Bacteriological study of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from chronic tonsillitis in children under six year in Kirkuk city .

This study done to investigate the role of H.influenzae and other bacterial types which cause chronic tonsillitis in children below six years of age , (120) clinical samples were collected , Included (60) samples from surface tonsiles and (60) samples from core tonsils, In the period from December 2014 to April 2015 attending Azadi teaching hospita

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Precision medicine: affording the successes of science

Abstract Science has made remarkable advances in understanding the molecular basis of disease, generating new and effective rationally-designed treatments at an accelerating rate.Ironically, the successes of science is creating a crisis in the affordability of equitable health care.The COVID-19 pandemic underscores both the value of science in heal

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Escherichia coli ST131 clones harbouring AggR and AAF/V fimbriae causing bacteremia in Mozambican children: Emergence of new variant of fimH27 subclone.

Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 fimH30 responsible for extra-intestinal pathogenic (ExPEC) infections is globally distributed.However, the occurrence of a subclone fimH27 of ST131 harboring both ExPEC and enteroaggregative E.coli (EAEC) related genes and belonging to commonly reported O25:H4 and other serotypes causing bacteremia in Afri

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