Quantitative bacterial flora of acute appendicitis.

Comparing Cerumen Bacterial Flora in Acute Otitis Externa Patients and Healthy Controls

[Acute ischaemic appendicitis in rabbits: new model with histopathological study].

PURPOSE To evaluate partial or total ischemia, through ligature with an unabsorbed thread of vessels from the vermiform appendix of rabbits, as well as the mechanical obstruction, through ligature with an unabsorbed thread at the basis of the vermiform appendix, at 1 cm from the cecum, of the acute appendicitis disease. To evaluate the histology of the appendix (normal and affected). To study t...

بررسی ارزش تست CRP در تشخیص آپاندیسیت حاد

Introduction & Objective: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause for acute surgical abdominal pain, as soon as the diagnosis is documented, so appendectomy is necessary. Therefore it is important to demonstrate the specific and sensitive laboratory test for rapidly diagnosis or exclusion of disease. The purpose of this study is was evaluation of specificity and sensitivity of quantitative ...

Bacterial flora of the appendix fossa in appendicitis and postoperative wound infection.

Bacteria were isolated from 153 (47.5%) swabs of the appendix fossa in 322 patients undergoing appendicectomy. The commonest organism was Bacteroides species found in 78% of specimens. Other Gram-negative bacilli such as Klebsiella, or Enterobacter, and Esch. coli were present in 29 and 27% respectively. Gram-positive cocci were less frequently isolated.A positive culture was obtained more comm...

The Impact of Fasting during the Holy Month of Ramadan on Incidence of Acute Appendicitis

Background: Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan (fasting) for Muslims is a religious duty. The impact of fasting on some diseases has been reported in medical literature. This study evaluated the effects of fasting on appendicitis. In this population-based descriptive study, we investigated whether the incidence of acute appendicitis differs during fasting compared to other non fasting lun...