Publications by authors named "Elias Fadel"
Herein, we aimed to investigate the antifungal susceptibility pattern of Candida auris clinical strains in our setting Bahrain Oncology Center-King Hamad University Hospital-Bahrain. C. auris strains isolated from different clinical specimens in the Microbiology Laboratory from October-2021 to November-2022 were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Herein, it is aimed to present the decolonizing rates of Candida auris colonized cases after daily bathing with 4% chlorhexidine plus daily cleaning with 4% chlorhexidine wipe for 1 week (will be mentioned as DCHX).
Methods: The study period was from October, 2021, to November, 2022. Inclusion criteria were (i) age > 18, (ii) receiving DCHX, (iii) proven C.
Article Synopsis
- * A study used next-generation sequencing (NGS) to analyze 180 cancer-related genes in 54 Bahraini women with a family or personal history of breast cancer, finding germline variants in over half of the patients.
- * The research identified several pathogenic variants, including notable ones in BRCA1 and other non-BRCA genes, emphasizing the need for further studies on low-penetrance genes and improving our understanding of breast cancer genetics in Bahrain.
Objectives: Bacteraemia during the course of neutropenia is often fatal. We aimed to identify factors predicting mortality to have an insight into better clinical management.
Methods: The study has a prospective, observational design using pooled data from febrile neutropenia patients with bacteraemia in 41 centres in 16 countries.
Background: Despite the availability of new potent medical therapies, the rate of progression of angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) is not well described. The aim of this analysis is to describe the rate and predictors of progression of CAD among patients with recurrent symptoms.
Materials And Methods: We reviewed 259 patients (mean age 61 ± 11 years, 70% males) who underwent two coronary angiograms between 2008 and 2013.
Background: The objective of this study was to identify breast cancer patients with a high risk of developing brain metastases who may benefit from pre-emptive medical intervention.
Methods: Medical records of 352 breast cancer patients with local or locoregional disease at diagnosis were retrospectively analysed. The brain metastasis-free survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and patient groups were compared using the log rank test.
Objective: To devise a new and simple technique to help select normal embryos that are human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched to their affected siblings for diseases, such as beta-thalassemia or sickle cell anemia, which are common in this part of the world.
Methods: This study was conducted between March 2008 and April 2011 at the preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Laboratory, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Embryos were obtained after 7 in vitro fertilization preimplantation genetic diagnosis (IVF-PGD) cycles.
Background. This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of prognostic factors on the locoregional failure-free survival of early breast cancer patients. Methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To describe the molecular spectrum of alpha-thalassemia molecular defects in a population sample of Saudi Arabian patients from the eastern province.
Methods: DNA was extracted from 41 patients suffering from microcytic, hypochromic anemia. We screened the alpha-globin gene for deletional and nondeletional mutations.