This study included isolation and identification of Streptococcus spp. from X-ray exposed patients and healthy persons. From a total of (144) throat samples, (122) swabs obtained from X-ray exposed patients and (20) swabs from healthy persons.
The study aimed to determine the most effective diagnostic method for detecting the most prevalent causative agents of microbial keratitis and selecting the most effective probiotic microorganism for the treatment of the causatives. For this purpose (52) corneal scraping samples were taken from patients of microbial keratitis referred to Ibn Al-Haetham Eye Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. Results showed that 22 (78.57%) of these samples were positive for bacterial occurrence and 6 (21.42%) were positive for fungal occurrence after culturing on the related selective media.
The study was conducted to assess the role of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium as a causative pathogen in hospitalized diarrhoeal patients younger than five years old, extract and purify endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) from isolated and identified Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, determine the role of LPS-liposome conjugate as a potential vaccine against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in albino male mice, and finally evaluate humoral and cellular immune responses (total and absolute counts of leukocytes, phagocytosis, Arthus reaction
