A 73-year-old Caucasian female patient presented for three annular erythematous lesions on the left leg and buttock, persisting for two months, clinically interpreted as erythema annulare centrifugum. Routine laboratory findings were within the normal ranges, Borrelia serology and wet mount microscopy for mycosis were negative. Histologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of superficial eryth...

1251 urincs were examined and iii each case the three following criteria were studied 1_ presence of pus cells in wet mount (4 or more hpf). 2_ isolation of pathogenic bacteria  :j_ presence of 10,000 or more bacteria per c.c. of urine 801 specimens were obtained from patients referred to the diagnastic iaboratorv of institute of public health research. and 450 specimens were collected from hea...

Terminus fluctuations of five glaciers and the correspondence of these fluctuations to temperature and precipitation patterns were assessed at Oregon’s Mount Hood over the period 1901–2001. Historical photographs, descriptions, and climate data, combined with contemporary GPS measurements and GIS analysis, revealed that each glacier experienced overall retreat, ranging from 62 m at the Newton C...

background: trichomonas tenax, a commensal flagellated protozoan, inhabits in human oral cavity. this parasite is cos-mopoli­tan and frequently found in patients with poor oral hygiene and advanced periodontal disease. there is only one pub­lished study that rebound the prevalence of this parasite in iran. this pcr based study compared the prevalence of oral tricho­moni­asis in patients with or...

this study represents an unusual case of mucormycosis localized in nasal cavity of a german shepherd dog. the patient was a 1-year-old male guard dog with unilateral nasal epistaxis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, sneezing and nose pawing. the dog had a history of head trauma about 2 months before admission, which was associated with mild self-limited epistaxis. initial nasal rhinoscopy showed s...