Assessment of bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in external ocular infections among patients attending eye clinic at Kafrelsheikh University Hospitals.

Background: Ocular infections can harm the eye's anatomic structure on numerous levels. They are a global health issue. Endophthalmitis, a serious complication following cataract surgery, can result in substantial ocular morbidity and vision loss despite the administration of antibiotics.

PCSK9 and its relationship with HMGB1, TLR4, and TNFα in non-statin and statin-treated coronary artery disease patients.

Despite statin use in coronary artery disease (CAD), significant risk remains, potentially due to increased proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-type 9 (PCSK9) production, which raises LDL-C levels and induces inflammation. The exact relationship between PCSK9, inflammatory markers like TNFα, TLR4, CRP, and HMGB1, and monocyte subsets is poorly understood. This study aimed to explore these relationships in non-statin and statin-taking CAD patients.

The association of bacterial biofilm and middle ear mucosa in patients with mucosal chronic suppurative otitis media.

Objectives: To evaluate the bacterial biofilm's role in mucosal chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) utilizing scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Methods: This study involved 123 participating patients with active and inactive mucosal CSOM who underwent tympanomastoid surgery. SEM was used to examine middle ear mucosa biopsies for the development of biofilms.

Relation Between Interleukin-6, Interleukin-10 And Interleukin-2 Receptor And Mortality In Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients.

Objectives: To investigate the relation involving soluble interleukin-2 receptor, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 in hospitalised patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 infection.

Method: This single-centre cohort study was conducted at the Kafrelshiekh University Hospital, Egypt, from January to June 2022, and included all patients of either gender who were hospitalised with severe infection with the coronavirus disease-2019 isolation ward. Chemiluminescence immunoassay method was used to measure levels of procalcitonin, ferritin, soluble interleukin-2 receptor, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10.

Ascitic Fluid Calprotectin And Ratio Of Calprotectin To Total Protein In Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic role of ascitic fluid calprotectin and its ratio to total protein in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis cases.

Method: The prospective study was conducted at Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, from November 2019 to December 2020, and comprised cirrhotic patients of either gender with ascites. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis was performed for all patients and ascetic fluid calprotectin was measured.