Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most prevalent in patients worldwide. Escherichia coli is considered as etiological agent of UTIs. The prevalence extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates a health care concern aims this study was to determine antibiotic resistance profiles and blaCTXM, blaSHV, blaTEM genes E. isolated from clinical samples obtained with Me...

Background: Because many plant extracts have a significant inhibitory effect on pathogenic microorganisms, so we aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of some Bacillus cereus isolated from soil. Methods: The chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), hyacinth (Hypericum perforatum lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), yew (Taxus baccata), thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) plants were collecte...

Nosocomial infection (NI) is considered as a hospital-acquired infection by a patient admitted to hospital for other reason than mentioned infection. Otherwise, an infection occurred in hospital and at the time of admission, the patient did not have the infection and also was not in the incubation period (1). Reducing the level of patient immunity; the increasing variety of medical techniques a...

Background Despite the high prevalence and drug resistance of disease in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, the species of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has not been identified. In the present study, cytochrome b (Cyt b) was used in Sistan and Baluchestan to find species of Leishmania in suspected patients of CL using PCR-RFLP and DNA sequencing. Methods This study was conducted from Oct...

Cholera continues to be an important public health problem among many poorer communities. In order to determine the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in southeastern Iran, 3,594 patients with watery diarrhea, who were referred to the hospitals from Zabol city and 45 neighboring rural populations of Sistan-Blouchestan province, were investigated over a period of 6 years (1997 - 2002). V. cholerae ...

In the environment, many microorganisms coexist in communities competing for resources, and they are often associated as biofilms. The investigation of bacterial ecology and interactions may help to improve understanding of the ability of biofilms to persist. In this study, the antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of extract Capsicum annuum L on the growth and biofilm formation of common pa...

Background and Objective: Breast cancer and its treatment processes not only involve the patients but also their spouses and can impact on mutual relationships. Spouses of women with breast cancer may experience devastating consequences of the disease in their marital and sexual relationships. Therefore, in the present study we aimed to investigate individual experiences of women with breast ca...