The clinical value of peripheral immune cell counts in pancreatic cancer.

Background: Elevated neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is linked to poor overall survival (OS) in pancreatic cancer. We aim to investigate the association of the various hematologic markers, in particular NLR among others, with distant metastases, a common feature in pancreatic cancer.

Methods: Clinical data from 355 pancreatic cancer patients managed at King Hussein Cancer Center (Amman-Jordan) have been reviewed.

Extended Spectrum beta-Lactamases among Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates from Clinical Specimens in Three Major Hospitals in Northern Jordan.

Background and Objectives. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production is increasing all over the world, and organisms other than E. coli and K.

Comparison of clinical associations and laboratory abnormalities in children with moderate and severe dehydration.

Objectives: To search for possible early clinical associations and laboratory abnormalities in children with severe dehydration in northern Jordan.

Patients And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 251 children with acute gastroenteritis. Dehydration assessment was done following a known clinical scheme.

Seroprevalence of rubella among Jordanian women of childbearing age.

This study was conducted to assess immunity (seroprevalence) to rubella among Jordanian women of childbearing age. A multistage cluster sampling was used to recruit 1125 women of childbearing age (15-49 year) from the 12 Governorates of Jordan. Anti-rubella antibody titers were measured using enzyme-linked immunoassays.

Enteroviral meningitis in Northern Jordan: prevalence and association with clinical findings.

During the summer-autumn of 1999, 390 specimens of cerebrospinal fluid were taken from infants and children younger than 15 years of age. They were suspected of having meningitis and were admitted to Princess Rahma Hospital, Northern Jordan. They were investigated for the presence of enteroviruses using shell vial culture and indirect immunofluorescence assays.