Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a systemic metabolic disorder, Diabetic nephropathy (DN), is a common cause of end stage renal disease worldwide. Cystatin C has been identified as a new, promising, and easily measurable marker for detecting mild decrease in GFR with highly specificity and sensitivity. Study aims to evaluate serum cystatin C among type 2 DM during a period of March-August 2015 in Khartoum state. A hundred and twenty subjects classified as 60 healthy apparently as control g...
ABSTRACT The stethoscope; a universal tool of medical profession is often used on multiple patients and it’s an additional possible vector of infection as they touch many patients. This study was done to assess antibiotics susceptibility of bacteria isolated from stethoscopes in Khartoum hospitals. The study was conducted during the period from April and July 2014. Bacterial isolates were obtained from the Research Laboratory of Sudan University of Science and Technology. Purity of the iso...
Abstract Skin tag is one of the most common skin disorders that affect different populations and it associate with atherogenic lipid profile, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and atherosclerosis. This case control study was done in Khartoum state during March to December 2017 among Sudanese females with skin tags to evaluate the relationship between skin tags and lipids. Eighty Sudanese females were included in this study (40 with skin tags were selected as test group and 40 wi...
Abstract Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder which affects 5–15% of the general population, depending on the ethnicity and the applied classification system, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age It is characterized by polycystic ovaries, oligo-amenorrhea, and hyperandrogenism. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess testosterone, HDL-c and LDL-c in patients with polycystic ovary syn...
Abstract This was an analytical case control study conducted in Military Hospital Omdurman aimed to measure the changes in platelet count and platelet indices (PDW, MPV, and P-LCR) in Sudanese patients with hypertension. Platelet counts and indices are potentially useful markers for Platelet activation and in early diagnosis of thromboembolic diseases and play a critical role in the pathophysiology of thrombotic events, myocardial infarction and peripheral vascular disease. The study w...
ABSTRACT Chlamydia trachomatis is recognized as one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogen in the world, most infected female are asymptomatic. These untreated women are at risk of developing chronic sequelae leading to tubal pathology causing infertility. The aim of this study to detect the anti-Chlamydia trachomatis IgG among infertile women with blocked Fallopian tube and pregnant women and to determine the associatation between Chlamydia trachomatis and tubal blockage. S...
Abstract This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Iskan medical center and Elgref garb ultrasound departments in Khartoum state Sudan during the period from September to December 2018. The aims of the study are to find the underlying causes of epigastric pain .The study evaluated the epigastric pain using the standard abdominal ultrasound scan including gall bladder, liver, pancreas and spleen to determine the findings that may cause epigastric pain, as well as to assess mos...
Abstract Celiac disease is one of the most common lifelong disorders. It is genetic autoimmune disorder occur when the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. Vitamin B12 malabsorption are common in celiac disease as the proximal small intestine is predominantly affected. We aimed to study serum vitamin B12 levels in celiac disease patients. This was a cross sectional study, conducted, to estimate the serum levels of vitamin B12 among 40 Sudanese patients with celiac dise...
Abstract Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common medical complication of pregnancy. It is associated with maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Fibrinogen level has been the intensive study in latest years. In addition, there is an association mentioned in previous records between fibrinogen level and newborn metabolic diseases, liver disorders and some cancers. Objectives: To evaluate and estimate fibrinogen level in newborn cord blood of gestational diabe...
Abstract Quality is an important issue in medical laboratories, it leads to right and trusted results, which will guide the doctor and patient to the right treatment without wasting time and money, and then it will lead to healthy individuals and communities. In this study, we assessed the quality measures in eleven microbiology laboratories in Khartoum State hospitals by applying the standard clauses of ISO 15189 and checking the reproducibility of these laboratories by using three NC...
Abstract Background: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common condition estimated to affect around 100000 patients each year in the UK.. it is associated with increased mortality in some thrombotic disorders . Objectives: This study conducted to assess the serum uric acid, and albumin in DVT patients. Methods: This was case control study based on 50 DVT patients as cases, and 50 apparently healthy individuals as controls (age and gender were matched between two groups) Blood sample was taken...
Abstract This study is an experimental intervention study aimed to study the effect of the consumption of green tea on pro thrombin time level among apparently healthy Sudanese volunteers. A total of 40 healthy Sudanese volunteers participate, aged between 20-45 years, twenty-one of them were females and nineteen were males. Each subject recruited into the study instructed to consume steamed green tea for one month (two cups per day). Two and half milliliter (ml) of venous blood was collecte...
ABSTRACT This is a across sectional study, aimed to identify the aerobic bacterial pathogens associated with diabetic wounds in Khartoum State and testing the antimicrobial susceptibility of the most commonly used antibiotics in treatment of wound diabetic person comparison with the activity of plant extract, in the period between February to August, 2016.Fifty wound swab samples were collected and cultured in MacConkey and Blood agar medium. After identification, the isolates were su...
Abstracts Background Thrombin is the central protease in the cascade of blood coagulation and having many biologically important functions such as the activation of platelets, conversion of fibrinogen to a fibrin network, and feedback amplification of coagulation. Objective This study aimed to examine the effect of the consumption of green tea(Camellia sinensis) on thrombin time level among healthy adult Sudanese volunteers. Materials and Methods Forty (40) healthy adult volunteers in thi...
Abstract This is an analytical case control study, conducted during the period from July to November in Best Care Hospital. The study aimed to evaluate prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time and platelets count among patients with diabetes type II. Thirty samples were collected from 12 males and 18 females their age range between 30—80 and a means of 51 years, and diabetic duration from 1—30 years. The patients were divided into diab...