October 2013

Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women at Omdurman Maternity Hospital,Sudan.

This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) among pregnant women at Omdurman Maternity Hospital between the period January 2009 and June 2009. Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Omdurman Maternity Hospital; blood was taken from pregnant women that came for delivery and investigated for cytomegalovirus specific immunoglobin G (IgG) and immunoglobin M (IgM)...

Author(s): Khairi S. I., Intisar K. S., Enan K. H., Ishag M. Y., Baraa A. M. and Ali Y. H.

October 2013

Towards the development of rapid biofilm antibiotic sensitivity testing (BAST)

This study presents a modification of the antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST), which is a rapid means of determining the response of planktonic bacteria to different antimicrobial agents, for application to biofilms. Colony biofilm was first developed on a cellulose filter/membrane disc, over which an antibiotic disc was imposed. Zone of inhibition was measured after incubation on nutrient agar. Biofilms were not as...

Author(s): AL Quthami Khalid, Bassam O. AlJohny and Milton Wainwright