Mervet A. Mshachal MSc, Thaanaa R. Abdulrahman PhD, Mahmoud S. Khudair FIBMS, Jabbar S. Hassan PhD   Abstract Background Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumanii) has recently emerged as a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections in patients admitted to intensive care units with a surprisingly rapid acquisition of antibiotic resistance. Objective To study the rate of occurrence of A. baumanii isolated from different clinical specimens and to study the rate of occurrence of multidrug resistance especially NDM-1 and qnrA genes. Methods A total of sixty-two (62) clinical isolates of A. baumanii were tested against 14 antibiotics by disc diffusion method. Minimum inhibitory concentration [...]

Assistant Lecturer Fathaa Abdulaah Mahmoud The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cryptococcal sonicated antigen and chitosan on the infection with this fungus which isolated from human skin lesions. In order to achieve  this goal, usage of  Cryptococcusneoformansisolate which was isolated from human skin lesion in order to prepare the sonicated antigen also  60 white mice from  both sexes, at average age 8-10 weeks were getted and divided randomly into 4 groups equally and treated as following: fifteen (15) mice were immunized with 0.5ml of WSC Ags (protein concentration14mg/ml )S/C two doses ,one week interval. fifteen (15) mice were [...]

Assistant Lecturer Adil A. Merza  Abstract: Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a key regulator of the actions of anabolic steroids. Chronic heart failure (HF) has been associated with anabolic steroid deficiency, The present study to assess the role of SHBG and sex hormones in patient with heart failure so as to it may be had importance for diagnostic and progression of heart failure.The study involved an 80 men (age range 45-69 years), 40 men had HF (i.e. left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <40%) and the other 40 men considered as the control group. The patients were selected from Ibn-Alnafis and Baghdad [...]

Prof. Dr. Khadim Abdulameer Al-Zaidy and Dr. Abbas Abdulameer Salman Abstract As common diseases are: diabetes, blood pressure, high cholesterol, kidney failure, and thyroid disease widely exist in the Iraqi societies, it is imperative for diverse population to update their medical knowledge base. The foundation of the research based on statistical data collection. A questionnaire study test for medical knowledge was depended on ages and jobs (educational backgrounds). The relationship between the age and the medical knowledge was investigated. The results indicate that there is a strong relationship between the medical knowledge and the age that whenever respondents ages were older, [...]