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Ahmad Mohammad Ashshi

Laboratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura …
Verified email at uqu.edu.sa
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Clinical profile and outcome of hospitalized patients during first outbreak of dengue in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

…, S El-Fiky, HH Madani, MA Abuljadial, AM Ashshi… - Acta tropica, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical profile of patients with dengue virus infection hospitalized
at a single center during the first outbreak of dengue in Makkah, Saudi Arabia from April to …

Paper money and coins as potential vectors of transmissible disease

…, F Bibi, M Yasir, AK Al-Ghamdi, AM Ashshi… - Future …, 2014 - Future Medicine
Paper currency and coins may be a public health risk when associated with the simultaneous
handling of food and could lead to the spread of nosocomial infections. Banknotes …

[HTML][HTML] Profile of bacterial pneumonia during Hajj

AH Asghar, AM Ashshi, EI Azhar… - Indian Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methods A total of 141 patients with suspected pneumonia from the three main tertiary care
hospitals in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, were investigated during Hajj season, 2005. Sputum and …

[PDF][PDF] Application of ventilator care bundle and its impact on ventilator associated pneumonia incidence rate in the adult intensive care unit

…, AA Banjar, MI Fatani, TM Karima, AM Ashshi - Saudi Med J, 2012 - academia.edu
Objectives: To reduce ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence rate, lessen the
cost of care, and correlate VAP bundles compliance with VAP incidence rate. Methods: This …

[PDF][PDF] Antibacterial effect of onion

MAM Kabrah, HS Faidah, AM Ashshi… - Sch J App Med …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Onion (Allium cepa) is among the oldest cultivated plants, and is used for multiple purposes.
In addition to its nutritional effects, the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of onion has …

[HTML][HTML] MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and identification of new bacteria species in air samples from Makkah, Saudi Arabia

…, AS Aburizaiza, S Metidji, ZA Memish, AM Ashshi… - BMC research …, 2014 - Springer
Background During the Hajj season, respiratory symptoms are very common among pilgrims.
Here, we investigated the viable bacterial population in air samples collected around the …

[HTML][HTML] 'Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis' sp. nov. a new bacterial species isolated from air samples in the urban environment of Makkah, Saudi Arabia

EI Azhar, A Papadioti, F Bibi, AM Ashshi… - New microbes and new …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report here the main characteristics of ‘Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis’ strain 12M76_air
T (CSUR P1220), a new species of the Pseudomonas genus that was isolated from air …

Maternal colonization of group B streptococcus: prevalence, associated factors and antimicrobial resistance

MA Khan, A Faiz, AM Ashshi - Annals of Saudi medicine, 2015 - annsaudimed.net
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Group B streptococcus (GBS, Streptococcus agalactiae)
can be transferred during delivery to neonates from mothers who are colonized with GBS …

[PDF][PDF] Multi-drug resistant Ewingella americana

SZ Bukhari, WM Hussain, MI Fatani, AM Ashshi - Saudi Med. J, 2008 - academia.edu
Discussion. Ewingella americana is an infrequent opportunistic pathogen and its clinical
significance remains unclear as reported by Farmer et al. 8 Ewingella americana is a rare gram-…

[HTML][HTML] Combined therapy with oncolytic adenoviruses encoding TRAIL and IL-12 genes markedly suppressed human hepatocellular carcinoma both in vitro and in …

…, AM Ashshi, Y Na, Y Li, M Basalamah… - Journal of experimental …, 2016 - Springer
Background Gene-based virotherapy mediated by oncolytic viruses is currently experiencing
a renaissance in cancer therapy. However, relatively little attention has been given to the …