INTRODUCTION Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the common cause of many gastrointestinal diseases, especially peptic ulcer. Therefore, a successful treatment of this infection decreases the financial burden on health systems. AIM Different combinations of antibiotics are used for the eradication of this bacterium worldwide. The goal of this study is to compare the efficacy of four different ...

the present study was carried out for the antigen detection of feline panleukopenia virus (fpv) in diarrhoeic cats referred to the veterinary clinic of the school of ahvaz university, in southwest iran. faecal samples were collected from 67 diarrhoeic household cats during 2005 to 2007. according to the age and clinical signs, the cats were divided into two groups; 6 months, hemorrhagic and ...

the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of hypericin and fluoxetine in the treatment of companion dogs with tail chasing in ahvaz district. in the present survey, eighteen dogs with tail chasing were assigned into three equal groups for a three-year period. the dogs were randomly classified based on different treatment groups. during 15 weeks, dogs of group a were given 0.05 mg ...

conclusions given the prevalence of most gastrointestinal parasites, the hiv-positive patients show a weak immune system and higher sensitivity for infection particularly for opportunistic parasites. so, routine stool tests for detection of intestinal parasites are very useful for people with weakened immune systems. results the prevalence of intestinal parasites was 48.8%, which shows a high p...

canine babesiosis is an important worldwide, tick-born disease caused by apicomplexan hemoparasitic from genus babesia. the aim of the present survey was to identify the current state of babesia infection in urban and rural dogs in ahvaz district, southwest of iran. for this reason, 200 rural dogs from 5 village around ahvaz and 200 urban dogs (stratified random sampling) referred to the vet...

the house fly, musca domestica l., is known as one of the most important hygiene problems worldwide. it has shown a high potential to develop resistance to chemical insecticides. this study was undertaken to determine the susceptibility or resistance of the house fly, which were collected from 3 livestock farms near the city of ahvaz, to prevalent pyrethroid insecticides (delthamethrin, lambda-...

background more than three million children in developing countries die from acute diarrhea annually. rotaviruses and adenoviruses are from the most important etiologic factors in acute gastroenteritis of children. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of rotavirus and adenovirus among children with acute diarrhoea admitted to abuzar hospital in ahvaz (southwest iran)...

results results showed that naderi and havashenasi stations had the highest and the lowest sulfur and nitrogen dioxide concentrations, respectively during 2012. maximum annual concentrations of sulfur and nitrogen dioxide were 173 and 58 μg/m3, respectively, which observed during winter 2012. approximately 5.6% of the respiratory mortality and copd cases happened when the sulfur and nitrogen di...

background & objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two stapes prostheses in hearing improvement of patients undergoing stapes surgery for otosclerosis.   materials & methods: in this retrospective and descriptive study, the charts of 291 stapedectomies performed by one surgeon (first author) from 1997 to 2011 in imam khomeini and apadana hospitals of ahva...