungal Susceptibility Profile Of Candida Albicans Isolated From Neonatal Thrush Infections In Iraq, Haydar Mahmood Ali Samaka, Adnan Hamad Al-Hamadani, Ali Muhsen Al-Muhana

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

Thrush was an important problem in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in all the world and also in our hospitals. So, this study come to focused on genotyping and antifungal susceptibility to the 22 isolates of Candida albicans obtained from thrush babies in (NICU) in Al-Zahra educational Hospital, an-Najaf governorate, Iraq. From February to August 2010, 33 cases of thrush were tested. A total of 25(75.75%) Candida isolates were obtained, only 22(66.6%) isolates were identified as Candida albicans and the others 3(9%) isolates were identified as Candida other than albicans. The genotyping of the transposable intron region of C. albicans …

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Determination Of Hepatitis C Viral Load And Genotypes By Real-Time And Rt-Pcr At Thi_Qar Province, Yahya A. Abbas, Adnan H. Aubaid, Bushra J. Hamad Mar 2026

Determination Of Hepatitis C Viral Load And Genotypes By Real-Time And Rt-Pcr At Thi_Qar Province, Yahya A. Abbas, Adnan H. Aubaid, Bushra J. Hamad

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The present study was carried out from Sept. 2010 to Jul. 2011 to detect the viral load and genotypes of HCV infections among asymptomatic peoples and patients referred to the central blood bank, center of thalassemia /AL-Haboby Hospital, renal dialysis unit/Al- Hussein Teaching Hospital and public health laboratory at Thi-Qar province. Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique (RT-qPCR) was implemented on 90 individuals of anti-HCV seropositive by ELISA III assay. The results revealed that 51(56.66%) were gave positive results for HCV. The RT-qPCR analyses of the positive samples were showed that the viral loads were ranged from 1.19 × 103 to …

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The Effect Of Some Factors (Age Group Of Mother, New Borne Gender Year Months) On The Congenital Malformation Percent Of New Borns In Al-Zahra Hospital For Obstatric And Pediatric / Najaf Goverement, Noor Ismeal Nasser, Rokaya Ali Salman, Abdul Hadi Sallal Mohammed Mar 2026

The Effect Of Some Factors (Age Group Of Mother, New Borne Gender Year Months) On The Congenital Malformation Percent Of New Borns In Al-Zahra Hospital For Obstatric And Pediatric / Najaf Goverement, Noor Ismeal Nasser, Rokaya Ali Salman, Abdul Hadi Sallal Mohammed

Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal

The study was conducted on specimen (402) of new born congital malformations during years (2009,2010,2011) in al-Zahra hospital of obstatric / Al-Najaf , for determine the relation-ship among (age group of mother ,new borne gender, and year months ) with malformation percent. The present study was revealed that the age group (22-26) year which more percentage of malformation , was (%38) in year 2009. (%31.6) in year 2010 , and (%29.4) in year 2011. The total of congenital malformations of new borns for three (years 2009, 2010, 2011) were (105 ,117, 180) case at respectively. The high percent (%19)of malformations …

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