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Amer FA, Nofal HA, Gebriel MG, Bedawy AM, Allam AA, Khalil HES, Elahmady M, Nofal H, Saeed MA, Shaltout SW, Behiry A, Attia O, Bahgat SM, Ali AA, Ahmed FM, Abdelrahman AM, Hammad NM. Grasping knowledge, attitude, and perception towards monkeypox among healthcare workers and medical students: an Egyptian cross-sectional study. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1339352. [PMID: 38410721 PMCID: PMC10895011 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1339352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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Background Monkeypox (Mpox) is a re-emerging infectious disease representing a new global challenge. It poses a substantial threat to countries, particularly those with a low number of cases. Due to its popularity as a tourist destination and its proximity to many African refugees, Egypt is potentially at risk of Mpox importation. Therefore, effective disease management necessitates healthcare workers (HCWs) to possess adept knowledge, along with a positive attitude and behavior. The study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception of Egyptian HCWs and medical students towards human Mpox. Methods The present cross-sectional study data was collected from participants between October and December 2022 via a questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised 31 questions in the knowledge section, 11 questions in the attitude section, and 14 in the perception section. Results The present study involved a total of 1,034 HCWs and medical students. It was found that 55.3% of the participants demonstrated adequate knowledge about Mpox, whereas 44.5% and 39.8% of the respondents exhibited favorable attitudes and perceptions towards the disease, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that adequate knowledge was significantly observed in ages older than 40 years (p < 0.001), married participants (p < 0.001), and doctors (p < 0.001). The positive attitude was significantly observed among the male sex (p = 0.045), urban residents (p = 0.002), and nurses (p = 0.002). Conversely, married participants (p = 0.013), doctors (p < 0.001), and individuals employed in pharmacy and laboratory departments (p < 0.001) experienced an increase in positive perception. Conclusion Knowledge, attitude, and perception towards Mpox among Egyptian HCWs and medical students exhibit suboptimal levels. Addressing these gaps is crucial to controlling and effectively preventing disease transmission.
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- Fatma A. Amer
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Viral Infection Working Group of International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (VIWG/ISAC), London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Microbiology and Immunology, Qatar Armed Forces Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Microbiology, Al Ahli Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Viral Infection Working Group of International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (VIWG/ISAC), London, United Kingdom
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Viral Infection Working Group of International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (VIWG/ISAC), London, United Kingdom
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Bonilla-Aldana DK, Ruiz-Saenz J, Martinez-Gutierrez M, Villamil-Gomez W, Mantilla-Meluk H, Arrieta G, León-Figueroa DA, Benites-Zapata V, Barboza JJ, Muñoz-Del-Carpio-Toia A, Franco OH, Cabrera M, Sah R, Al-Tawfiq JA, Memish ZA, Amer FA, Suárez JA, Henao-Martinez AF, Franco-Paredes C, Zumla A, Rodriguez-Morales AJ. Zero by 2030 and OneHealth: The multidisciplinary challenges of rabies control and elimination. Travel Med Infect Dis 2023; 51:102509. [PMID: 36435448 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana
- Research Unit, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru; Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología (ACIN), Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología (ACIN), Bogotá, DC, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias Animales-GRICA, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología (ACIN), Bogotá, DC, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Microbiología Veterinaria, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología (ACIN), Bogotá, DC, Colombia; Secretaría de Salud de Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- Colección de Mastozoología y Centro de Estudios de Alta Montaña, Universidad del Quindío, Carrera 15 Calle 12N, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
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- Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología ACIN, Bogotá, DC, Colombia; Universidad de Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas del Trópico, Clínica Salud Social Sincelejo, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe: CECAR, Sucre, Colombia
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- Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Peru; Unidad de Revisiones Sistemáticas y Meta-Análisis, Tau-Relaped Group, Trujillo, Peru
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- Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru
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- Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule CIEAM, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, 3480094, Chile; Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, 3480094, Chile
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- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal; Research Scholar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Dr. D.Y Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Specialty Internal Medicine and Quality Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt; Chair of Viral Infection Working Group, and Executive Committee Member, International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy VIWG/ISAC, Egypt
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- Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Investigator 1 of the SNI, Senacyt, Panama City, Panama
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B168, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Committee of Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicine, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología ACIN, Bogotá, DC, Colombia; Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, 4861, Peru; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas - Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, 660003, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Editor-in-Chief, Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
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Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Amer FA. Monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary people: uncommon or neglected? Lancet 2022; 400:1903-1905. [PMID: 36463895 PMCID: PMC9714976 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)02396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales
- Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas-Institución Universitaria Vision de las Americas, Pereira 660003, Colombia; Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú; Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt; Viral Infection Working Group, International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Zagazig, Egypt
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Sah R, Reda A, Abdelaal A, Mohanty A, Siddiq A, Alshahrani NZ, Amer FA, Rodriguez-Morales AJ. A potential monkeypox pandemic: are we making the same mistakes as COVID-19? New Microbes New Infect 2022; 49:101030. [PMID: 36123971 PMCID: PMC9473140 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2022.101030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Ranjit Sah
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Corresponding author. Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Clinical Research (Harvard Medical School), Global Clinical Scholars Research Training (Harvard Medical School), 44600, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de Las Americas, Pereira 660003, Colombia
- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru
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Sah R, Alshahrani NZ, Shah P, Mohanty A, Rouniyar R, Shah S, Padhi BK, Amer FA, Mayta-Tristan P, Rodriguez-Morales AJ. FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar: Mitigating the risk of imported infections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox outbreak and other emerging diseases. Travel Med Infect Dis 2022; 50:102450. [PMID: 36084882 PMCID: PMC9444849 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Ranjit Sah
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal; Research Scholar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India
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- Nepalese Army Institute of Health Science-College of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Chair of Viral Infection Working Group, International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (VIWG/ISAC), Zagazig, Egypt
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- Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, 4861, Peru
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- Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, 4861, Peru; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, 660003, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Latin American Networks on Monkeypox Virus Research (LAMOVI), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
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Amer FA, Hammad NM, Wegdan AA, ElBadawy NE, Pagliano P, Rodríguez-Morales AJ. Growing shreds of evidence for monkeypox to be a sexually transmitted infection. Infez Med 2022; 30:323-327. [PMID: 36148175 PMCID: PMC9448319 DOI: 10.53854/liim-3003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Fatma A. Amer
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt
- Viral Infection Working Group/International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt
- Viral Infection Working Group/International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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- Viral Infection Working Group/International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt
- Viral Infection Working Group/International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira 660001, Risaralda, Colombia
- Program of Master in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 150142, Peru
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Hammad NM, Saeed MA, Shaltout SW, Nofal HA, Nafae RM, Arslan K, Tanoglu A, Nechifor M, Luca C, Al-kadhim ZHA, Mosallem A, Amer FA. RT- PCR testing of upper respiratory tract samples for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2: Between justification and overestimation, a multi-center international study. Travel Med Infect Dis 2022; 48:102334. [PMID: 35470069 PMCID: PMC9023367 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Background It has been found that patients recovered from COVID 19 may still test Reverse Transcriptase- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT- PCR) positive without being infectious; the reasons are unclear. The occurrence of false-negative results of RT- PCR interferes with a proper diagnosis. The objectives of that work were to determine factors associated with persistently detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA among recovered hospitalized patients and to determine the incidence of false-negative RT-PCR results and associated factors. Methods Relevant data were collected from 482 COVID 19 patients hospitalized in six referral centers from four countries. Results The median duration of RT- PCR conversion to negative was 20 days. Out of 482 studied patients, 8.7% tested positive after more than four weeks and were considered prolonged convertors. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed headache as an independent risk factor for short conversion time while fever, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lymphopenia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the number of lobes affected, and bilateralism were found to be independent risk factors for prolonged positivity. Eighteen patients had initial negative results then turned positive after 24–48 h. Associated factors and outcomes were identified. Conclusion Identifying patients with a high likelihood of COVID-19 despite a negative RT-PCR is critical for effective clinical care. However, patient isolation resumption depending on positive RT-PCR despite clinical and radiological recovery is an overrating that greatly burdens the health sector.
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Tash RME, Wegdan AA, Amer FA, Bassyouni RHA, Botros JM. Pattern of anaesthetic equipment contamination and infection prevention in anaesthesia practice at university hospitals. Indian J Anaesth 2018; 62:786-792. [PMID: 30443062 PMCID: PMC6190425 DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_41_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Infection control is essential in anaesthetic practice for both personnel and equipment used. This study aims to evaluate knowledge of anaesthesiologists about infection control practices and to detect the pattern of anaesthetic devices contamination. METHODS Cross-sectional observational study at two university hospitals was done. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 80 anaesthesiologists and 90 nursing staff. Forty-four samples were taken from rigid laryngoscopes (22 pairs from handle and blade) for detection of bacterial or fungal contamination. Same laryngoscopes were tested for occult blood. RESULTS The response rate among the physicians was 72% while for nurses 94.4%. The responses were variable reflecting lack of adequate knowledge and unsatisfactory compliance to infection control practices. Tested samples showed no fungal growth. Fourteen (31.8%) samples were negative for bacteriological contamination and 5/44 (11.4%) showed gram-positive bacilli; gram-positive cocci were isolated from 12 samples (27.3%) where Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively, shared 18.2% and 9.1% of the total samples. Gram-negative bacilli were isolated from 13 samples (29.5%), of which Klebsiella spp. were most frequent (11.4%). Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii were isolated from 6.8% each. Citerobacter spp. was isolated from 4.5%. Occult blood was found in 45.5% of samples. CONCLUSION The current study showed contamination of ready-to-use laryngoscopes in operative theatres and ICUs.
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- Rehab M Elsaid Tash
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
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Yousif MM, Elsadek Fakhr A, Morad EA, Kelani H, Hamed EF, Elsadek HM, Zahran MH, Fahmy Afify A, Ismail WA, Elagrody AI, Ibrahim NF, Amer FA, Zaki AM, Sadek AMEM, Shendi AM, Emad G, Farrag HA. Prevalence of occult hepatitis C virus infection in patients who achieved sustained virologic response to direct-acting antiviral agents. Infez Med 2018; 26:237-243. [PMID: 30246766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The reappearance of HCV infection months or years after sustained virologic response (SVR) may be due to the persistence of HCV in tissue cells in spite of being undetected in serum. This situation is known as occult hepatitis C infection (OCI). We aimed to assess the prevalence of OCI in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) who achieved SVR after treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA). We carried out a cross-sectional study at the Advanced Center for Liver Diseases of Zagazig University Hospitals and Al-Ahrar Viral Hepatitis Treatment Center, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. One hundred and fifty adult patients with CHC, who achieved SVR 12-24 weeks after end of treatment with sofosbuvir/daclatasvir ± ribavirin (139 patients, 92.67%), sofosbuvir/ledipasvir ± ribavirin (eight patients, 5.33%), sofosbuvir/simeprevir (two patients, 1.33%), and ombitasvir/ paritaprevir/ritonavir + ribavirin (one patient, 0.67%), according to the Egyptian National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis, were included in the study. We tested these patients for HCV RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) immediately after confirmation of SVR12-24 weeks. Statistical analysis was performed by means of the Shapiro-Wilk test, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test. Seventeen patients (11.33%) were positive for PBMNCs HCV RNA. The prevalence of OCI was highest in patients treated with simeprevir/sofosbuvir (2/2 patients). There is a substantially high prevalence of OCI after treatment with DAAs. We recommend dual testing for HCV RNA in both serum and PBMCs at the end of treatment of HCV infection with DAAs and during validation of the SVR following the initial response.
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- Monkez M Yousif
- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Al-Ahrar Educational Hospital, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
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Malek MM, Amer FA, Allam AA, El-Sokkary RH, Gheith T, Arafa MA. Occurrence of classes I and II integrons in Enterobacteriaceae collected from Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:601. [PMID: 26157425 PMCID: PMC4477160 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Integrons are genetic units characterized by the ability to capture and incorporate gene cassettes, thus can contribute to the emergence and transfer of antibiotic resistance. The objectives of this study were: (1) to investigate the presence and distribution of class I and class II integrons and the characteristics of the gene cassettes they carry in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from nosocomial infections at Zagzig University Hospital in Egypt, (2) to determine their impact on resistance, and (3) to identify risk factors for the existence of integrons. Relevant samples and full clinical history were collected from 118 inpatients. Samples were processed; isolated microbes were identified and tested for antibiotic susceptibilities. Integrons were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and were characterized into class I or II by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Integron-positive isolates were subjected to another PCR to detect gene cassette, followed by gene cassette sequencing. Risk factors were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Seventy-six Enterobacteriaceae isolates were recognized, 41 of them (53.9%) were integron-positive; 39 strains carried class I and 2 strains carried class II integrons. Integrons had gene cassettes encoding different combinations and types of resistance determinants. Interestingly, blaOXA129 gene was found and ereA gene was carried on class I integrons. The same determinants were carried within isolates of the same species as well as isolates of different species. The presence of integrons was significantly associated with multidrug resistance (MDR). No risk factors were associated for integron carriage. We conclude that integrons carrying gene cassettes encoding antibiotic resistance are significantly present among Enterobacteriaceae causing nosocomial infection in our hospital. Risk factors for acquisition remain to be identified.
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- Mai M. Malek
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityCairo, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityCairo, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityCairo, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityCairo, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityCairo, Egypt
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- Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityZagazig, Egypt
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Amer FA, Mohtady HA, el-Behedy IM, Khalil S, el-Hendy YA, el-Gindy EA, Salem HE. Bacteria of Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections at a University Hospital in Egypt: Identification and Associated Risk Factors. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; 25:895-7. [PMID: 15566017 DOI: 10.1086/503490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Metwally MA, Abdel-Latif E, Amer FA. Synthesis of some new phenylthiocarbamoyl 2-pyrazolin-5-ones of pharmaceutical interest. Boll Chim Farm 2000; 139:213-6. [PMID: 11213440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Thiocarbamoylation reaction of 3-methyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (1a) with two equivalents of PhNCS, resulted in the formation of 1,4-di(alpha-phenylthiocarbamoyl)-3-methylpyrazolone 3, which underwent cleavage of the thiocarbamoyl group at position 4 when coupled with aromatic diazonium salts affording 4-arylhydrazono-1-phenylthiocarbamoylpyrazolone (4a-j). Reactions of 4a with chloroacetyl chloride, benzenesulphonyl chloride, piperidine and hydrazine hydrate, resulted in the formation of 8.
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- M A Metwally
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt
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Metwally MA, Amer FA, Afsah EM, Zimaity MT. Behaviour of hexahydrobenzodipyrazolones towards chloroacetylation, aminoalkylation, Grignard reagent and their antimicrobial activity. Boll Chim Farm 1995; 134:616-9. [PMID: 8820977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Treatment of 2,3a,4,6,7a,8-hexahydrobenzo [1,2-c; 4,5-c] dipyrazole-3,7-dione (1) with chloroacetyl chloride gave the 2,6-bis (chloroacetyl) derivative (2), which on treatment with acetic anhydride pyridine afforded (3). Compound (2) when heated with pyridine afforded (1). Compound (1) underwent Mannich reaction with piperidine or morpholine and formaldehyde to give the 2,6-bis (piperidino or morpholinomethyl) derivatives (4a,b). Hydroxymethylation of (1) with formaldehyde gave the 2,6-bis (hydroxylmethyl) derivative (4), which on heating with piperidine afforded (4a), Reaction of 2,3a,4,6,7a,8-hexahydro- 2,6-bis (phenylsulphonyl) benzo [1,2-c; 4,5-ć] dipyrazole-3,7-dione (7) with phenylmagnesium bromide gave dodecahydro-3,3,4a,7,7,8a-hexaphenyl-2,6- bis (phenylsulphonyl) benzo [1,2-c; 4,5-ć] dipyrazole (8). Derivatives of hexahydrobenzodipyrazolone (9a-g) have been subjected to general screening for their antimicrobial activity.
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- M A Metwally
- Department of Chemistry, Mansoura University, Egypt
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el-Ablak FZ, Etman HA, Metwally MA, Amer FA. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel aminopyrimidinedione and aminothiazolidindione derivatives. Pharmazie 1995; 50:222-4. [PMID: 7732059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- F Z el-Ablak
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt
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Metwally MA, Amer FA. Syntheses of some 4,4'-biphenylenedihydrazone-3-(3-methyl)-2-pyrazolin-4,5-dione derivatives and their antimicrobial potentialities. Pharmazie 1983; 38:172-3. [PMID: 6867077 DOI: 10.1002/chin.198340203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A new series of bispyrazolones were obtained upon treating the bishydrazone derivative 1 with dimethylsulphate, acetic anhydride, benzenesulphonyl chloride, piperidine, morpholine, N-methylaniline and formaldehyde respectively. A Mannich base was prepared from the interaction of 4-phenylhydrazone-3-methyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one and n-butylamine. The condensation of an N-hydroxy methyl derivative with ethyl acetoacetate and diethyl malonate led to the formation of the corresponding N-methyl derivatives. Some of the new bispyrazolones were screened to test their antimicrobial potentialities against Fusarium oxysporum fsp. hycopersici.
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