http://www.sudanjp.org 77 Robert George Archibald was born in India on July 4, 1880. He graduated from Edinburgh with M.B., Ch.B. in 1902. After holding a number of resident hospital appointments in Britain, he joined the R.A.M.C. in 1906 winning the prize in pathology at the Army Medical College at Milbank in that year. He worked for one year in Colonel (later Sir) William Leishman’s laborator...

HeLa 229 cells were infected with genital tract strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. After incubation for varying times the infected cells were fixed and stained with the fluorescent DNA binding dyes Hoechst 33258 or DAPI for comparison with conventional Giemsa stain. Fluorochrome-treated preparations were examined by incident ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy and the Giemsa-stained preparations...

• to conduct inter-laboratory comparisons and quality controls for diagnosis and parasite collection procedures; • to establish and validate a consensus on molecular species typing; • to address taxonomic problems in human-pathogenic species of the Leishmania genus; • to implement permanent exchange between specialists and harmonise treatment recommendations in Europe; • to collect accurate inf...

The skin is the first point of contact with organisms of the genus Leishmania from sand fly vectors, and apparently normal skin of sick dogs harbours amastigote forms of Leishmania chagasi. In relation to canine visceral leishmaniosis (CVL), the ear skin was examined in 10 uninfected dogs (UDs) and in 31 dogs dogs naturally infected with L. chagasi. The infected animals consisted of 10 symptoml...

A collaborative study was undertaken at two institutions to assess the performance of a direct fluorescent-antibody stain for the detection of Pneumocystis carinii in respiratory specimens from patients with known or suspected human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infections. A total of 163 specimens (125 induced sputa, 37 bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, and 1 tracheal aspirate) from 124 patients ...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is an important cause of chronic gastritis, gastric ulceration and gastric malignancies as gastric carcinoma and MALT lymphoma. Its definitive diagnosis is based on histopathology. Routine H & E stain is not very effective in its detection, immune-stains and fluorescent stains are costly. Need for simple cheap and sensitive stain has always been a topic of hot deb...

background: the present study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of vaginal trichomoniasis in women referred to gynecologic clinic in benha university hospital, egypt. methods: two hundred female patients enrolled in the study. vaginal samples were obtained from them and examined for t. vaginalis by wet mount, giemsa stain, acridine orange (ao) stain and culture on mo...