College of Science

A Study on the Possible Involvement of Antibiotic Resistant Plasmids in Adherence of Uropathogenic E.coli to Uroepithelial Cells

200 urine samples were collected from patients expected to have urinary tract infection, 123 samples gave positive bacterial growth in culture. From positive cultures, (41) bacterial samples were identified as E.coli (33.3%).

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Cytogenetic and Immunological analyses of Down Syndrome Children and their Parents

          The present study was conducted to evaluate some cytogenetic and immunological parameters in Down syndrome (DS) children and their parents. Ten families with children of DS were selected; in addition five families with normal children were included as a control group. The cytogenetic parameters; blastogenic index (BI), mitotic index (MI), chromosomal aberrations (CA), micronucleus (MN), sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and replicative index (RI) were assessed in lymphocytes of cultured peripheral blood.

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Production and Characterization of Alginate Produced by the Locally Isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa

        A total of 37 samples were collected from different clinical cases (ear, blood, sputum, burns, cerebrospinal fluid and cystic fibrosis samples) and environments (water and soil samples)from different locations in Baghdad governorate. The total isolates obtained from these samples were 57 isolates,13 of them were identified as Pseudomonas spp. after detecting it's ability to grow on cetrimide agar. Biochemical tests were carried out  on these 13 isolates.

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