Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Department of Microbiology, Medical Laboratories Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan

Biography

Umalhassan Hashim Abdalla is a staff at the Department of Microbiology, Medical Laboratories Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan. He has done many research works in the field of tropical diseases

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Incidence of Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus in Diabetic Septic Foot
  Author(s): Mahjoob Osman Mahjoob*, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, Haitham E Elawad, Alla Alamin Abdulla, Saffa Omer Altayeb and Umalhassan Hashim Abdalla
  
  Background: Foot infection is the most common problem in a person with diabetes. Infection in these patients is difficult to treat because these individuals have impaired microvascular supply, Which limits the access of phagocytic cell in the infected area and result in poor concentration of antibody in the infected tissue. Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of potentially life-threatening infection which was acquired in the health care and community setting. These microorganisms have developed resistance against most classes of antibacterial agent as indicated by a dramatic increase in the number of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin resistance S. aureus, which become endemic in hospitals worldwide. Methods: All collected samples were cultured directly on the blood and chocolate agar to primary isolation, then purified b.. View more»
  

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