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...
ABSTRACT The serological prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia was studied using two serological tests: indirect enzyme linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as the main test and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) as a confirmatory test and for .comparison with ELISA A total of 1970 farm animals of both sexes were tested serologically to determine the prevalence of C. burnetii specific IgG antibodies using indirect ELISA. The samples were collected fro...
Abstract This is a case control study , conducted in Omdurman Locality during the period from February to May 2015 , to determine CBC (Hb, RBCs, HCT , MCV , MCH ,MCHC, Plets , WBCs, leukocyte differential count , RDW and MPV) of (80) healthy Sudanese pregnant women at second trimester as case and (40) non pregnant women at matched age in Omdurman locality were used as control in this study . Pregnant women at second trimester were informed about the study and agreed for participatin as cases...
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 study aimed to evaluate the role of ultrasound in postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding in order to find out the most common causes of post-menopausal vaginal bleeding on 100 post-menopausal patients with age range (43-80yrs) with vaginal bleeding occurring at least one year after the last menstruation. This was a cross sectional retrospective study was carried out in Khartoum state, Sudan, in ultrasound departments of Dar Alelag Hospital and East Nile Hospital during peri...
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 research is designed to detect the urinary tract infection (UTI) as common cause of abortion using the ultrasound B-mode scan. At August 2016, in Alshik Mohamed Ali Fadull teaching hospital for obstetrics and gynecology in Omdurman city, republic of Sudan, the pelvic and kidneys of 100 aborted women were examined using B-mode scan, with transvaginal and convex probes for the pelvic examination, and convex porbe alone for the kidneys, andbeside that the clinical history of s...
Abstract A cross sectional study was conducted from March to May 2015 for determination of ovine haemonchosis and investigation of associated potential Risk Factors in Khartoum State, Sudan. A total of 170 fecal samples from Sheep were collected and examined using Direct smear and Centrifugal flotation test and then culture of faeces. The result indicated that natural Haemonchus contortus infection was prevalent among sudanese sheep at Khartoum State with an overall prevalence 6.5%. The foll...
Abstract This was descriptive study done in Khartoum state Sudan in Bahri and Haj Elasafi Teaching Hospital, in addition to other health care centers, from July – to October 2018. The problem of study was that the prostate volume measurement is frequently used to diagnose the abnormalities of the gland and the normal size of the gland itself affected by age, weight, hormones etc. The main objective of the study was to measure prostate gland volume using ultrasound. 60 patients were randoml...
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 Background: Chronic Renal Failure is a major health problem and affects the economic and social status of patients. In Sudan, according to ministry of health records, the prevalence of renal failure is increasing approximately 70 to 140 new patients undergo dialysis each year. Although Homocystin ratio has been strongly linked to end stage renal disease, biochemical test is restricted to monitoring kidney function. Therefore, introducing homocysteine as a biomarker of ESRD in Sudan ...
Abstract The study aimed to assed the complication of schistosomiasis in Sudanese population using ultrasonography. The study conducted in Khartoum and .gazira hospital and medical centers period from March to July 2016 One hundred patient related to schistosomieses were evaluated by ultrasonography the age group ranging between (10-70) years both gender This result show that incidence of schestosomieses is higher in male 64% .% than female 36 Schestosomieses is high incidence in sudan,...
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 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy is an umbrella term that includes preeclampsia (PE) which complicates up to 10% of pregnancies, is the cause of 9% to 26% of global maternal mortality, and represent a significant proportion of preterm delivery, and maternal and neonatal morbidity. Is a potentially serious complication of pregnancy as suspected preeclampsia is the most frequent clinical presentation to obstetric unit. It is associated with severe complications such as seizures, st...
Abstract Asurvey was carried out to estimate the prevelance of Salmonella spp and risk factors in Omdurman localities (Karari,Ombada and Abosyede)-Khartoum state.Atotal 0f 158 random samples of feces(100 samples and milk 58 samples) were collected from cattle.Isolation and identification of Salmonella spp were done.The total viable count(TVC)was also used.Sixty three out of 158 collected samples were positive to Salmonella spp.In fecal samples 40% were positive for isolated bacteria .The hig...