Publications by authors named "Rabei M Elbadry"
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- * Tests conducted included complete blood count, G6PD assay, and the NESTROF test, revealing that 21.7% of donors had hemoglobinopathies, particularly β-thalassemia trait and α-thalassemia trait.
- * The research highlighted the effectiveness of specific screening tools, showing that the NESTROF test and certain RBC indices had a sensitivity rate of 100% for identifying β-thalassemia trait, underlining the need for improved blood screening programs in Yemen
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- Ear infections, particularly otitis media (OM) and otitis externa (OE), can lead to serious complications and hearing loss, with this study analyzing the pathogens involved in these infections in patients at King Fahad Hospital in Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to June 2023.
- Among the 307 patients studied, 81.1% had detectable infections, predominantly bacterial (58%), followed by fungal (23.1%), and a notable number of cases (33%) were caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
- The majority of OM cases were found in children, while OE was more variable in pathogen identification, highlighting that bacterial infections were the primary cause in OM, whereas fungi were more
