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. . El Ansari W, Khalil K, Stock C. . Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Nov 25;11(12):12088-107. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111212088. Abstract University students are exposed to many stressors. We assessed the associations between two stressors (educational related and general overall), socio-demographic characteristics (five variables), health behaviours/lifestyle factors (six variables), as well as religiosity and …

Symptoms and health complaints and their association with perceived stressors among students at nine Libyan universities Read More »

. . Karrouri R. . Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Nov 27;19:328. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.328.5632. 2014. Abstract Most researchers have studied the influence of life stress as precipitating the onset of type 1 diabetes, but as the relationship between severe psychological trauma and diabetes has been a rarely studied subject in paediatric age group. Here, we …

Post traumatic type 1 diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent): a case report Read More »

. . Ghenghesh KS, Ahmed SF, Cappuccinelli P, Klena JD. . Libyan J Med. 2014 Jan;9(1):25497. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v9.25497. Abstract Introduction Aeromonads of medical importance have been reported from numerous clinical, food, and water sources, but identification of genospecies and virulence factors of Aeromonas species from countries in North Africa and the Middle East are few. …

Genospecies and virulence factors of Aeromonas species in different sources in a North African country Read More »

. . Ahmed SF, Ali MM, Mohamed ZK, Moussa TA, Klena JD. . Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2014 Jun 16;13:22. doi: 10.1186/1476-0711-13-22. Abstract BACKGROUND: Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), including the AmpC type, are important mechanisms of resistance among Enterobacteriaeceae. CTX-M type extended-spectrum β- lactamases, of which there are now over 90 variants, are distributed globally, yet …

Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli in a Libyan community Read More »

. . Benkhadoura M, Elshaikhy A, Eldruki S, Elfaedy O. . Turk J Surg. 2018 Sep 11:1-4. doi: 10.5152/turkjsurg.2018.4126. Online ahead of print. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Routine histopathological examination of all gallbladder specimens, regardless of the clinical characteristics of the patient or macroscopic aspect of the gallbladder, is the current approach to detect the presence of …

Routine histopathological examination of gallbladder specimens after cholecystectomy: Is it time to change the current practice? Read More »

. . Arshad MN, Nisar MA, Khurshid M, Hussain SZ, Maqsood U, Asghar MT, Nazir J. . Libyan J Med. 2015 Apr 27;10:26875. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v10.26875. 2015. Abstract BACKGROUND: Rapid industrialization is discharging toxic heavy metals into the environment, disturbing human health in many ways and causing various neurologic, cardiovascular, and dermatologic abnormalities and certain types …

Molecular basis of arsenite (As⁺³)-induced acute cytotoxicity in human cervical epithelial carcinoma cells Read More »

. . Sager AA, Abood ZS, El-Amary WM, Bensaber SM, Al-Sadawe IA, Ermeli NB, Mohamed SB, Al-Forgany M, Mrema IA, Erhuma M, Hermann A, Gbaj AM. . Open Med Chem J. 2018 Apr 30;12:48-59. doi: 10.2174/1874104501812010048. 2018. Abstract BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the second important cause of death worldwide caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium …

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Some Triazole Schiff’s Base Derivatives as Potential Antitubercular Agents Read More »

. . Otero O, Pinton A, Cappetta H, Adnet S, Valentin X, Salem M, Jaeger JJ. . PLoS One. 2015 Dec 16;10(12):e0144358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144358. 2015. Abstract In the early nineteen sixties, Arambourg and Magnier found some freshwater fish (i.e., Polypterus sp., Siluriformes indet. and Lates sp.) mixed with marine members in an Eocene vertebrate assemblage …

A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera Read More »

. . Dau AA, Tloba S, Daw MA. . East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Apr;19(4):356-61. Abstract Few studies have analysed the bacterial pathogenesis of infections associated with war-wound in the Eastern Mediterranean region. We analysed surgical wound infections of 1200 patients injured during the Libyan conflict in 2011 and admitted to the emergency services at …

Characterization of wound infections among patients injured during the 2011 Libyan conflict Read More »

. . Mathlouthi N, Areig Z, Al Bayssari C, Bakour S, Ali El Salabi A, Ben Gwierif S, Zorgani AA, Ben Slama K, Chouchani C, Rolain JM. . Microb Drug Resist. 2015 Jun;21(3):335-41. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0235. Epub 2015 Jan 14. Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the molecular mechanism of carbapenem resistance …

Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates Collected from Some Libyan Hospitals Read More »