STUDY ON SOME FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ECZEMA IN RAMADI.

Eighty eczematous patients were included in this study from both sexes and two age groups, adults were (52) patients aged (18-70) years and children were( 28) included aged (3-17) years. They were attending Department of Dermatology in Ramadi General Hospital Ramadi, Al-Anbar Governorate West of Iraq, during the period extended from April2005-March 2006. Patients were submitted to a clinical examination and questionnaire test. Data were analyzed using Chi - square and T test. Results showed that females within age group (3-17) years showed higher rate of eczema than males. Adult males showed higher of eczema , (18: 80 ) patients were showing familial link, adult females were more allergic to variety of food. Out of the total studied patients (61.25%) showed seasonal eczema while 38.75% of them showed eczema at any seaso

Antibacterial Activity of River Water Bacteriophage against Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Bacteria, An In vitro Study

Microbes show a high antimicrobial resistance due to a high rate of mutations predisposed by many factors, especially the abuse of antibiotics. Therefore, there is a great need for an alternative therapeutic agent for infectious diseases caused by microbes resistant to antibiotics. Bacteriophages are viruses parasitizing microbes, that got a big scientist’s attention due to their ability as an alternative therapy for severe bacterial infections. This study is devoted to identifying bacteriophage from river water on tested pathogenic isolates isolated from clinical cases of UTI in vitro and finding out the effect of phage on these bacterial isolates as an initial step of further in vivo phage therapeutic study on the same tested isolates. The results showed a significant bactericidal effect of the isolated bacteriophages against the pathogenic bacterial isolates.</jats:p

Immune and non-immune diagnosis of H. pylori In Patients with ingastric ulcer (GU) and non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD).

Background:The roles that T helper type 1 (Th1) specific immune responses in protection from H. pylori challenge was understood. It is expected that Th2 immune responses are required for protection against extracellular bacteria, such as H. pylori. Both invasive and non-invasive tests are used in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. The non-invasive tests avoid endoscopy and encompass the serologic and breath tests This study aimed to show important immune and non-immune tests for Helicobacter pyloriinfection diagnosis in patients . Patients and Methods:A total of one hundred seven (107) adult patients from both genders were attending Gastro Endoscopy Unit at Ramadi Teaching Hospital to undergo selective OGD from December 2012 to May 2013. Multiple mucosal biopsy specimens were taken for rapid urease test (RUT) to detect Helicobacter pylori in tissue samples. After endoscopy, blood specimen was taken from each patient to be used for serological tests including; IgG, IgM, by ELISA. Rapid Chromatographic Immunoassay test (CAS) was used for IgG against H.pylori also . Results: Present study showed that the rate of infection in males was same as in females, and increased within age group (31-50) years old, it was found thathigher positive results of CAS, and RUT for H. pylori, especially in younger adults. Findings confirmed that a significant relationship between H. pylori rapid urease test (RUT) with IgG and IgM specific for H. pylori antigen