[Study of the prevalence of anti- chlamydia antibodies in myocardium infarction patients in Aleppo university hospital]

The present study was carried out on 80 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction [AMI] from intensive care unit of internal medicine department in Aleppo University Hospital and 20 healthy persons as control group, the prevalence of antibodies of Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG in AMI patients is 77.5% and 5%, the prevalence of antibodies of Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG in control group 60% and IgM is 0%. It may be a true relationship between Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin G [IgG] antibodies and acute myocardial infarction, because it is possible for Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin [IgG] and increased levels of Fibrinogen to play role as independent risk factors for acute myocardial infarction especially in male. Therefore we recommend performing Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin [IgG] and Fibrinogen Assays in acute myocardial infarction patient

[ study of the most important bacteria causing urinary tract infections by using bacterial typing device]

The present study was carried out on 175 person were hospitalized into Aleppo University Hospital for the diagnosis of UTI. Urine samples were been taken, and anti-biogram was been carried out. The percentage of the isolated organisms was as follows: Escherichia sp. [32%], Klebsiella sp. [22%], and Enterococcus sp. [14%], Staphylococcus sp. [10%], Pseudomonas sp. [7.5%], Streptococcus sp. [7.5%], and Proteus sp. [7%]. The study has identified the sub-types of bacteria, the results were as follows: - the most frequent sub-type of Escherichia was E. coli [86%]. - The most frequent sub-type of Klebsiella was K. pneumonia [85%]. - The most frequent sub-type of Enterococcus was E. aerogenes [62.5%]. The most frequent sub-type of Streptococcus was S. fecalis [62.5%]. - The most frequent sub-type of Proteus was P.mirabilis [58%]. - The most frequent sub-type of Staphylococcus was S. aureus [55.5%]. - The most frequent sub-type of Pseudomonas was P. aeruginosa-1 [53.8%]

Comparasion study for prostate specific antigen in normal males above 50 years age and patients with prostatic carcinoma by elecsys immunoassay system and immunochromatography methods

The present study was carried out on 180 men. 151 volunteers [age 50-85 years, mean 62.22 years; PSA concentrations 0.089 -108.6 mg/l, mean 4.7 mg/l] and 29 patients referred to the department of Urology in Aleppo University Hospital [age 53 -82 years, mean 64.24 years; PSA concentrations 3.65 - 153.1 mg/l, mean 29.12 mg/l]. The immunochroma to graphic tests were interpreted at 8 min Parallel serum samples were simultaneously collected and tested with an ordinary quantitative assay [Elecsys 2010, Roche]. Sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values of the test were 92.4, 99.1, 95.8 and 98.4%, respectively. PSA Rapid Screen is a rapid, simple and reproducible one-step test. The low cost and the speed of the test make it a powerful and convenient tool for prostate cancer screening programmes