OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization and the grade of gastritis in the antrum and in the body of patients with duodenal ulcer (DU) or benign gastric ulcer (BGU). METHODS This study was performed in H. pylori-positive 220 DU patients and 180 BGU patients. H. pylori density was evaluated by modified Giemsa staining and CLO test, and...

INTRODUCTION This study was designed to compare the detection of malaria parasites in peripheral blood smears using the Cyscope malaria rapid fluorescent microscopic technique and light microscopy of Giemsa-stained smears. METHODOLOGY A total of 295 blood smears were collected from patients of all age groups presenting with clinical signs and symptoms of malaria to 10 City Health Clinics in H...

A total of 450 stool samples were collected from inpatient and outpatient clinics of Pediatric Department, Minia University Hospital, Minia District, Egypt. Two groups of patients were studied, including 200 immunosuppressed and 250 immunocompetent children. Stool samples were subjected to wet saline and iodine mounts. A concentration technique (formol-ether sedimentation method) was carried ou...

This study compared Giemsa (GM) and methylene blue (MB) stains for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori. Gastric biopsy specimens obtained from January 2001 to December 2005 were reviewed. They were all stained with hematoxylin and eosin, GM and MB stains. The slides were examined on a blinded basis. Direct comparisons were made between the both stains. Two hundred thirty-six cases were studied...

Pulmonary infections are common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons. Pneumoystis carinii (PC), now named as pneumocystis jiroveci, is the most frequently encountered pathogen. The study, carried out from June 1999 to May 2005, comprised as many as 1101 HIV positive persons presumed to be suffering from pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Induced sputum samples were obtained from ...

Gastric biopsies are often done to evaluate for Helicobacter gastritis. Given the oncogenic association with Helicobacter gastritis and the relative ease of therapy, it is important for pathology departments to identify all positive cases. We describe an institutional quality assurance study of an institutional method for the diagnosis of Helicobacter gastritis. We reviewed 356 gastric biopsy s...

Background: Cystic lesion in the neck originates from lymph nodes, skin appendages, soft tissues, salivary gland or developmental anomalies of like branchial cleft. Present study has been designed to know anatomical site cystic swelling, dividing them cystic, inflammatory, benign, and malignant groups.Methods: FNAC was done using 22 gauge needles. The aspirated material smeared on slide stained...

The authors present images of two of the most common clinical forms of granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) in males and females. Donovanosis is considered a sexually transmitted disease that is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Two microscopic images are also shown, one of a direct smear (the presence of Donovan bodies within large mononuclear cells identified using Giemsa...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection prevalent in many areas. The parasitic agent is usually transmitted by Phlebotomous sp. Lip leishmaniasis is a type of cutaneous leishmaniasis, which has rarely been reported. In a retrospective study performed in Ahwaz, center of Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran, 2861 patients were detected during 1986-1996. Seventeen of these patient...