Tropical Medicine

Changing pattern of infectious agents in postneurosurgical meningitis

Background: The rates of postneurosurgical infections, particularly meningitis and the most common pathogens have been reported variable during the recent years. The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence of postneurosurgical meningitis and its current spectrum of infectious agent. Methods: In a descriptive study, the postneurosurgical patients’ cerebrospinal fluid was cultured o...

Yellow Fever Vaccination: An Issue for Non-endemic Tropical Countries

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): What we need to know (In Press)

The Efficacy of Autologous Plasma Therapy in Patients with Chronic Urticaria

Background: Chronic urticaria is an allergic skin disease characterized by severe pruritic wheal persisting at least for 6 weeks. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of plasma therapy used for the first time for the treatment of idiopathic chronic urticaria. Materials and Methods: In this case series study, the quality of life (QOL) of 30 patients with idiopathic chronic urticaria (autoim...

Phenotypic and Genotypic Detection of Metallo-Beta-Lactamases in Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Prevalence of PER-1- type Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamaes in Clinical Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Tabriz, Iran

Objective(s) The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of PER-1-type ESBLs in drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. Materials and Methods During one-year period (2008-2009), following isolation and identification of 56 P. aeruginosa, the E-test method was performed for determination of minimal inhibitory concentration of ceftazidim. The isolates that they had MIC≥16 µg/ml ...