Biocontrol of chocolate spot disease () in faba bean using endophytic actinomycetes : a field study to compare application techniques.

Sustainable agriculture is needing economic applications for disease control. One possibility is offered by local medical plants. Endophytes of medical plants, such as actinomycetes sp.

Generic and functional diversity in endophytic actinomycetes from wild Compositae plant species at South Sinai - Egypt.

The diversity of culturable endophytic actinomycetes associated with wild Compositae plants is scantily explored. In this study, one hundred and thirty one endophytic actinobacteria were isolated from ten Compositae plant species collected from South Sinai in Egypt. Microscopic and chemotaxonomic investigation of the isolates indicated fourteen genera.

Efficacy and safety of deep sclerectomy in childhood glaucoma in Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of deep sclerectomy in childhood glaucoma.

Methods: A prospective cohort of 120 children presenting with glaucoma to King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH) was subjected to nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy surgery (NPDS). Eventually, 57 patients had macro perforation and converted to penetrating deep sclerectomy (PDS).

Lack of adverse effect of anti-tumor necrosis factor-α biologics in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: 5 years follow-up.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder affecting synovial joints and many other organs. Most patients seen in clinical settings have a progressive chronic disease, with radiographic damage, frequent work disability, incremental functional declines and increased mortality rates. The introduction of the biological drugs in treatment of RA has played an important role in prevention of destructive effects of the disease but may have serious adverse effects due to their powerful inhibition of the immune system.

The profile of glaucoma in a Tertiary Ophthalmic University Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: To report the pattern of glaucoma among Saudi patients who were presented to King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH).

Methods: All glaucoma or glaucoma suspect patients who were presented to KAUH from 2006 to 2008 were included; medical files of all patients were retrieved and evaluated through standardized international guidelines. Collected data included: age, sex, laterality, intraocular pressure, and cup/disk ratio.

Analysis of LOXL1 polymorphisms in a Saudi Arabian population with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) gene are associated with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEG) in the Saudi Arabian population.

Methods: The coding regions of LOXL1 were fully sequenced in 93 clinically diagnosed PEG patients and 101 healthy controls. Both groups were Saudi Arabs.

Characterisation of actinomycetes isolated from ancient stone and their potential for deterioration.

Actinomycetes have been isolated from decayed and sound stone samples taken from a tomb site at Tell Basta, Zagazig City, Egypt. A total of 160 isolates have been characterised. The numbers and distribution of actinomycetes were studied during different seasons; during the winter months (18-20 degrees C), actinomycete numbers ranged from 10(3) to 10(4) cfu/g; in the summer (28-38 degrees C) lower counts were recorded.