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This study conducted to view the role of PCT level in initial finding of bacterial vaginitis in pregnant women. A total of 150 deep vaginal swabs (100 pregnant women and 50 pregnant women as control group) were collected from the beginning of February 2019 to the end of May 2019 from inpatients and outpatients women attended to Al-Fallujah teaching hospital. Media were organized & purified according to producer’s guidance. The ready media were utilized for segregation, definition of the viable enumeration, identifying & sensibility workout these media were achieved in the wake of being solidified. Swabs was inoculated bacteriological agars for isolation of causative bacterial types . Blood samples collected by vein puncture for determination of PCT by using ELISA technique. The study showed that that 57% of pregnant women have vaginal swab for culture as compared with 48 of the control group (non- pregnant women). The results demonstrated that, 54.39% of pathogenic bacteria isolated from vagina of pregnant women was G-ve bacteria and 45.61% was G+ve bacteria. S. aureus represented the highest rate of pathogenic isolates 45.61% in cases (43.86%) while 29.17 of the control group were infected equally by E coli and K. pneumonia.The highest rate of antibiotic sensitivity toward S. aureus isolates was occurred in levofloxacin (88.46%) while it was completely resistant to ampicillin and lincomycin, 94.11% of E. coli isolates was sensitive to each of levofloxacin and cefotaxime and 100% resistant to lincomycin, 92.85% of Klebsiella isolates was sensitive to amoxicalve while it was 100% resistant to ampicillin, erythromycin and lincomycin. Procalcitonin level was highly elevated among pregnant ones followed by healthy ones (26.79±9.4 v.s 9.236±0.6 pg/ml) at P value <0.01. The highest mean of Procalcitoninlevel is found among pregnant women with pathogenic bacteria isolates of HVS culture (30.15±9.84 pg/ml) and the lowest mean is recorded among pregnant women with normal flora isolates (23.72±7.25 pg/ml).Conclusions: Serum PCT was highly elevated in pregnant women with vaginitis especially who diagnosed with pathogenic bacteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to find the relationship between COVID-19 virus infections and early births in women infected with this virus in of Al-Fallujah city. The prospective study was conducted in Al-Fallujah city during the period between February 1, 2020, and September 1, 2020, at Al-Fallujah Teaching Hospital. Through the study, 100 pregnant women were received, complaining of Covid-19 infections, which were diagnosed in Al-Fallujah, and now Real Time PCR was confrmed through nasopharyngeal swabs that were taken from Al-Fallujah Teaching Hospital. The study also included measuring the level of blood pressure, sugar andC-RP in those women during the ffth to eight week, where we were infected, and then in the 12th week of pregnancy took place, where communication was made, and a level was measured, and as a result, these women whocompleted the period with a pre-term labor, miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy or those completed the period with successful pregnancy. In this study, 33% of COVID-19 pregnant women were within the age group 24-30 years followed by 30% in the age group 31-38 year. In this study, 10 % of COVID-19 pregnant women sufer from hypertension, 13% were with Diabetes, 35% with UTI while 70% were sufered from fever. When reaching 24th week of pregnancy, and as shown in Table 3. The study showed that 40% COVID-19 pregnant women experienced completed the period with a pre-term labor, 10% was with miscarriagebefore the 24th week of pregnancy, while 50% of them completed the period continued the pregnancy. In this study, 82.5 % of COVID-19 pregnant women with preterm labor were sufered previously from fever comparing with 55% of COVID-19 pregnant women without preterm labor. The study showed the highest mean of C-reactive protein was present COVID-19 pregnant women with preterm labor (22.5±2.14 mg/ml), fan lowest mean was in women who without preterm labor (14.6±2.11 mg/ml) (P<0.01). Conclusions: The study showed a significant relation ofCOVID-19 infection with pregnant women who pre-term labor especially who have high body temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Choosing of Syrian mesquite (Prosopis farcta) as potent oral hypoglycemic and anti-oxidant agents for the maintenance of overall health is the purpose of the present study. Method: The inhibitory effect against α-glucosidase and anti-oxidant activities for n-hexan, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of roots and stalks of Rhubarb (Rhubarb ribes) and roots, a bark of roots, leaves, and fruits of P. farcta have been studied. Different concentrations of extracts were subjected to α-glucosidase inhibitory assay and the percentage of α glucosidase inhibitory activity was calculated. A method of Folin-Ciocalteu was applied to measure the total phenol content, aluminum chloride method with modifications was used to measure total flavonoid content and free radical scavenging activity of the extracts was analyzed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) with a finding of the IC50. Result: The methanol extract of the bark of roots for P. farcta (7.8125 mg/ml) gave the highest percentage (88.52604) of α-glucosidase inhibition out of all extracts. Methanol extract for roots of P. farcta showed the highest content of total flavonoid comparing with all extracts. Ethyl acetate extract for leaves of P. farcta showed stronger ability to scavenge DPPH comparing with all extracts. Conclusion: Possessing properties of hypoglycemic and antioxidant may qualify P. farcta extracts to use as a potent antioxidant and sugar regulator for the maintenance of overall health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]