the pathergy phenomenon (pp) is one of the hallmarks of behcet's disease (bd). it has been reported to be positive from 17.5% to 83% of cases in different studies. pp is used as a diagnosis criterion in the dilsen criteria, the japan criteria, the international criteria, and the iran criteria. it is therefore important to know wether pp is a fix manifestation of the disease or a cyclic manifest...

background: the aim of this study was to identify the most common aeroallergens in patients with asthma and rhinitis. methods: the study enrolled 102 participants including 64 patients with respiratory allergies (among them 15 were clinically diagnosed as asthma patients, 41 with rhinitis, 8 were both) and 38 healthy controls. all of participants were subject of skin prick tests (spt) with seri...

the  frequency of  allergic diseases such  as allergic rhinitis is considerable in general population. insect aeroallergens are important allergens which can induce airway inflammation. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sensitization to insect aeroallergens in allergic rhinitis patients in yazd as a desert city in iran. a cross-sectional study was undertaken on 95 allergi...

introduction: chronic suppurative otitis media (csom) is considered one of the most common causes of acquired hearing impairment in developing countries. csom is a multifactorial persistent inflammatory disease of the middle ear. a distinct pathophysiologic mechanism linking allergic rhinitis (ar) and csom remains to evolve. the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between a...

Abstract Background The Benishangul-Gumuz region is an important development corridor in Ethiopia. Large-scale projects such as the Great Renaissance Dam, mining and agriculture have entailed huge environmental modifications settlement pattern changes. There no detailed epidemiological information on visceral leishmaniasis (VL) region. Materials methods A cross-sectional study was carried out t...

BACKGROUND Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL), although rare, is profoundly incapacitating. At present there is no successful treatment for this progressive protozoan infection, which is associated with the absence of specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to Leishmania. This disease shares features with visceral leishmaniasis (VL), including specific CMI inactivity during active disease and ...

BACKGROUND Still today, more than 30 years after the beginning of the process of visceral leishmaniasis' urbanization, there is little knowledge about the risk factors for its occurrence, despite their relevance to the control and understanding of disease dynamics. The present study is the first systematic review with meta-analysis about factors associated with Leishmania infantum infection in ...