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PUBLICATIONS
1. Ibrahim, A. and Fahal, A.H., Recovery of radiological y functionless obstructed kidneys. British
2. Fahal, A.H. and Ibrahim, A., Post - prostatectomy auto-irrigation with furosemide in the tropics.
3. Fahal, A.H., Acute Scrotum - Review article. Post Gradate Doctor. 1987; 10(5): 272-278
4. Fahal, A.H. and Yagi, K.I., Skin Endometriosis in Sudan. Tropical and Geographical Medicine.
5. Fahal, A.H. and Hassan, M.A., Fournier's Gangrene in Khartoum. British Journal of Urology. 1988;
6. Ahmed, M.E. and Fahal, A.H., Preoperative fasting state in patients undergoing elective surgery.
Emirates Medical Journal. 1988; 6: 135-137 7. EL Nour, S.A.M. and Fahal, A.H., Vertebral Solitary Osteochondroma. Saudi Medical Journal.
8. Fahal, A.H., McDol an, A. M. and Marston, A., Femorofemoral bypass in unilateral iliac artery
occlusion. British Journal of Surgery. 1989; 76: 22-25 9. Ahmed, M.E. and Fahal, A.H., Acute gluteal abscesses. Injectable chloroquine as a cause.
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1989; 92: 317-319 10. Babekir, A.R.E., Fahal, A.H. and Hediet Al a, A., Oesophageal carcinoma in Sudan. Tropical
11. Fahal, A.H., Gad EL Rab, M.O. and EL Abdin, S.Z., The immune status of Sudanese patients with
gastrointestinal tract cancer. Sudan Medical Journal. 1990; 28(1-4): 23-29 12. EL Zaki, K., Ahmed, M.EL.M., EL Hassan, A.M., Yousif, M.A. and Fahal, A.H., Acute gluteal
abscess fol owing intramuscular chloroquine injection: A clinical and experimental study. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1991; 98: 206-209 13. Fahal, A.H. and Hassan, M.A., Mycetoma. British Journal of Surgery. 1992; 79(11): 1138-1141
14. Fahal, A.H., Sahil, R.B., Suliman, S.H. and Hassan, M.A., Acute scrotum conditions in Khartoum.
15. Ezedeen, K., Fahal, A.H. and Ahmed, M.E., Management of hand infection in Khartoum. East
African Medical Journal. 1992; 69(11): 616- 618 16. Fahal, A.H., Suliman, S.H., Yagi, K.I., Gadir, A.F.A, Mukhtar, B.I. and Malik, M.O.A, Salivary gland
tumours in Sudan. East African Medical Journal. 1993; 70(4): 213-216 17. Fahal, A.H., Anwer, A.G., Suliman, S.H. and Hassan, M.A., Appendicular mass in Khartoum.
Sudan Medical Journal. 1993; 39(1): 86-97 18. Fahal, A.H., Suliman, S.H., Sharfi, A.R. and EL Mahdi, M.E.A., Acute idiopathic scrotal oedema in
association with diabetic septic foot. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 1993; 21: 197-200 19. Fahal, A.H., Suliman, S.H., Gadir, A.F.A, EL Hag, I.A., EL Amin, F.I., Gumaa, S.A. and Mahgoub,
E.S., Abdominal wal mycetoma: an unusual presentation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1994; 88: 78-80 20. Fahal, A.H. and Suliman, S.H., Clinical presentation of mycetoma. Sudan Medical Journal. 1994;
21. Fahal, A.H., Pneumatosis cystoid intestinalis. Review article. Sudan Medical Journal. 1994; 32(1):
22. Fahal, A.H., EL Toum, E.A., EL Hassan, A.M., Gumaa, S.A. and Mahgoub, E.S, A preliminary
study on the ultrastructure of Actinomadura pel etieri and its host tissue reaction. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology. 1994; 32: 343-348 23. EL Hassan, A.M., Fahal, A.H., EL Hag, I.A. and Khalil, E.A.G., The pathology of mycetoma: Light
microscopic and ultrastructural features. Sudan Medical Journal. 1994; 32: 23-45 24. Fahal, A.H., Hassan, M.A. and Sanhouri, M., Surgical treatment of mycetoma. Sudan Medical
25. Fahal, A.H., Barka, O.Z. and EL Lider, A.M., Pneumatosis cystoid intestinalis. (A case report).
East African Medical Journal. 1994; 71(6): 401-402 26. Fahal, A.H., EL Toum, E.A., EL Hassan, A.M., Gumaa, S.A. and Mahgoub, E.S., Host tissue
reaction to Madurel a mycetomatis: New classification. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology. 1995; 33: 15-17 27. EL Hag, I.A., Fahal, A.H. and Khalil, E.A.G., Fine needle aspiration cytology of mycetoma. Acta
28. Fahal, A.H., EL Hag, I.A., EL Hassan, A.M and Hashim, F.A, Leishmanial cholecystitis and colitis
in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis. Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1995; 89: 29. Fahal, A.H., EL Razig, S.A., Suliman, S.H., Ibrahim, S.Z. and Tigani, A.E., Gastrointestinal tract
cancer in association with hepatitis and HIV infection. East African Medical Journal. 1995; 72(7): 30. Fahal, A.H., Omer, S.M., El Razig, S.A., Ali, A.B.E., Mahdi, E.M.A. and Mahgoub, E.S., Thyroid
function in mycetoma patients. East African Medical Journal. 1995; 72(7): 454-456 31. Fahal, A.H. and Nasr, A., Scrotal sepsis - Review article. Surgery. 1995; 13(8): 2-3
32. Fahal, A.H., Azziz, K.A.A, Suliman, S.H., Galib, H.V. and Mahgoub, E. S. Dual infection with
mycetoma and tuberculosis. East African Medical Journal. 1995; 72(11): 749-750 33. Musa, M.T., Fahal, A.H. and EL Arabi, Y.E., Aspiration sclerotherapy for Hydroceles in the
Tropics. British Journal of Urology - 1995; 76:488-490 34. Fahal, A.H., Gadir, A.F.A. and Nasr, I.O. Penile ossification. East African Medical Journal 1996;
35. Mohamed, A.R.O, Fahal, A.H., and Venge, V. Immunoglobulin and inflammatory markers profile in
mycetoma. East African Medial Journal. 1996; 73(4): 212 (Let er) 36. Fadl Al a, A.I., Fahal, A.H., Ahmed, M.E. and Hassan, M.A., Pat ern of postoperative pyrexia in
Khartoum. East African Medical Journal 1996; 73 (1): 78-80 37. Sourkati, E.O.M, Fahal, A.H., Suliman, S.H. and EL Razig, S.A. Intestinal obstruction in Khartoum.
East African Medical Journal - 1996; 73(5): 31-34 38. Fahal, A.H., Yagi, H.I. and EL Hassan A.M. Mycetoma induced palatal deficiency and pharyngeal
plexus dysfunction. Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1996; 90: 676-677 39. Fahal, AH, Sheikh, H. E and EL Hassan, A.M. Pathological fracture in mycetoma. Transactions of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1996; 90: 675-676 40. Fahal, A.H., Sharfi, A.R., Sheikh, H.E, and EL Hassan, A.M. Mycetoma: Uncommon complication.
Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1996; 89: 550-552 41. Fahal, A.H., Sadig, M. E., Suliman, S.H., EL Razig, S.A. and Mahgoub, E.S. Lack of association
between ABO blood groups and Rh factor and the tendency to develop mycetoma. East African Medical Journal - 1996; 11: 769. (Let er) 42. EL Mahdi, E.M.A., Kadaro, A.Y., Fahal, A.H., EL Awad, M.S., EL Bagir, M.N., Mohammed, S.A.,
Idris, A.E.T. and Muktar, E., Type 1 diabetes mel itus in the Sudan. Epidemiological features and complications. Sudan Medical Journal. 1996; 34(1): 12-18. 43. Fahal, A.H., EL Hag, I.A., Gadir, A.F.A., EL Lider, A.R. , Baraka OZ and EL Hassan, A.M., The
blood supply and vasculature in mycetoma. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology - 1997; 35: 101-106 44. Fahal, A.H., Sheikh, H.E., EL Lider, M.A, Homeida, M.A., EL Arabi, Y.E. and Mahgoub, E.S.,
Ultrasonic imaging in mycetoma. British Journal of Surgery - 1997; 78: 765-766 45. Fahal, A.H., Barido, N.O., Gadir, A.F.A., EL Arabi, Y.E. Calculi within an anal fistula tract. British
46. Ahmed A.O.A. Fahal, A.H., Abugroun, E.A.M., Zijlstra, E., Belkum, A van and Verbrugh. H.A
Unexpected high prevelance of secondary bacterial infection in mycetoma. J. Cli. Microbio. 1998; 36(3): 850-851 47. Ahmed. AOA, van Belkum, A., Fahal. A.H., EL nor, AEA, Abougroum, EAM, Vanden Bergh, MFQ,
Zijlsra, E.E and Verbrugh, HA. Nasal cariage of staphylococcus aureus and epidemiology of surgical -site infection in a Sudanese university hospital. J Clin. Microbio, 1998; 36(12): 14-18 48. Fahal, A.H and Sharfy, A.R.A. Vulval mycetoma: a rare cause of bladder outlet obstruction.
Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1998; 92: 652-653 49. Ahmed, A.O., Mukhtar, M.M., Kools-Sijmons, M., Fahal, A.H., de Hoog. S., van den Ende, B.G.,
Zijstara, ED., Verburgh, H., Abugroun, E.S.A., EL Hassan, A.M. and van Beklkum, A. Development of a species-specific PCR RFLP procedure for the identification of Madurel a mycetomatis. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37(10):3175-8 50. Fahal, A.H. and E.E. Zijlstar. Keloid en hypertofishe lit ekens WCS Nieuws 1998; 2(6): 21-25
51. Fahal, A.H. The management of mycetoma. Post-Graduate-Caribbean. 2000;16(4):229-232
52. Mahdi, S.E.I., Ahmed, A.O., Boelens, H., Ot , A., Abugroun, E.S., van Belkum, A., Verbrugh, H. and Fahal, A.H. An epidemiological study on the occurrence of Staphylococus Aureus in
superficial abscesses of patients presenting for surgery in a teaching hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. FEMS immunology and Medical Microbiology. 2000; 29:155-162 53. EL Hassan, A.M., Fahal, A.H., Ahmed, A.O., Ismail, A. and Veress, B. The immunopathology of
actinomycetoma lesions caused by Streptomyces somaliensis. Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene- 2001: 95(1); 89-92 54. Ahmed A.O.A., Adelmann D, Fahal A.H., Verbrugh H.A., Van Belkum A., De Hoog S.
Environmental occurrence of Madurel a mycetomatis, major agent of human eumycetoma in Sudan. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2002 40(3): 1031-1036 55. Masri MA, Abdel Seed N.M., Fahal, A.H., Romano M., Baral e F., El Hassam A.M., Ibrahim M.E.
Minor role for BRCA2 (exon11) and p53 (exon 5-9) among Sudanese breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2002;71(2):145-7 56. Ahmed, A.O.A., van Vianen, W., ten Kate M, van de Sande, W.W.J., Van Belkum, A., Fahal, A.H.,
Verbrugh, H.A., Bakker- Woudenberg, I.A.J.M. A murine model of Madurel a mycetomatis eumycetoma. FEMS immunology and Medical Microbiology - 2003; 37: 29-36 57. Ahmed A.O.A., van de Sande W, , Van Belkum A., Verbrugh H.A. , Fahal A. H., van Belkum, A.
Madurel a mycetomatis strains from mycetoma lesions in Sudanese patients are clonal. Journal of clininical microbiology. 2003; 41(10):4537-41. 58. Abd Bagi ME, Fahal, A,H., Sheik HE, Abdul Wahab O, Taifoor MK, Osmanr EM. High incidence of
pathological fracture in mycetoma. Transactions of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003; 97(5):582-4. 59. Fahal, A.H. Mycetoma thorn on the flesh Review article. Transactions of Tropical Medicine and
60. Ahmed AO, van de Sande WW, van Vianen W, van Belkum A, Fahal AH, Verbrugh HA, Bakker-
Woudenberg IA.In vitro susceptibilities of Madurel a mycetomatis to itraconazole and amphotericin B assessed by a modified NCCLS method and a viability-based 2,3-Bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5- sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium hydroxide (XTT) assay. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004; 48(7):2742-6 61. Ahmed AO, van Leeuwen W, Fahal A.H., van de Sande W, Verbrugh H, van Belkum A.
Mycetoma caused by Madurel a mycetomatis: a neglected infectious burden. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004; 4(9):566-74. Review 62. EL Hassan AM, Fahal A.H., Veress B. Cel phenotypes, immunoglobulins, and complement in
lesion of eumycetoma caused by Madurel a mycetomatis. Sud J Dermato 2006; 4 (1):2-5. 63. van de Sande WW, Fahal A.H., Verbrugh H, van Belkum A. Polymorphisms in genes involved in
innate immunity predispose toward mycetoma susceptibility. J Immunol. 2007; 179(5):3065-74. 64. van de Sande WW, de Kat J, Coppens J, Ahmed AO, Fahal A.H, Verbrugh H, van Belkum A.
Melanin biosynthesis in Madurel a mycetomatis and its ef ect on susceptibility to itraconazole and ketoconazole. Microbes Infect. 2007; 9: 1114-1123. 65. van de Sande WW, Fahal A.H., Verbrugh H, van Belkum A. Madurel a mycetomatis compounds
cross-reactive with galactomannan are detectable in culture supernatant but not in serum. J Med 66. Ahmed AA, van de Sande WW, Fahal A, Bakker-Woudenberg I, Verbrugh H, van Belkum A.
Management of mycetoma: major chal enge in tropical mycoses with limited international recognition. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2007; 20(2):146-51. 67. van de Sande WW, Fahal, A.H., Riley TV, Verbrugh H, van Belkum A. In vitro susceptibility of
Madurel a mycetomatis, prime agent of Madura foot, to tea tree oil and artemisinin. J Antimicrob 68. Fahal AH. Medical Education in the Sudan. The strengths and weakness. Medical Teach. 2007;
69. Quintana ET, Wierzbicka K, Mackiewicz P, Osman A, Fahal AH, Hamid ME, Zakrzewska-
Czerwinska J, Maldonado LA, Goodfel ow M. Streptomyces sudanensis sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from patients with actinomycetoma. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2008 Mar;93(3):305-13. 70. Sengupta M, Hamid ME, Fahal AH, Quintana ET, oodfel ow M. Five new Streptomyces species
that encompass strains isolated from mycetoma patients in the Sudan: Streptomyces huangi sp. nov., Streptomyces khartoumensis sp. nov., Streptomyces mahgoubi sp. nov., Streptomyces nyalensis sp. nov and Streptomyces zhihengliui sp. nov.( Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek-Accepted) 71. Dejan Stojković, Marina Soković, Ana Džamić, Mihailo Ristić, Ahmed Fahal Silvana Petrović,
Ivana Djujić Sami Khalid. In vitro Susceptibility of Actinomadura madurae Clinical Isolates to Turpentine Oil of Pinus pinaster and α-Pinene 72. Ahmed A.O.A., Van Belkum A., Vossenbelt P, Ot A., Zijlstra E.E., Fahal A. H., Sonneveld P.,
Verbrugh H.A. Dif erential serum levels of basic fibroblast growth factor for patients with various grades of Madurel a mycetomatis infection. (In press) 73. Fahal. A.H., EL Sheik, H , El Hassan, A.M. Venous Varicosity In Mycetoma (In press)
74. Fahal, A.H., Rahman, I. A., El-Hassan, A.M., Zijlstra, E.E. The ef icacy of itraconazole in the
treatment of patients with eumycetoma due to Madurel a mycetomatis (In press) 75. Abu Elfath AF, Fahal AH, Mohgoub ES, Ibrahim ME, Mohamed HS, El Hassan AM, Mukhtar M.
HLA frequency in mycetoma patients - in press) 76. Shanteir RW, Fahal AH, Mahgoub ES, Ibrahim ME, Mohamed HS, El Hassan AM, Mukhtar M.
Monitoring of antibody response in Sudanese mycetoma patients - in press. 77. Elrayah IO, Fahal AH, Mahgoub ES, Ibrahim ME,Mohamed HS, El Hassan AM, Mukhtar M.
Analysis of the cel ular immune response of mycetoma patients: IFNg and IL-10 profiles - in press. 78. Abdien SI, EL Hag IA, Fahal AH. The Knowledge, At itude & Behavior of Sudanese Women
Living in Khartoum towards Breast Self-Examination: Preliminary Report (In press) 79. Breast Carcinoma in the Sudan: The Clinco-Pathlogical Prognostic Factors. Widatal a AH, Ahmed I, Fahal AH. (In press)
Contribution to Books & Publications

1. Fahal AH, Mycetoma: Clinico-pathological monograph, University of Khartoum Press. 2006 2. Fahal AH, Actinomycetoma in Africa: in Serrano JA, Sandoval AH, Veaman BL, Actinomicetoma, 3. Hassan MA, Fahal, AH, Mycetoma: in Tropical surgery book, 2005 4. Karrar EZ, Fahal, AH, Axander ES, Surgical skil s, Educational Development Centre University of 5. Fahal AH, Evidence based guidelines for the management of mycetoma patients, 2001 6. Fahal, AH, Ahmed ME, ARS Imbabi, How to write a thesis, Educational Development Centre 7. Editor for the Mycetoma in Sudan, Sudan Medical Journal, Supplement, 1994 8. Co-Editor, Sudanese Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Newslet er 9. Co-Editor, Sudan Association of Surgeons Newslet er 10. Co-Editor, Educational Development Centre - Khartoum Newslet er

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