The preparedness and knowledge of pharmacists and general practitioners in managing human monkeypox: a highly spreading infectious disease.

Background: After the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of pharmacists was emphasized in the battle against highly spreading and infectious diseases like human Monkeypox (hMPV).

Aim: Assess the hMPV knowledge of the community, clinical pharmacists, and general practitioners (GPs) and raise their awareness about hMPV.

Methods: A web-based questionnaire was distributed randomly to Egyptian community pharmacists, clinical pharmacists, and GPs from all governorates.

Siwa Oasis groundwater quality: factors controlling spatial and temporal changes.

Siwa Oasis is of great historical, environmental, and scientific importance, as it contains unique archeological and geological features. Groundwater is the main source of freshwater in that oasis. The carbonate aquifer groundwater, used for irrigation, was sampled to evaluate factors controlling quality changes spatially and temporally by applying hydrochemical and statistical analyses.

Multivariate statistics explaining groundwater chemistry, Asyut, Egypt.

Groundwater is an important source for domestic and irrigation purposes in Asyut area. Water quality varied widely due to complex geochemical processes and pollution sources. Understanding the processes controlling groundwater chemistry is necessary to overcome related problems.

Salinization of groundwater during 20 years of agricultural irrigation, Luxor, Egypt.

Groundwater salinization is a global problem accounting for 11-30% of the world's irrigated areas. Luxor region in Upper Egypt is one of such areas affected by salinity. Multivariate statistics indicate that groundwater is affected by intermixed processes; mineralization (salinization), fertilization, domestic wastes, and meteoric recharge.

Shallow groundwater environmental investigation at northeastern Cairo, Egypt: quality and photo-treatment evaluation.

Groundwater represents the primary source of freshwater for more than 35% of world people, and its contamination became a worldwide challenge. Egypt is suffering from water quantity and quality, especially in desert areas. El Obour city and environs Northeast Cairo face waterlogging owing to the elevated-shallow groundwater table.

Chemical and bacterial quality monitoring of the Nile River water and associated health risks in Qena-Sohag sector, Egypt.

The River Nile is the primary source of freshwater for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes in Egypt. Thus, the water quality in this river concerns the health of local inhabitants. The present study reveals seasonal variations of various physicochemical and heavy metals parameters and microbial load of water at 15 sites from Qena to Sohag cities, Egypt.

Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to Prevotella bivia.

Prevotella bivia is an obligatory anaerobic, gram-negative rod, which often produces a detectable beta-lactamase. To date, there has been only 3 descriptions of septic arthritis secondary to this microorganism in a patients pre-existing sever joint disease like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or after joint prosthesis. We are reporting the first case of septic arthritis due to Prevotella bivia in a patient with no pre-existing joint symptoms.