Hassanain Sahib, Abdulrahman M. Hasan Hadi Abstract: The study included collection of 40 samples from patients suffering chronic tonsillitis. Samples were taken from Al-Bayan University students. The patients' age was ranged from (18-25) years whose separated by gender 20 male and 20 female. Aims: to determine the Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of Lomefloxacin antibiotic against isolated bacteria from chronic tonsillitis patients and to determine the types of this isolated bacteria. Results: From 40 tonsil swab there were only four bacteria Streptococcuspyogenes and the other was Staphylococcus aureus. The MIC of Lomefloxacin against bacteria was at Concentration 100 ml/L when size of [...]

Braa A. Alshakir and Khawla H. Zghair ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe disease from all leishmaniasis forms and can be fatal without treatment. Miltefosine was the first oral drug approved in several countries for treatment of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Regional variations in susceptibility of Leishmania donovani clinical isolates have been recorded to sodium stibogluconate but not other antileishmanial drugs. This study investigates the viability of Leishmaniadonovani promastigotes using the colorimetric MTT assay and DNA integrity in vitro after exposed to different concentrations of miltefosine in comparison to untreated parasites. The results were expressed as inhibitory concentration IC50. The [...]

BASIM MOHAMMED ABDULMAJEED FAISAL ALI LATTEF AHMED SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMED Abstract: Based onour knowledge about the importance of some prognostic factors in breast cancers, a retrospective study on 101 Iraqi female patients was done, using the following parameters; patient’s age, tumor grade, hormones Estrogen receptor (Er.) status, and human epidermal growth factor receptor2 (Her2/neu) expression. A significant relationship between younger age group (< or = 35 years) and high grade tumors was detected. Significant number of those patients in the study had Er+ve tumors. No significant relationship has been found between Er-ve tumors and high grade histology. Most of postmenopausal women in [...]