Prophylaxis using paromomycin of natural cryptosporidial infection in neonatal kids

Reactive arthritis complicating cryptosporidial infection.

Two cases of reactive arthritis in association with cryptosporidial enteritis in childhood are reported. Oocysts of cryptosporidium should be sought when arthritis complicates diarrhoeal illnesses.

Antiviral prophylaxis of neonatal herpes infection.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is considered to be one of the most frequent viral infectious agents in humans. Transmission of HSV from mother to foetus during pregnancy is uncommon with about 85% of transmission occurring perinatally, when neonates acquire HSV during vaginal birth from infected genital tract secretions. For women, who present with an episode of recurrent genital herpes several wee...

A Survey on horse Cryptosporidial Infection in Tehran Province

To investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 200 fecal specimens were collected randomly from five farms in Tehran. Samples were taken during a year, 50 specimens each season. Of these specimens, 57 were obtained from Caspian Pony. The presence of oocysts in the samples was confirmed by modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining of direct smears of the fecal material fr...

Prevalence of Cryptosporidial Infection in Horse and Man in Mashhad, Iran

Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Preventing Postpartum Infection

بحث بر روی کاربرد پروفیلاکسی آنتی بیوتیک ها در مامائی، در اواخر سال ۱۹۴۰ شروع شد و تجویز پروفیلاکسی پنی سیلین به تمام بیماران در لیبر باعث کاهش شیوع تب از ۶/۳ به ۴/۲٪ می شود. ولی هرگز آنتی بیوتیک پروفیلاکسی بطور عمومی مورد قبول واقع نشد. بدلیل اینکه اولا شیوع عمومی عفونت، پائین است و عفونتها بندرت شدید می شوند، بطوریکه بیش از ۹۵ تا ۹۷ بیماران احتیاج به آنتی بیوتیک پیدا نمی کنند. شاید، تجویز غیر...