dermatophyte fungi are the etiologic agents of skin infections commonly referred to as ringworm. these infections are not dangerous but as a chronic cutaneous infections they may be difficult to treat and can also cause physical discomfort for patients. they are considered important as a public health problem as well. no information is available regarding the efficacy of antifungal agents again...

Infective endocarditis is still a serious, potentially fatal disease despite newer antimicrobial agents. Drug treatment of infective endocarditis is frequently instituted on a presumptive diagnosis based on strong clinical suspicion and usually prior to bacteriological confirmation. The ability to visualise valvular vegetations by echocardiography serves as a useful aid in the diagnosis and man...

nasal polyposis is an inflammatory condition of unknown etiology that involves nasal and sinus mucous membrane. these polyps can impair a person’s quality of life by nasal obstruction, recurrent sinusitis, persistent postnasal drainage, hyposmia, anosmia, changes in sense of taste and even bony destruction. it has been shown that chronic inflammation causes a reactive hyperplasia of the intrana...

detection of adverse drug reactions (adrs) in hospitals provides an important measure of the burden of drug related morbidity on the healthcare system. spontaneous reporting of adrs is scare and several obstacles to such reporting have been identified formerly. this study aimed to determine the role of clinical pharmacy residents in adr reporting within a hospital setting.clinical pharmacy resi...

Background & Aims: Fungi are among the most important biological agents in air pollution. Textile factories are known as high risk places for contamination with fungal spores and metabolites. Since Yazd is one of the most important textile industry centers, this study was conducted to determine the concentration and types of airborne fungi in Yazd textile factories. Methods: A total of 235 indo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical validity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based molecular methods in the microbiological diagnosis of culture negative infective endocarditis in a group of surgically treated patients. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. SETTING Reference cardiovascular surgical centre. PATIENTS AND SAMPLES: 15 culture negative patients with infective endocarditis cla...

OBJECTIVE To identify the different microbial pathogens in infective corneal ulcers. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Ophthalmology Unit I, Eye Hospital, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Hyderabad, Sindh, from April 2006 to September 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients above 15 years of age with suspected infective corneal ulcers were st...

Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Phaeoacremonium aleophilum are the two main fungal causal agents of Petri disease and esca. Both diseases cause significant economic losses to viticulturalists. Since no curative control measures are known, proactive defensive measures must be taken. An important aspect of current research is the development of sensitive and time-saving protocols for the detectio...