| acute sporadic hepatitis in adults living in cairo, egypt. | a group of 295 adult male patients from cairo, egypt, with acute hepatitis were studied. acute hepatitis a was diagnosed in 8 patients (2.7%), hepatitis b in 115 (38.9%), delta infection in 19 (6.4%) and possible epstein-barr virus or cytomegalovirus-mediated hepatitis in 7 patients (2.4%). the remaining 146 patients (49.5%) were considered to have hepatitis non-a non-b. the clinical presentation of the various causes of hepatitis was similar, although patients with hepatitis b and delta infecti ... | 1986 | 3094392 |
| seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, epstein-barr virus, and cytomegalovirus in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in egypt. | viral infection, especially caused by herpes viruses, is now recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised cancer patients. this study aimed at studying seroprevalence of 3 herpes viruses herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (hsv 1 and 2), epstein-barr virus (ebv), and cytomegalovirus (cmv) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). | 2006 | 16883441 |
| screening tests for diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy presenting as prolonged fever. | during a two years period, 16 cases having cervical lymphadenopathy presenting as prolonged fever were studied in abbassia fever hospital, cairo, egypt. patients were subjected to careful history, thorough clinical examination, complete blood picture, tuberculin test, chest x-ray, monospot test, indirect fluorescent antibody test for toxoplasmosis, detection of cytomegalovirus antibodies and lymph node biopsy with histopathological examination. ten within normal subjects were taken as controls. ... | 1998 | 17217023 |
| stem cell transplantation in hematological disorders. a developing country experience-impact of cost considerations. | to describe the experience in setting up a bone marrow transplant program at ain shams university, cairo, egypt. | 2008 | 18946578 |
| prevalence of certain sexually transmitted viruses in egypt. | the magnitude of sexually transmitted diseases (std) in the eastern mediterranean region is not exactly known but considered to be not insignificant. a realistic estimate of the problem is necessary, to design an effective control program. this present study aimed to identify the most prevalent sexually transmitted viral agents among patients attending the std clinic at cairo hospital for skin and venereal diseases (el-haud el-marsoud). from persons attending this clinic whether complaining or v ... | 1998 | 17219920 |
| acute sporadic hepatitis e in an egyptian pediatric population. | a study was conducted to determine the etiology of acute hepatitis among 261 children (age range 1-11 years) living in cairo, egypt. a blood sample was obtained from each subject when initially evaluated and a questionnaire was used to collect demographic and risk factor data. sera were tested by enzyme immunoassay for acute hepatitis a (anti-hepatitis a virus igm), hepatitis b (anti-hepatitis b core antigen igm and hepatitis b surface antigen [hbsag]), hepatitis c (total anti-hcv), delta hepati ... | 1993 | 8385885 |