introduction: diabetes can affect organs including the oral mucosa. there is a disagreement about the prevalence of oral mucosal disease in diabetic patients. we therefore decided to investigate more about that. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soft tissue pathologies by assessing burning mouth and xerostomia in diabetic patients on the basis of type of diabetes and cont...

A yet-undescribed bacterial species, tentatively named "Porphyromonas katsikii," was isolated from individuals of a small goat herd with pyogranulomatous pneumonia during an outbreak of acute respiratory disease. The isolated bacteria grew in the form of black-pigmented colonies after 14 days of incubation under anaerobic conditions at 37°C on a tryptic soy blood agar medium. The bacteria were ...

ABSTRACT: We described a case of rhinitis caused by Exserohilum rostratum in 3-year-old, mixed breed, afemale goat, presenting with decreased appetite, dyspnea, and face deformity, evolution approximately 2 months. Necropsy revealed an extensive brownish yellow, irregular, ulcerated, friable focal lesion the nasal cavity. Purulent secretion drained from lesion, affecting vestibule extending cau...

Muhammad G. , M. Saqib, M. Athar: Fatal Actinobacillosis in a Dairy Buffalo. Acta Vet. Brno 2006, 75: 247-250. The present report describes a case of fatal actinobacillosis in a dairy buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Clinical signs included a large multilobular, firm abscess located caudo-ventral to the right ear base, submandiblar and prescapular lymphadenopathy, fever and dyspnoea. Haemogram reveal...

the previous studies reported some information about prevalence release of high-risk hpv types in hsil or cervical cancer globally and in iran, however, this information is not enough for final judgment about vaccination against hpv or any screening program. the aim of the present study was to assess the hpv type distribution in hsil and icc specimens of women attending shahid beheshti universi...

objective: one complication of fixed orthodontic treatment in patients with poor oral hygiene is development of demineralized enamel lesions compromising esthetics. this study aimed to review preventive measures and treatment of white spot lesions (wsls) in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances. review of literature: in this review study, pubmed and google scholar databases were searched f...

hemangiomas of the sinonasal tract are rare, and because these lesions lack the typical signs or symptoms, they can be confused with other malignant conditions. we report a case of cavernous hemangioma of the maxillary sinus in a 68-year-old man that was completely resected by endoscopic sinus surgery. although computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance imaging (mri) showed several enhanci...