Seroprevalence of brucellosis in sheep and goats from Al Jufrah district in Libya.

Introduction: brucellosis is a global neglected zoonotic disease affecting mainly livestock, causing communicable and zoonotic infections. This study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence and determine epidemiological risk factors associated with Brucella infection in sheep and goats in Al Jufrah central district of Libya.

Methods: sera samples from 555 animals (goats (n=320) and sheep (n=235)) sheep) were obtained and subjected to the Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) then further confirmed by a validated Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Epidemiological manifestations and impact of healthcare-associated infections in Libyan national hospitals.

Background: Healthcare-associated infection is a serious global problem, particularly in developing countries. In North African countries, comprehensive research on the incidence and effects of such infections is rare. This study evaluated the epidemiology and determined the impact of healthcare-associated infections in Libyan national teaching hospitals.

The Impact of Armed Conflict on the Prevalence and Transmission Dynamics of HIV Infection in Libya.

The interrelationships between HIV/AIDS and armed conflict are a complex phenomenon, and studies are rarely devoted to this area of research. Libya is the second-largest country in Africa that has been evoked with war since the NATO intervention in 2011. The country has also experienced one of the largest HIV outbreaks associated with the Bulgarian nurse's saga.

Implication of COVID-19 on the mental health of Egyptian dermatologists: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Major epidemic outbreaks create an increased demand for healthcare workers (HCWs) and pose increased health risk and psychological distress to them as well.

Aim: The aim of this cross sectional study was to find out the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among Egyptian dermatologists and their possible predictor factors.

Patients/methods: A cross sectional study was designed and data were collected using structured self-administered online depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21).

The epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Libya during the ongoing-armed conflict.

COVID-19 can have even more dire consequences in countries with ongoing armed conflict. Libya, the second largest African country, has been involved in a major conflict since 2011. This study analyzed the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Libya, examined the impact of the armed conflict in Libya on the spread of the pandemic, and proposes strategies for dealing with the pandemic during this conflict.

Current problematic and emergence of carbapenemase-producing bacteria: a brief report from a Libyan hospital.

A collection of 94 Gram-negative bacteria isolates, showing different antimicrobial resistance phenotypes including to the carbapenem classes was investigated. Strains were originated form clinical sources from a single hospital in Tripoli, Libya during 2015 and were identified based on cultural and phenotypic characteristics, and fully characterized by the VITEK automated system. Forty-eight percent (48%) of the collection was identified as Acinetobacter baumannii, 50% Klebsiella pneumoniae and 2% Escherichia coli.

Prospective, randomized study to assess the role of dexmedetomidine in patients with supratentorial tumors undergoing craniotomy under general anaesthesia.

Background: Preliminary data on the perioperative use of dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing craniotomy for brain tumor under general anaesthesia indicate that the intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine is opioid-sparing, results in less need for antihypertensive medication, and may offer greater hemodynamic stability at incision and emergence. Dexmedetomidine, alpha 2 adrenoceptor agonist used as adjuvant to anaesthetic agents. Relatively recent studies have shown that dexmedetomidine is able to decrease circulating plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine concentration in approximately 50%, decreases brain blood flow by directly acting on post-synaptic alpha 2 receptors, decreases CSF pressure without ischemic suffering and effectively decrease brain metabolism and intracranial pressure and also, able to decrease injury caused by focal ischemia.

Prospective, randomized controlled study to assess the role of dexmedetomidine in patients with supratentorial tumors undergoing craniotomy under general anesthesia.

Background: Preliminary data on the perioperative use of dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing craniotomy for brain tumor under general anesthesia indicate that the intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine is opioid-sparing, results in less need for antihypertensive medication, and may offer greater hemodynamic stability at incision and emergence. Dexmedetomidine, alpha 2 adrenoceptor agonist, is used as adjuvant to anesthetic agents. Relatively recent studies have shown that dexmedetomidine is able to decrease circulating plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine concentration in approximately 50%, decreases brain blood flow by directly acting on post-synaptic alpha 2 receptors, decreases CSF pressure without ischemic suffering and effectively decreases brain metabolism and intracranial pressure and also, able to decrease injury caused by focal ischemia.

Psoas compartment block for acute postoperative pain management after hip surgery in pediatrics: a comparative study with caudal analgesia.

Background: Lower-limb peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics have gained much more popularity in the last few decades. Our purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative analgesic effects between psoas compartment block (PCB) and caudal block in small children undergoing open hip reduction/osteotomies.

Methods: Forty American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II children aged 1 to 6 years planned to undergo open hip reduction/osteotomies were administered general anesthesia and then randomly assigned to receive 1 of 2 regional anesthetics: caudal block (group C, n=20) or PCB (group P, n=20).

The electronic absorption spectra of some acyl azides molecular orbital treatment.

The electronic absorption spectra of benzoyl azide and its derivatives: p-methyl, p-methoxy, p-chloro and p-nitrobenzoyl azide were investigated in different solvents. The observed spectra differ basically from the electronic spectra of aryl azides or alkyl azides. Four intense pi-pi* transitions were observed in the accessible UV region of the spectrum of each of the studied compounds.