background: to assess the distribution and resistance of the pathogens responsible for septic arthritis and osteomyelitis over a 10 years period in children admitted to children's medical center hospital, tehran, iran. methods: microbiologic and clinical presentation reports from 145 cases of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis from march 1995 to february 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. resu...

Yeast is the primary organism responsible for leavening of doughs. In this study, yeast samples were isolated from palm wine collected Nkpa in Abia State. The cultured on malt extract agar (MEA) medium at room temperature 28 o C to isolate three ascosporogenous strains ( Saccharomyces fragilis, cerevisiae, Pichia spp ) culture by using identification techniques such as their morphological, ferm...

Abstract A suitable nutrient supply, especially of vitamins, is very significant for the deep display inherent genetic properties microorganisms. Here, using chemically defined minimal medium (MM) yeast, nicotinamide and inositol were confirmed to be more beneficial performance two industrial baker's yeasts, a conventional high-sugar-tolerant strain. Increasing or proper levels could enhance bo...

we report 11 year old male child, a case of acquired aplastic anemia as a complication of disseminated tuberculosis with acute onset, rapid downhill course and refractory to both antitubercular drugs as well as immunosuppressive drugs.

objective: optimal dentin bonding is not always obtained in clinical practice due to func-tional forces. these forces may provide stresses throughout the tooth and restorative sys-tem, which in turn may affect the adhesive bond. this experimental study evaluated the effect of load cycling on bond strength of self-etch systems. materials and methods: one third of the coronal portions of 48 intac...

background and objectives: there is a profound inclination among people toward consumption of herbs and herbal products. some of these products are harmful while health-promoting potentials of some others should be discovered. in the present study the antibacterial, antioxidant, acute and subchronic and cancer cell toxicity of methanolic and aqueous extracts of rosa damascena mill. was studied....