introduction: urinary tract infection is a prevalent infection disease that many patients referred to the physician for this problem. about 20-40% of women experience symptomatic urinary tract infection for at least one time in their life. early diagnosis and treatment lead to recovery much of the times. regarding the higher prevalence of the urinary tract infection in women, we designed this s...

background: genital tract infections are one of the most common causes of referring to obstetrics clinics. the most common agents of genitalia infection are yeast ( candida ) and parasite ( trichomonas ). establishment of fungal and parasitic infections needs many factors such as social, cultural and hormonal factors. methods: in order to determine candidial infection in the patients with leuco...

background: the aim was to study the gastro-intestinal helminths of stray dogs of garmsar, sem­nan province, central iran, and its impacts on human health and animal production. methods : during 2006, the alimentary tracts of 50 stray dogs at necropsy, selected from villages around garmsar, were removed, and examined for helminth infections. subsequently helminths were collected from the conten...

background: the global burden of sexually transmitted infections (stis) is noticeable and important. however, most stis are curable and all of them are preventable. in this article, we reviewed and evaluated sti prevalence, current services, existing programs, and the challenges of control and management them in iran. materials and methods: the author searched literature published from 2005 to ...

introduction acute respiratory infections (aris) continue as the leading cause of mortality in under 5-year-old children worldwide. we decided to review available data about the incidence and prevalence of all diseases included in this category in iran. methods a systematic review was designed to obtain related data from english and farsi sources, published or unpublished. an internet search of...

conclusions this case inspires consideration of hiv infection as a leading cause of thromboembolic event in individuals affected by the first episode of unprovoked one in whom diagnosis of hiv infection has not been established yet. case presentation a 27-year-old heterosexual smoker man was referred to our center due to a sudden-onset severe left lower extremity pain and claudication since thr...