Prevalence of hepatits C virus among blood donors

Seventy blood donors who attended the blood bank in AL-Hussein University Hospital in Cairo were participated in this study. They were subjected to full clinical examination, abdominal ultrasonography, biochemical, and serological investigations. In a trial to find out the prevalence of hepatitis G virus among the blood donors using the reversed transcriptase poly-merase chain reaction [Rt- PCR] and past history of detailed risk factors that make a significant correlation with HGV infection. We found that receiving blood transfusion, frequent blood donation, parentral drug injection, traditional circumcisson during childhood and using other's blades were statistically significant factors incriminated in the transmission of HGV. The prevalence of HGV infection among the blood donors was 18.6%

Colonoscopy versus double contrast barium enema in diagnosis of colitis

Thirty cases with clinical manifestations of colitis were chosen from the outpatients in tropical medicine and radiodiagnosis departments. They were 14 males and 16 females, their ages ranged from 15 to 65 years. All cases were subjected to complete clinical examination, double contrast barium enema and colonoscopy for some selected cases using the fiberoptic colonoscopy [14130]. The results of clinical examination revealed a variety of symptoms including diarthoea, bleeding per rectum, dysentery, flatulence and abdominal pain, some of them shows marked loss of weight. Double contrast barium enema revealed the prescence of ulcerative colilis in nine patients [30%], chronic colitis in eight patients [27%], normal radiological appearance in eleven patients [37%] with one patient having chron's disease and other having colonic polyp. Results of colonoscopy was in accordance with that of double contrast barium enema except in one case. Colonoscopy and biopsy taken revealed a specific pathology in some cases of chronic colitis which appeared normal by radiology

Combined metronidazole and cimetidine therapy in treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer

This study was performed on thirty patients with chronic active gasteroduodeual ulcer detected by using fibro-optic endoscope. They are divided mo 3 groups, each group composed of ten patients. The first group treated with metronidazole ina dose of 1 gm in four divided doses for three weeks, the second group were treated with cimetidine in a dose of 800 mg at bed time for three weeks, while the third group were treated with the above two regiemen. All patients were studied clinically with a special interest on symptomatology of gasteroduodeual ulcer, routine laboratory investigation including urine, stool examination and Hb%. Fiberoptic endoscopy was done before and immediately after completing the treatment. There were a significant improvement in clinical manifestation and endoscopic findings following treatment in both group I and II, while in group III, there were a highly significant improvement both clinically and endoscopically