INTRODUCTION Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug resistant organism that threatens the continued effectiveness of antibiotics worldwide and causes a threat almost exclusively in hospitals and long-term care settings. This study investigated the prevalence of MRSA strains and their sensitivity patterns against various antibiotics used for treating hospitalized patie...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the molecular mechanism of carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates recovered from Libyan hospitals between April 2013 and April 2014. In total, 49 strains (24 P. aeruginosa and 25 A. baumannii) were isolated, including 21 P. aeruginosa and 22 A. baumannii isolates (87.75%) resistant to imipenem...

A self-compacting concrete (SCC) is the one that can be placed in the form and can go through obstructions by its own weight and without the need of vibration. Since its first development in Japan in 1988, SCC has gained wider acceptance in Japan, Europe and USA due to its inherent distinct advantages. Although there are visible signs of its gradual acceptance in the North Africa through its li...

Members of the editorial board of the Libyan Journal of Medicine (ljm) welcome you to the celebration of the birth of its first online issue (September 2006). You may wonder about the need for another medical journal added to the many journals currently published. With the internet and global thinking, the planet has become a world medical village. With this in mind, a group of enthusiastic Lib...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis ranks among the tropical diseases least known and most neglected in Libya. World Health Organization reports recognized associations of Phlebotomus papatasi, Psammomys obesus, and Meriones spp., with transmission of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL; caused by Leishmania major) across Libya. Here, we map risk of ZCL infection based on occurrence records of L. major, ...

This paper deals with the research of monthly precipitation trends in climatic stations in Libya and Slovakia. The non-parametric Mann-Kendall statistic test was applied to detect trends and to assess the significance of the trends in the time series. The evaluation was done for the time period from November to October. Trend analysis of rainfall data series for 1970–2010 did not show any clear...

Toxicology services in Libya: the present and the future H ealthcare services in Libya are in need of major efforts to tackle the reconstruction challenges and to revitalize the whole system. The aim is to provide a healthcare system centered around people's needs and expectations, up-to-date with the latest medical advances, and capable of meeting rising demands (1, 2). In Libya, there is no r...

With few exceptions, the European Council closed Europe for non-citizen travellers on 17 March 2020 because of Covid-19 pandemic. Many African countries, including Nigeria, have placed travel restrictions or completely shut their borders to both who want enter country and citizens leave. These decisions affect many intending migrants seeking a way reach Europe. Health socioeconomic uncertaintie...

Even if investigators learn Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy w ere behind W ednesday’s jetliner bom b explosion, a majority of N otre Dame students interview ed w ould not support sending U.S. troops to Libya in retaliation. In addition, a majority o f stu ­ dents questioned support the United States' crossing Khadafy’s "line of death," despite that ac­ tion’s possible connection to the bom b blas...

Bullying, especially in developing countries, has not been much examined, especially the influence of parents on the risk of being bullied. The aim of this study was to determine whether active parenting is associated with reduced peer victimization among middle-school students in North Africa. A secondary analysis of data from more than 13,000 middle-school students who participated in the Glo...