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Case report English Piro S, Sammud M, Badi S, Al Ssabi L. Infectious Diseases Division, Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. silvpiro@liberto.it J Hosp Infect. 2001 Feb;47(2):156-8. Abstract We describe two cases of malaria occurring in a malaria-free zone in two in-patients, two weeks after a case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, acquired in Burkina Faso, had …

Hospital-acquired malaria transmitted by contaminated gloves. Read More »

Original article English Rao KR, Kauser F, Srinivas S, Zanetti S, Sechi LA, Ahmed N, Hasnain SE. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500 076, India. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):5978-82. Abstract Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, has lost many coding and noncoding regions in its genome during the course of evolution. …

Analysis of genomic downsizing on the basis of region-of-difference polymorphism profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis patient isolates reveals geographic partitioning. Read More »

Review English Sadjjadi SM. Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, P.O. Box 71345-1735, Iran. parasito@sums.ac.ir Parasitol Int. 2006;55 Suppl:S197-202. Abstract Echinococcosis is one of the major zoonotic parasitic diseases in the Middle East and Arabic North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. Both cystic and alveolar echinococcosis has …

Present situation of echinococcosis in the Middle East and Arabic North Africa. Read More »

Case report English Otman SG, Abdelhamid NI Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. sulimangh@hotmail.com Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2005 Nov-Dec;71(6):426-7. Abstract A thirty six year-old African man, born in the Southern part of Libya, presented with congenital deafness and white forelock, variable-sized hypopigmented, depigmented patches and hyperpigmented islands within …

Waardenburg syndrome type 2 in an African patient. Read More »

Original article English Elgderi RM, Ghenghesh KS, Berbash N Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Al-Fateh University, P.O. Box 13537, Tripoli, Libya. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2006 Jan;100(1):55-62. Abstract Using standard bacteriological procedures, 403 cockroaches (Blattella germanica) collected in Tripoli, from hospitals or the households surrounding the hospitals, were examined for bacteria that are potentially …

Carriage by the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) of multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans, in hospitals and households in Tripoli, Libya. Read More »

Original article English Duweb G, Alhaddar J, Elsherif B, Eljehawi N, Makhlouf H. Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. gamal_a_duweb@yahoo.co.uk Drugs Exp Clin Res. 2005;31(5-6):175-9. Abstract Of 17 patients (10 men and 7 women) with psoriasis vulgaris, aged between 12 and 59 years, included in this study, 4 patients were excluded (3 …

Calcipotriol-betamethasone ointment versus calcipotriol ointment in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. Read More »

Original article English El-Mistiri M, El-Mangush M, El-Sahli N, El-Hamri F, Habil S, Bugrara F, Azzuz R, Attia A, El-Katib A, Hammad S El Jamahiriya, Hopital Benghazi, Libya. Tunis Med. : 2005 Dec;83 Suppl 12:18-9. Abstract Keywords: Incidence,Neoplasms,Libya,Cancer Link/DOI:

Original article English El-Ghodban A, Ghenghesh KS, Marialigeti K, Esahli H, Tawil A Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Etovos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. J Med Microbiol. 2006 Feb;55(Pt 2):179-82. Abstract Sixty-three Staphylococcus aureus strains (40 from clinical sources and 23 from food sources) were examined for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) using PCR, phage …

PCR detection of toxic shock syndrome toxin of Staphylococcus aureus from Tripoli, Libya. Read More »

Original article English Duweb G, Alhaddar J, Abuhamida M Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. gamal_a_duweb@yahoo.co.uk Int J Tissue React. 2005;27(4):155-8. Abstract The cause of psoriasis is still unknown. It occurs with equal frequency in both sexes. In many patients topical application alone will suffice to keep psoriasis under control. Vitamin D3 …

Psoriasis vulgaris: once-versus twice-daily application of calcipotriol cream. Read More »

Original article English Babu DS, Garyam M. J Commun Dis. 1980 Jun;12(2):93-4. Abstract Keywords: Prevalence of intestinal parasites in the Indian community in Libya. Link/DOI: