Setareh Mamishi

Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - BK Viremia among Iranian Renal Transplant Candidates

Background: Primary infection with BK virus (BKV) is occurred during childhood and usually asymptomatic, but after initial infection, BKV may persist lifelong in the kidney and genitourinary tract. Reactivation may occur in individuals with compromised immunity such as renal transplant recipients. Due to the role of BKV in BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) and po...

[ 2 ] - Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies and DNA in Iranian HIV Patients

Background & Objective: Toxoplasma gondii infection has public health importance and can lead to serious diseases in immunosuppressed patients, such as HIV cases. Appropriate control of T. gondii infection in HIV patients requires information about the prevalence of T. gondii antibodies and DNA in different population. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of Toxo...

[ 3 ] - Phenotypic and Genotypic Evaluation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Children in Tehran Children's Medical Center, 2016

Background and purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate the antibiotic resistance of Healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) and Community associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus strains and to investigate the frequency of different types of spa typing, SCCmec I, II, III, IV, V, and type IV, among the strains of MRSA isol...