Publications by authors named "A Jeragh"
We sought to assess pre-vaccination and post-vaccination seroprevalences of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Kuwait and to compare antibody levels between vaccine types. In phase 1 (pre-vaccination period, = 19,363), blood samples were collected before the launch of COVID-19 vaccination in Kuwait between 1 September and 31 December 2020. Blood samples for phase 2 (post-vaccination period, = 4973) were collected between 1 September and 30 November 2021.
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- - The study examines the prevalence and types of candidemia (fungal bloodstream infections) in Kuwait during 2018, analyzing yeast isolates from major hospitals and their susceptibility to antifungal drugs.
- - Out of 313 yeast isolates, 239 were identified during 234 infection episodes, with nearly half of the patients in intensive care; mixed species infections and reinfections were noted among some patients.
- - Findings reveal alarming trends, including a high mortality rate (47%) in other yeast infections, high resistance rates to fluconazole, and an increase in certain Candida species, indicating a need for better resource allocation and infection management strategies.
Seroprevalence studies on measles, mumps, and rubella immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies after the implementation of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine are lacking in Kuwait. This study is an age-stratified serological study to assess the herd immunity to measles, mumps, and rubella among the young Kuwaiti population to evaluate the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine. IgG antibody titers to mumps, measles, and rubella were determined with commercial immune-assay in serum samples of 1000 Kuwaitis aged 5 to 20 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvasive pulmonary aspsergillosis (IPA) is a well-known disease typically affecting severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA has been described in a new group of patients such as those infected with influenza. In this report, we would like to present a case of pulmonary aspergillosis following influenza infection for the first time in Kuwait, and raise awareness about such unrecognized threatening co-infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanging trends in incidence and antifungal susceptibility patterns of six Candida species causing candidemia in Kuwait between 2006-2017 are reported. A total of 2075 isolates obtained from 1448 patients were analyzed. Identity of Candida species isolates was determined by phenotypic methods and confirmed by PCR amplification/PCR-sequencing of rDNA and/or MALDI-TOF MS.
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