Abstract This study is an experimental intervention study aimed to study the effect of the consumption of green tea on pro thrombin time level among apparently healthy Sudanese volunteers. A total of 40 healthy Sudanese volunteers participate, aged between 20-45 years, twenty-one of them were females and nineteen were males. Each subject recruited into the study instructed to consume steamed green tea for one month (two cups per day). Two and half milliliter (ml) of venous blood was collecte...
ABSTRACT This is a across sectional study, aimed to identify the aerobic bacterial pathogens associated with diabetic wounds in Khartoum State and testing the antimicrobial susceptibility of the most commonly used antibiotics in treatment of wound diabetic person comparison with the activity of plant extract, in the period between February to August, 2016.Fifty wound swab samples were collected and cultured in MacConkey and Blood agar medium. After identification, the isolates were su...
Abstracts Background Thrombin is the central protease in the cascade of blood coagulation and having many biologically important functions such as the activation of platelets, conversion of fibrinogen to a fibrin network, and feedback amplification of coagulation. Objective This study aimed to examine the effect of the consumption of green tea(Camellia sinensis) on thrombin time level among healthy adult Sudanese volunteers. Materials and Methods Forty (40) healthy adult volunteers in thi...
Abstract This is an analytical case control study, conducted during the period from July to November in Best Care Hospital. The study aimed to evaluate prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time and platelets count among patients with diabetes type II. Thirty samples were collected from 12 males and 18 females their age range between 30—80 and a means of 51 years, and diabetic duration from 1—30 years. The patients were divided into diab...
Abstract This was an analytic case control study conducted in Khartoum state during period from May to July 2018 to estimate hematological parameters among Sudanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis, The study population was selected as 50 patients and 50 normal individual as control group, Also the study group classified according to their treatment types into 3 different groups whom take steroids treatment (52%), non steroids treatment (8%) and combined drugs (40%). The study was reflect ...
ABSTRACT Cytomegalovirus is one of the most common microorganisms that cause opportunistic infections; the virus can cause severe diseases with multiple complications. This was descriptive, cross sectional study, aimed to detect cytomegalovirus among type I diabetic children in Sudan and to determine the risk factors (gender,age,and family history) associated with cytomegalovirus infection. Sera of 90 children were collected 45 (50%) were diabetic patients (case group) and 45(50%) are a...
Abstract Chlamydia trachomatis is the common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the world. More than 85% of women with urogenital Chlamydial infections do not manifest obvious symptoms; the consequences of such untreated infections include pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancy. This cross sectional study aimed to detect of Chlamydia IgG antibodies among infertile women in Khartoum State. A total of ninety (90) infertile women with a history of primary...
ABSTRACT Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) share common routes of blood-borne transmission. There are Ten genotypes from (A-I) of HBV genome, have been identified, HBV genotypes have different geographical distribution and regarding to disease progression and response of antiviral treatment and prognosis. The objective of this study was molecular detection of HBV genotypes among HIV patients in Khartoum state. A total of 92 subjects (n=92) were included in this o...
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD) and microarchitecture deterioration of the bone, leading to increased fragility and a high risk of fracture. It is a silent disease until fractures occur, which causes important secondary health problems and even death. Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in humans, representing a major public health problem. The aim of this study was determine of Parathyroid hormone, calcium and phosphor...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a parenterally transmitted virus that poses an occupational hazard to the health care workers (HCWs). This was a descriptive cross sectional study designed to detect HCV among health care workers in Ad Douiem locality. This study involved Ninety two (n=92) healthcare workers (Nurses 33, laboratory specialists 22, laboratory assistants 18, laboratory attendant 16, and pharmacists 3). The participants consisted of 47/92 males (51.1%) and 45/92 females (48.9%), 2...
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Khartoum state during the period from February to November 2016. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of malaria parasite on complete blood counts. Two hundred and seven malaria-infected subjects were included in this study with the age ranged between 1-83 years old with a mean age of 21± 16 years old. Out of these, 103 (49.8%) being males and 104 (50.2%) females. Blood samples were taken from all subjects. Epidemiological data w...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disease in women, characterized by heterogeneous presentation of hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction, and polycystic ovarian morphology (PCOM). This study was carried out to assess plasma levels of cholesterol and estradiol among female with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOs). Forty clinically diagnosed polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOs) in the period between February to May 2017,were chosen randomly from Alsir Abu Hassan Center...
ABSTRACT This study was performed to determine gamma-glutamyl transferase(GGT) and total antioxidant capacity(TAC) and examine the liver, kidney, heart changes in alloxan-induced diabetes. 40 wistar rats of both sexes weighing between 160g-210g were divided into two groups A (control) and B (diabetic) consisting of 20 rats each. Group A received normal saline while group B were given a single dose of alloxan monohydrate at 150mg/kg body weight intraperitoneally. On 3rd and 5th weeks res...
Abstract Osteoporosis Is A Highly Prevalent Public Health Problem With Osteoporosisrelated Fractures That Account For High Morbidity And Mortality. The Study Compared The Plasma Level Of Alkaline Phosphatase, Calcium And Phosphorous Of 50 Women With Osteoporosis As Test Group And 50 Apparently Healthy Women As Control Group And It Is Case Control Study Carried Out In A Period From March To December 2018 In Khartoum State, Sudan. Venous Blood (3ml) Was Collected From The Participants In...
Abstract Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases and health care workers (HCWs) have a high risk of occupational exposure to HBV. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during March to October 2019, to detect the frequency of HBV serologically among health care workers in McNimir Hospital. One hundred (n=100) blood specimens were collected from each eligible participants and structured questionnaire was used to collect both demographic and clinical...