BACKGROUND Impact of high level of uric acid on stroke is still controversial. We conducted this study to investigate the relationship between acute ischemic non-embolic stroke and serum levels of uric acid. METHODS This was a case-control study on patients with acute ischemic non-embolic stroke in Rafsanjan, Iran. The control group consisted of normal persons who were similar to the case gro...

the gram-negative bacterium xenorhabdus is mutualistically associated with entomopathogenic nematode, steinernema. three bacterial strains were isolated from the entomopathogenic nematodes, steinernema glaseri (steiner) and s. carpocapsae (weiser), of the white grubs, polyphylla olivieri (laporte de castelnau) in iran. this study was focused on the characterization of the bacterial strains by u...