background: central venous catheters (cvcs) are used not only as a tool to access to central venous system, but also for hemodynamic monitoring, parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy and hemodialysis. the use of cvcs is associated with some complications notably infections that are troublesome both to patient and physician. we conducted this study to examine catheter fixation with skin fold techni...

inflammation plays a major role in coronary artery disease (cad). currently, it is unclear, whether cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is associated with the risk of the atherosclerosis. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti- cmv antibodies in cad and non cad patients undergoing artery bypass surgery. sera from 157 patients who underwent coronary angiography were tested for...

background: the north eastern region in india is endemic for canine heartworm disease but in clinics accurate diagnosis is some times difficult. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of occult infections for heartworm disease in canine in two geographical regions of north eastern india. methods : a total of 782 numbers of three categories of dogs namely, working dogs of m...

abstract [1]   background and objective:hospital infection is undoubtedly the most important world's problem which is considered by health care centers. lack of proper understanding of staff of infection controling ways and procedures play a decisive role in the increased transmission of infectious agents in hospital infections. if nurses know the proper effective ways they would help to r...

hyper ige syndrome (hies) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease. most of hies cases are sporadic. hies type ad is caused by mutation in signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (stat-3). a number of mosaicism hies has been reported that is associated with intermediate phenotype. autosomal recessive hies (ar-hies) is due to mutation in dock-8 or cytokine sis 8 and tyk2 or tyrosine...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is a common cause of referral to neonatal care units. according to several studies, jaundice is among the primary symptoms of urinary tract infection (uti) in neonates. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of uti in asymptomatic term neonates diagnosed with indirect hyperbilirubinemia within the first two weeks of birth. methods: this prospective study was...

results scalding was the predominant cause of burns in both categories of patients. in 19 (61.3%) burn wound infection patients, the burns were due to a scald. a significant difference was found for the nesfatin, crp, and wbc levels between the patients and the control group (p = 0.000). a significant difference was also determined between the nesfatin, crp, and wbc figures at the time of hospi...

conclusions tachyzoite of toxoplasma and dna of this parasite were observed in sub mucosa and muscles of the uterus and in the villis of placenta, but not in histological sections of the fetus. therefore, histological and molecular results were consistent. background toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic pathogen. vertical transmission of the parasite occurs when females were infected prim...

background : gram-negative bacteria are the most cause of nosocomial infection especially in burned patients. carbapenem resistant strains can limit seriously the choice of antibiotic therapy. ampc can make resistance to carbapenem and detection of that can be useful for identification of carbapenem resistant. the aim of this study was identification of ampc in most prevalent cause of nosocomia...