Compliance with haemodialysis practice guidelines in Egypt

Evidence- and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for haemodialysis have recently been developed in Egypt. This study aimed to measure compliance with the guidelines in a sample of 16 government hospitals in Cairo and Giza governorates. Each haemodialysis unit was visited to assess the haemodialysis unit and patient care practices for all patients under dialysis at the time of the visit. The mean percentage compliance with haemodialysis guidelines among all study hospitals was 59.3% [SD 11.2%] overall. Within the 5 separate domains, compliance was: 58.8% [SD 12.4%] for personnel, 68.5% [SD 16.0%] for patient care practices, 61.3% [SD 15.4%] for infection prevention and control, 51.5% [SD 18.2%] for the facility and 56.5% [SD 7.1%] for documentation/ records. There were no statistically significant differences between Cairo and Giza governorates except for facility measures which were slightly better in Giza. Overall, compliance with the developed practice guidelines for haemodialysis in Egypt was not satisfactory and was not uniform across facilities

Molecular characterizaton of mycoplasma gallisepticum isolated from chicken and turkey

Mycoplasma gallisepticum [MG] infection in chicken and turkey is still one of the important reasons causing economic losses in poultry. The current study concerned with rapid detection and molecular characterization of MG isolates. The all samples positive by culture were positive by PCR and rt- PCR. Five isolated [four from chicken and one from turkey] were sequenced for mgc2 gene. The present molecular study proved that four wild-type MG strains. [Eis 3- C-10, Eis 4- C-10, Eis 5- C-10 were recovered from chicken and one [Eis 6-T-10] was recovered from turkey. While Eis 7-C-10 [vaccinal F-strain] was isolated from commercial layer flock vaccinated with F- strain vaccine. We concluded that mgc2 gene was able to distinguish between MG wild - type and vaccinal strains

Seasonal variation of infestation rate with lice, tick and mite among rodents in certain Egyptian regions

Four species of mites [Ornithonyssus bacoti, Haemolaelaps glusgowi, Echinolaelaps echinolelaps and Dermanyssus gallinae], two species of ticks [Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Hyalomma dromedarrii] and one species of lice [Polyplax spinulose] were identified on rodents during 4 successive seasons [2005] trapped in five governorates [Suez, Menoufia, Giza, Damietta and Beni-Sewaf]. The rodents were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, Rattus rattus frugivourus, Acomys cahirinus and Mus musculus Rodents in Suez were the highly ecto-parasites infested ones

Rodents as reservoir host of intestinal helminthes in different Egyptian agroecosystems

Hymenolepis diminuta were detected in rodents in all zones surveyed Governorates under studied [Suez, Menoufia, Giza, Damietta and Beni-Sewaf]. The highest infestation recorded at Suez and Demiatta Governorates. On the other hand, rodents at Menoufia and Beni-Sewaf showed there is no convincing evidence that they infested with H. diminuta. The existence of one species of nematode namely, Streptopharagus kuntzi were recorded at Suez, Giza and Demiatta Governorates only. While Menoufia and Beni-Sewaf Governorates showed no convincing evidence that, they infested with nematode. Worms were recovered from Norway rats. Data indicated that Rattus norvegicus were the most vulnerable species at infection with H. diminuta and Streptopharagus kuntzi. Summer is highly infested with nematode in comparison with other seasonal study

Evaluation of V-U Lengthening Plasty and Multiple-Strand Sutures Technique for the treatment of neglected achilles tendon rupture [small letter]

This work aimed to evaluate the results of repainting neglected Achilles tendon rupture in seven patients using the V-Y lengthening plasty and end to end or end to bone repair using the multiple-strand sutures technique. The average age of the patients was 44 years with five of them over weight by more than 10 kg compared to the average. The average period between the injury and repair was 14 weeks [range 10-21 weeks]. The average size of the gape was 6 cm [range 5-7.5 cm]. Three cases had got the tendon avulsed from the bone and four had tendon substance tears. The V-Y lengthening was performed in all of them and then the ends by four stand sutures were repaired. The patients were followed up for an average of 26 weeks [range 18-38 weeks]. The study achieved either excellent or good results with no fair or poor results and no serious complications or re-rupture of the tendon were reported. All the patients were able to return back to the pre-injury level of activity

Application of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline-4, s-dione as a novel reagent for development of latent fingerprints on paper

3-methyl- 1-phenyl- 2-pyrazoline- 4,5-dione is a new substance which has been prepared in the laboratory for detection of amino-acids. In this work, this substance of developing latent fingerprints on paper was used. It was compared with a well-known developer "ninhydrin" and was found to be the same as regard to sensitivity, clarity and contrast, whether the latent fingerprints were new or old, but the new substance is superior with regard to its preparation as it is easily prepared in the laboratory from available cheap substances i.e. it is economically better than ninhydrin