Original article English Lee HS, Sambuughin N, Cervenakova L, Chapman J, Pocchiari M, Litvak S, Qi HY, Budka H, del Ser T, Furukawa H, Brown P, Gajdusek DC, Long JC, Korczyn AD, Goldfarb LG. Clinical Neurogenetics Unit, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Am J Hum Genet. …
Case report English Zaidi M. Burns and Plastic Surgery Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Ann Plast Surg. 1999 Mar;42(3):327-9. Abstract A rare case of a 19-year-old man with an orbital hydatid cyst is presented. The lesion caused rapid deterioration of vision and was not responsive to the systemic use of mebendazole. It was treated successfully with emergency …
An unusual case of orbital hydatid cyst: a surgical emergency. Read More »
Review English Reichard R. Scientific and Technical Department, Office International des Epizooties, Paris, France. Rev Sci Tech. 1999 Apr;18(1):145-63. Abstract Screwworm myiasis, caused by infestation of even minor wounds by the obligative parasitic larval stages of the New World screwworm (NWS) (Cochliomyia hominivorax) or Old World screwworm (OWS) (Chrysomya bezziana) flies, is a major cause …
Case studies of emergency management of screwworm. Read More »
Original article English Sechi LA, Dupre I, Sanguinetti M, Fadda G, Zanetti S. Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita degli studi di Sassari, Viale S. Pietro 43/B, Sassari, 07100, Italy. sechila@ssmain.uniss.it Mol Cell Probes. 1999 Apr;13(2):141-6. Abstract A simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid identification of different species of mycobacteria was developed. …
Simple and rapid identification of different species of Mycobacteria by PCR. Read More »
Original article English Miller ER. Department of Anthropology, CB1114, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA. miller@unc.edu J Hum Evol. 1999 May;36(5):519-33. Abstract Wadi Moghara, Egypt, is an early Miocene fossil locality with a mammalian fauna that includes Prohylobates tandyi, one of the earliest known representatives of the Cercopithecoidea. Faunal correlations were …
Original article English Selim HM, Imai S, el Sheik AK, Attia H, Okamoto E, Miyagawa E, Maede Y. Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. J Vet Med Sci. 1999 Mar;61(3):303-5. Abstract Rumen ciliate species and composition were surveyed on the native sheep, Friesian-cattle and dromedary (one-humped) camels kept in Libya. …
Original article English Ghenghesh KS, Abeid SS, Jaber MM, Ben-Taher SA. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alfateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999 Jul;22(3):175-9. Abstract Rectal swabs from 120 domestic dogs and 15 domestic cats were examined for Aeromonas species using alkaline peptone water (pH …
Isolation and haemolytic activity of Aeromonas species from domestic dogs and cats. Read More »
Original article English Giasuddin AS, Shembesh NM, el-Bargathy SM, Kashbur IM, Rao BN. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Br J Biomed Sci. 1998 Dec;55(4):253-7. Abstract This study characterised the levels of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG), cerebrospinal fluid IgG (CSF IgG) and IgG index as an aid to the diagnosis and prognosis …
Levels of serum immunoglobulin G, CSF IgG and IgG index in acute bacterial meningitis. Read More »
Original article English Khatri ML, Bemghazil M, Shafi M, Machina A. Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences and Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Int J Dermatol. 1999 Jul;38(7):520-4. Abstract BACKGROUND: A preliminary study of 24 cases of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) was presented in 1990 and later published in 1992. Since then …
Original article English Abdel-Gayoum AA, El-Jenjan KB, Ghwarsha KA. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Elbirka, Benghazi, Libya. Hum Exp Toxicol. 1999 Jul;18(7):454-9. Abstract The serum and hepatic lipid concentrations were investigated in rats made nephrotic with a single intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (6 mg kg(-1) b.wt.). The serum creatinine and urea …
Hyperlipidaemia in cisplatin-induced nephrotic rats. Read More »