background: the recent devastating earthquake of december 26 in bam, 2003 created various risk factors; caused a sharp increase in incidence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) cases and reached to an epidemic proportion. the objective of this study was to evaluate the status of acl cases five years before the earthquake compared to the cases occurred five years after the earthquake ...

background: based on the efficacy of paromomycin ointment and recent ongoing clinical trials of combination of paromomycin and gentamicin, a new physical form of films of the paromomy­cin and gentamicin was prepared and anti- leishmania activities of the prepared films were as­sessed in vitro and in vivo. methods: paromomycin 15% and gentamicin 0.5% was incorporated in a film using ethyl cellu­...

background: characterization of leishmania parasites is necessary for epidemiological objectives such as documenting the distri­bution of predominant species and designing appropriate control measures. in this study, we aimed to identify leishma­nia species isolated from cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) patients, using rapd-pcr method. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was designed a...

conclusions a higher number of bacterial flora was found in the bodybuilders particularly those using aas in comparison to the controls, which might be due to the influence of these aas on the skin microflora and transmission of the bacteria through the direct contact of the naked skin with the exercise instruments. background anabolic-androgenic steroids (aas) abuse by the athletes has dramati...

background: the belief, attitude, subjective norm, enabling factors (basnef) model is one of the most complete models for evaluating behaviors and creating new behaviors. therefore, this research was designed and performed to describe factors related to cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) preventive behaviors on the basis of the basnef model in endemic areas of yazd, iran. methods: in this cross-secti...

Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis, the most rare form of cutaneous mastocytosis, often manifests as bullous lesions. Although cutaneous mastocytosis should be included in a differential diagnosis for pruritic skin lesions in children, early diagnosis of the disease is not easy due to its rare occurrence. A 17-month-old boy presented with recurrent itchy bullous skin lesions. He had been treated as...

BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption can have a variety of cutaneous manifestations. Awareness of the cutaneous changes of alcohol abuse can allow early detection and intervention in an attempt to limit the adverse medical consequences. Hence a study was planned to determine the cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics. AIMS To determine the cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics. METHODS All the...

The widespread convergence of information from visceral, cutaneous, and muscle tissues onto CNS neurons invites the question of how to identify pain as being from the viscera. Despite referral of visceral pain to cutaneous areas, individuals regularly distinguish cutaneous and visceral pain and commonly have contrasting behavioral reactions to each. Our study addresses this dilemma by directly ...

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important skin parasitic disease. Ideal treatment is not found yet and seeking for proper drugs continues. Objective: Comparison of the efficacy of fluconazole with systemic glucantime in patients with acute cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghaem hospital in Mashhad in 2002. Patients and Methods: During one year of study, all patients with cutaneous leishmani...