Jabbar Salman

Al-Nahrain University · Medical Microbiology

Background: Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) have represented one of the most visible and effective classes of antiseptics and disinfectants substances that used in different parts of life including food production, water treatment and healthcare such as hospitals to prevent infections and intoxications. The increased use of disinfectants conta...

Since the first outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many infected people have developed a severe infection, which is usually a sequel of cytokine overproduction. The chemokine receptor, such as chemokine receptor 5, also denoted as (CCR5) has a role in the pathogenicity of COVID-19 disease. The ongoing research paper tried to assess the imp...

A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: The current study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of different types of bacteria in cheese samples. A total of 100 samples of white cheese were collected from different locally supermarkets. Plate Count Agar was used to determine the total Counts of the samples. Ten milliliters of th...

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Abstract: Background: Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. It is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that affects 2–4% of the general population. Psoriasis is clinically characterized by the appearance of erythematous, scaly, and well-defined skin plaques. Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are often categorized as superantig...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease)STD) with high incidence worldwide gonorrhea in women is largely undiagnosed, under-reported, and untreated. The goals of this study are determination the prevalence of Neisseria gnorrhoeae in women with endocervical infection in addition to determination the...

Background: Gonococcus is one of the virtually bacteria related to sexually transmitted diseases with high genetic variability, making it more prone to the acquisition of antibacterial resistance particularly to extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs). In the last years, the most prevalent ESBLs are of the CTX-M type. Aim: To investigate the occurre...

Salmonella is approved as a common foodborne pathogen, causing major health problems throughout the world particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Low-level fluoroquinolone resistance is conferred by both chromosomal and plasmid-encoded resistance, this research was carried out look into the occurrence rate of qnrA,qnrB and qnrS genes in S...

Keywords: ABSTRACT Brucella abortus, Brucellosis, Extended-spectrum β-lactamases genes, Zoonotic bacteria, Zoonosis. Brucellosis is a frequent infectious zoonosis over the world, intimidating both veterinary and human public health. The misuse and overuse of antibiotics in Iraq in the veterinary field is associated with the high rate of antibiotic...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease)STD) with high incidence worldwide gonorrhea in women is largely undiagnosed, under-reported, and untreated. The goals of this study are determination the prevalence of Neisseria gnorrhoeae in women with endocervical infection in addition to determination the...

The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains, identified as resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin, these two drugs form the backbone of the first line drug which is used for tuberculosis (TB) treatment, unresponsive has hampered TB control. As a result of the nearly universal calculation of with half a...

Covid 19 in hematological cancer patients can lead to a deterioration in the clinical course and a reduction in life expectancy leading high fatality rate. Vaccines developed against the causative virus may reduce the severity of the disease and a decline in mortality rate. This study aims to determine the impact of vaccination on the severity of C...

Conflict of interest (COI) in peer review journals is a serious issue that earn more attention than it currently receives. COI can influence reviewers' or editors' decisions in favor of or against a project. There is no universal description of COI in the medical and scientific world; it is generally defined as a set of situations, in which a major...

Salmonella is approved as a common foodborne pathogen, causing major health problems throughout the world particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Low-level fluoroquinolone resistance is conferred by both chromosomal and plasmid-encoded resistance, this research was carried out look into the occurrence rate of qnrA,qnrB and qnrS genes in Sa...

Introduction and Aim: Patients, who are positive for Coronavirus disease 2019 in association with bacterial co-infection may be more severe, the treatment is more problematic, and the treatment cycle is prolonged overall. This study aims to investigate bacterial blood stream infection in Coronavirus disease 2019 using 16S rRNA sequencing methods. M...

Background: Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection related to community has been enhanced through the world. One of the significant cytotoxins elaborated by a few strains of S. aureus is the Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL), coded by two genes, lukS-PV and lukF-PV which is element of toxin that created pores in the membranes...

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest and most dangerous diseases that humanity has faced, and scientists were able, through the discovery of many successful treatments, to neutralize its seriousness, but despite that, especially in poor countries, programs to control this disease did not succeed completely, and this led to the failure of most of the o...

Salmonella enterica serotypes is a Gram-negative, rod shape, flagellated and aerobic bacteria; it is posing a high risk to human health, particularly in low and middle income countries. Salmonella outer protein B (SopB) was found to interact with secretory pathway that important to provide the nutrients for Salmonella replication and also block the...

Acinetobacter baumannii is Gram-negative bacteria, non-motile, bacillus, pleomorphic and aerobic and opportunistic bacteria. It is considered red alert bacteria because it has wide antibiotic resistance Colistin stays the remaining resort amongst single-agent therapies often combined with other antimicrobial agents even though colistin associated o...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal multisystem genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern that affects children and young adults. Disintegration of the mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene in cystic fibrosis patients permit confirmation of the diagnosis of CF, enable genetic c...

Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is gram-negative bacterium, which causes Legionnaires’ disease as well as Pontiac fever. Objective To determine the frequency of Legionella pneumophila in pneumonic patients, to determine the clinical utility of diagnosing Legionella pneumonia by urinary antigen testing (LPUAT) in terms of sensitivity and spe...

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of leukemia in the Western world but it significantly less frequent in Asia. Infectious complications continue to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality in CLL patients. Indeed, they account for the leading cause of death in most series that ranged between 30 and 50%. The...

Ciprofloxacin comprise a medically effective and generally utilized class of broad-spectrum antibiotics; as a result of the intensive use of this type of therapy, bacteria have become resistant, lead to minimize the usage of such bactericides in field of management as well as treatment of microbial illness. Pseudomonas aeruginosa one of important p...

Background Neonatal Sepsis is a bacterial infection of the blood in a neonate and an infant younger than 4 weeks of age. The analytical profile index or API is a classification of bacteria based on experiments, allowing fast identification. This system is developed for quick identification of clinically relevant bacteria. Objective To identify the...

Background:The lifetime prevalence of kidney stone disease is estimated at 1-15%. The positive urine cultures can be obtained not only from Struvite stones, but also from calcium oxalate stones and also high levels of endotoxins are found both in infection stones (Struvite and carbonate apatite stones), and in non-infection stones. High concentrati...

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium most commonly associated with sexually transmitted diseases. In females, infection with this bacterium is well-documented as a cause of infertility. However, in males this effect is controversial. The aim of current study was to investigate the association of C. trachomatis in...

Blood Stream infection (BSI) is the major causes of morbidity and mortality in leukemic patients with neutropenic fever. Early diagnosis of bacteremia is a challenge to the clinician and the laboratory. There is growing attention in the use of procalcitonin (PCT) as a biomarker for rapid detection of bacteremia. To evaluate the diagnostic role of P...

Typhoid fever is an extreme multi-systemic infection, constitutional symptoms is a major findings with classic prolonged fever. The simplicity, sensitivity, specificity and cost effective of diagnostic test which will be used in diagnosis of typhoid fever in human carriers, would give a compelling apparatus in controlling and preventing typhoid. Th...

Background:Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infections are clinical problem, it is a difficult to treat because of high resistant to many antibiotics (Multi-drug resistant) and a high risk of emergence of resistance during therapy. Carbapenems are therapeutic choice against infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli including strains of P. ae...

Background: Neonatal sepsis is one of the main sources of morbidity and mortality in term and preterm infants. Bacterial infections are the causes of the vast majority of neonatal sepsis. Cronobacter sakazakii has been emerged as foodborne human pathogen and a causative agent for life-threatening bacterial infection in infants. Objective: To invest...

Background: HSV-2 is thought to account the majority of cases of neonatal herpes, which may cause severe complications in infected newborns.

Blood Stream infection (BSI) is the major causes of morbidity and mortality in leukemic patients with neutropenic fever. Early diagnosis of fungemia is a challenge to the clinician and the laboratory. There is a growing attention in the use of aβ-D-Glucan(βDG) biomarker for rapid detection of fungemia. To evaluate the diagnostic role of β-D-Glucan...

Neonatal Sepsis is a bacterial infection of the blood in a neonate and an infant younger than 4 weeks of age. Molecular methods may display usefulness due to the rapidity and the small sample volume required for analysis. These techniques, exhibitionist the presence of microbial DNA in the sample, which based on amplification or hybridization. The...

Background: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is an important cause of relapses in children with Nephrotic syndrome (NS) Objective: Study the prevalence of UTI and clinical presentation among group of children with NS. Study urinalysis and culture results, the causative microorganism and their sensitivity pattern to 15 types of Antibiotics Methods: A p...

We present a case of meningitis caused by Coccidioidisspp.in a 64 years old DM patient presented with fever, nausea, vomiting, and change in mental status CSF smear with lactophenol cotton blue,revealed a typical picture of Coccidioidis spp. This is a first case reported in Iraq.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is one of the most important causes for abortion in women. The immune responses have a role in the outcome of such infection in gestated women. Aim: The current study was designed to investigate the immune profile in aborted Iraqi women with toxoplasmosis. Materials and Methods: Fifty-five aborted women and 29 healthy cont...

Background: Neonatal sepsis stays one of the main sources of morbidity and mortality both among infant in ICU, in light of the planning of the disease neonatal sepsis has been categorized into early and late-onset sepsis, where the latter occurs after one week of life and is often more insidious in onset than the former. Objective: To detect the ra...

Herpes simplex viruses are large, enveloped virions with an icosahedral DNA viruses subclinical or symptomatic infection of genital system with herpes viruses have nonspecific signs and symptoms and many women will be acquired infection during pregnancy and shedding it from labia, cervix or both so the most cases of neonatal infection occur from pr...

Background: Bladder cancer (BC) one of the most common urologic cancer characterized by the highest recurrence rate, many types belong to BC, but most common of them worldwide are transitional cell carcinoma(TCC) which constitute about 90-95% cases, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinomasObjective: This study was designed to evaluate para...

Background: Bladder cancer (BC) one of the most common urologic cancer characterized by the highest recurrence rate, many types belong to BC, but most common of them worldwide are transitional cell carcinoma(TCC) which constitute about 90-95% cases, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinomas Objective: This study was designed to evaluate par...

Background: Cryptococcus neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis, is a common encapsulated fungus that can cause a scope of sicknesses. Inhalation of organisms is the standard course of the disease that may stay spread to the lungs or experience hematogenous disseminations and reach to any organ through the body. Objective: The goal of th...

Objectives Candida species has emerged as a potentially pathogenic fungus rather than benefit mucosal commensal in patients with pulmonary diseases. Therefore, our study was carried out to detect Candida species in sputum samples from patients with pulmonary diseases using conventional and molecular methods. Methods A total of 100 sputum samples ob...

Background: HSV-2 is thought to account the majority of cases of neonatal herpes, which may cause severe complications in infected newborns. Objective: This study was carried out to investigate the rate of HSV-2 infection in placental tissue of women with spontaneous abortion by conventional polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR). Materials and...

Background: In normal pregnancy around 30% of stromal cells in decidualised endometrium are leucocytes, lymphocyte subtypes may play a role in the pathogenesis of molar pregnancies. The aim of the study is to investigate the pattern of infiltrating lymphocytes in paraffin embedded tissue sections obtained from molar pregnancies. Material and Method...

Candida species was possible to cause pulmonary candidiasis, this infection commonly occurred in" immunocompromised patients. This study aimed to isolate and diagnose pulmonary candidiasis by using molecular method (Conventional PCR).

Abstract Context: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, comprising 23% of the 1.1 million female cancers that newly diagnosed each year. Aims: The aim is to investigate the existence of microsatellite instability (MSI) in breast cancer of patients. Settings and Design: Fifty female patients with invasive ductal breast carci...

Abstract Background Candida albicans (C. albicans) has emerged as a potentially pathogenic fungus rather than benefit mucosal commensal in patients with pulmonary diseases. Although respiratory candidiasis secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis has been reported in the past, it has gained more relevance recently due to increased use of broad spectrum...

Abstruct: Gonorrhea caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is one of the most common STIs and is a global health problem because of emerging antibiotic resistant strains that compromise the effectiveness of treatment. This study was carried out to determine the susceptibility and resistance of the most effective antibiotic to Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate...

Background: Noroviruses have been reported to be second to rotaviruses in causing severe childhood gastroenteritis, according to nucleotide sequence analysis of the polymerase or capsid regions, norovirus is classified at least into five genogroups GI–GV, each genogroup is further divided into distinct genotypes. GI, GII, and GIV have been found in...

Cryptosporidiosis is a clinical disease, usually presents as a gastro-enteritis-like syndrome, caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the Apicomplexan genus Cryptosporidium. Disease ranges in seriousness from mild to severe and signs and symptoms depend on the site of infection and nutritional and immune status of the host. This study was...

Syphilis is a chronic bacterial sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochaete called Treponema pallidum. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion or vertically. The present study was carried out to diagnosis the syphilis infection during pregnancy. In this study 400 pregnant women were enrolled over eleven months from March 2012 t...

Syphilis is a chronic bacterial sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochaete called Treponema pallidum. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion or vertically. The present study was carried out to diagnosis the syphilis infection during pregnancy. In this study 400 pregnant women were enrolled over eleven months from March 2012 t...

Background Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli is a subset of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli that can cause

This study was carried out to diagnosis the Toxoplasma lymphadenitis and to determine the role of IL-17 in this disease. A total of 45 lymph node tissue samples (paraffin block) were enrolled in this study. Three sections were made from the paraffin-embedded tissue blocks, one section for H&E staining. Two sections were processed by immunohistochem...

Background: there are different procedures for the diagnosis of females suspected with toxoplasmosis. However, time, cost, and accuracy of the test should meet patient’s needs. Material and methods: one hundred and eleven female with suspected toxoplasmosis were under go three different procedures for the diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection. L...