Background: Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) histidine-rich protein2 (HRP2) and
pan-Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH)-based rapid malaria diagnostic tests (RDTs)
play a critical role in malaria control in ...
Background: Ethiopia is one of the high burden countries for EPTB. Conventional
techniques have low sensitivity for diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) due to
its paucibacillary nature. Thus this study is ...
Background: Laboratory testing is a complicated procedure, and it is not as safe as it could or
should be. Errors in medical laboratory elaborated as failure of a planned action to achieve an
aim, occurring at any part ...
Introduction: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-producing (CP)
Enterobacteriaceae are major global health concerns because of their encoded protection
against key antibiotics. The group is a cause ...
There are occasions when laboratory tests could not be performed in site where the
specimens have been collected and these specimens need to be transported to referral laboratories for
diagnostic testing. The majority ...
Back ground: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections are the most
common bacterial and treatable sexually transmitted diseases in both men and women. The
reproductive outcome is more severe in women. ...
Back ground: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections are the most
common bacterial and treatable sexually transmitted diseases in both men and women. The
reproductive outcome is more severe in women. ...
Background: Geophagia is recognized as a habit of intentional eating of soil and it is type of
pica which is eating of non-nutritive items. It is practiced globally, particularly among African
societies. Geophagy is ...
Background: Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality
with clinical presentation ranges from pharyngitis and pyodrema, to life threatening
immunological complications such as acute ...
Background: Anti-tuberculosis drugs causes hepatotoxicity in some individuals leading to acute
liver failure which results in death. Such phenomena limit the clinical use of drugs, contributing
to treatment failure that ...
Background: Healthcare providers are vital clients of the clinical laboratory.
Problems in laboratory services have a significant impact on healthcare providers'
diagnosis, intervention, or prevention strategies during ...
Background: Hematological changes are some of the most common complications in malaria.
Severe malarial anemia is the most prominent one particularly in children and is associated with
higher prevalence of hemozoin-containing ...
Salmonella species are easy to multiply in the blood stream and affects all system of the
body. Salmonella infection is one of the major public health problems worldwide. Hematological
abnormalities are common in typhoid ...
Ahmed Mohammed; Kedir Abdella; Lule Teshager(2023-07-05)
Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is remaining a significant public health problem world
wide. It causes acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. Mother-to Child Transmission (MTCT) ...
Background: The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus which connects this organ to the
vagina through the endocervical canal. Due to the susceptibility of the epithelium of the cervical
transformation zone to infection ...
Background: Great morphologic diversity and clinical behaviors were exhibited by primary bone
tumors—from benign to aggressively malignant. Overall, matrix-producing and fibrous tumors
are the foremost common, and among ...
Background: Salivary gland lesions (SGLs) account for <1% of all tumors and about 4% of all epithelial neoplasms in head and neck region. These comprise a wide variety of benign and malignant neoplasms, and non-neoplastic ...
Introduction: Thyroid diseases are major health problems, that are manifested by alteration in hormone secretion, enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter), or both. Identifying and characterizing lesions of the thyroid ...
Background: Among the few special sensory organs of our body, the eye shows to be a distinctive and special sensory organ displaying several histologic characters. Ophthalmic lesions comprise a wide range of disorders ...
Introduction: the frequency of prostate disorders, such as prostatitis, benign
hyperplasia, and carcinomas that are sent to pathology for diagnosis, is increasing. Histological examination is important because different ...