background: pediatric patients on chemotherapy are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection especially candida spices. resistance to antifungal agents has increased in candida spp., especially in non-albicans species. this study aims to assess the susceptibility of candida spp. strains isolated from children with acute leukemia less than 18 years. materials and methods: this prospective cross-se...

aim : the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and genotype of human caliciviruses among children suffering from acute gastroenteritis referred to masih daneshvari hospital. background : human caliciviruses have been recognized as the major viral cause of acute gastroenteritis in all age groups worldwide. studies revealed that the noroviruses and sapoviruses could be divided into fi...

introduction: sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 (pde5) inhibitor, may have various effects on the central nervous system via the nitric oxide (no)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cgmp) pathway. preclinical studies have shown the controversial effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior in animals. this study was undertaken to investigate the acute effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior...

Coenurus cerebralis is the larval stage of Taenia multiceps inhabiting the small intestine of dogs and wild carnivores as the definitive hosts. A two-year-old wild female goat (Capra aegagrus) was referred with signs of lateral recumbency and seizure for four days and loss of appetite. In clinical examination, paddling, convulsion, and unconsciousness were observed in...

objective(s):copper oxidenanoparticles have different industrial applications so it is inevitable that nanoparticulate products finally find their way into aquatic ecosystems. nevertheless there is little information available about their effects on some of edible fish. the present study aims to determine the acute toxicity and evaluate the effect of two sub-acute concentrations (50 and 70% 96 ...

how to cite this article: yıldırım s. inan ar, gül lh, türk börü ü. an acute motor axonal neuropathy (aman) case with motor conductıon blocks in childhood. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):65-69. abstract objective characterized with decreased compound muscle action potentials (cmap) and absence of demyelinating findings in electrophysiological studies, is a subtype of guillain-barre syn...

kawasaki disease is a multi system disorder with varying clinical expressions. this disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology that has recently recognized as a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children of many developed countries. we describe an unusual instance of hair loss in a patient with kawasaki disease. a 26 months old boy developed prolonged high fever, bilat...

conclusions it is important to keep in mind that even peritoneal involvement may be seen despite intact hepatic cysts. careful excision of these cysts is the treatment of choice. case presentation a 40-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with dull and intermittent periumbilical pain in the left and right lower quadrant regions accompanied by moderate tenderness and rebound wit...