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Original article English Rafik R.Elmehdawi, Abdulwahab.W.Albarsha. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-arab University for Medical Sciences, Benghazi -Libya Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:31-36 Abstract Introduction: antibiotics account for a considerable percentage of drugs prescribed to hospitalized patients and they tend to be overused resulting in unnecessary costs, and emergence of resistant …

Pattern of antibiotic prescription to hospitalized patients in a teaching hospital in Benghazi- Libya. Read More »

Original article English Salwa F. Ahmed 1, Momtaz O. Wasfy 1, Myriam Morcos 1, Guillermo Pimentel 1, Mubarak Mohamed 2, Sadiki F. Materu 3, Ammar Abdo Ahmed 4, Adam W. Armstrong 1 , John D Klena 1 1-US Naval Medical Research Unit-3, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; 2-Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan; …

Antimicrobial resistance and genotyping of Vibrio cholerae isolates collected from outbreaks in East Africa, 2006-2007 Read More »

Original article English Stephen A. Felt, Magdi D. Saad, Samuel L. Yingst US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:45-51 Abstract Background/objectives: In February 2006, the authors were deployed to the Kurdistan area of Iraq following the laboratory confirmation of the country’s first human death attributable …

A multi-species outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N1)inGrdJotyar, Iraq: a detailed report Read More »

Short Communication English Aisha Gashout 1, Taher Lazrag 1, Huda Gashut 2, Tawfig Swedan 1. 1-Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli-Libya. 2-Aljala Maternity Hospital, Tripoli-Libya. Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:52-56 Abstract Background and Objective: Maternal viral and protozoan infections contribute to many complications in early pregnancies leading to spontaneous abortion. The present study was …

Qualitative assessment of risk for spontaneous abortion associated with toxoplasma and rubella: immunity appraisal. Read More »

Case report English Fathi O. Dakhil 1, Fiona M. Stevens 2. 1-Department of Medicine, Arab Medical Sciences University, Benghazi, Libya, 2-Department of Medicine, National Uni¬versity of Ireland, Galway. Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:57-59 Abstract In a 60-year-old female patient with features of an overlap syndrome, jejunal biopsy specimens showed typical findings of …

Overlap syndrome and collagenous sprue: another cause of diarrhoea. Read More »

Editorial English Bakoush O 1, Benamer HTS 2 1-Department of Nephrology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden, 2-Department of Neurology, New Cross hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Libyan J Med AOP: 080313 Abstract Keywords: Could lectures be stimulating? An approach to encourage active learning. Link/DOI: http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1312

Correspondence English Ashammakhi N Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, UK. E-mail: n.ashammakhi@orth.keele.ac.uk Libyan J Med. AOP: 080127 Abstract Keywords: Research and clinical practice relationship (Libyan medical education: time to move forward) Link/DOI: http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1303

Correspondence English Mathew B C, Daniel R S Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, El Gabal El Gharby University, Gharyan, LIBYA. E-mail: susanbiju_661@rediffmail.com Libyan J Med. AOP: 080422 Abstract Keywords: Cholesterol: a Century of Research and Debate Link/DOI: http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1323

Correspondence English Elmehdawi RR Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University. Email: rafikal2002@yahoo.com Libyan J Med. AOP: 080508 Abstract Keywords: Hypolipidemia and Sepsis: It is The Hypolipidemia Not The Statins Link/DOI: http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1327

Original article English Hakim ST 1, 2, 3, Kazmi SU 2, Bagasra O 3 1-Department of Microbiology, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi-74600, 2- I.I.D.R. Lab, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan, 3-South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, Claflin University, South Carolina, USA-29115. Libyan J Med. AOP: 071123 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Although the prevalence of hepatitis virus infections in …

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Genotypes Among Young Apparently Healthy Females of Karachi-Pakistan Read More »