Background and purpose: Dysentry is one of the acute intestinal diseases with different etiological agents. Due to emergence of drug resistant strains, treatment of this disease is difficult. This study is conducted in order to determine the relative frequency of dysentry causing agents in children living in Zahedan city of Ïran and to evaluate the drug sensitivity pattern of dysentry causing...

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of emergency surgery especially in children. Proper and on-time diagnosis may decrease the unwanted complications. In despite of diagnostic methods, a significant number of patients yet and up with negative laparotomies. The aim of this study was to assess the role of artificial neural networks in diagnosis of acute appendicitis ...

Background and Objective: Febrile convulsions (FC) are the most common seizure disorders in children. Lumbar puncture should be considered in any case with FC who is suspected to intracranial infections. This study determined white blood cell and polymorphonuclear cell counts, protein and glucose levels in cerebrospinal fluids (CFS) of children that were hospitalized with FC. Methods: In this ...

Background and Aim: Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) strains include a group of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and are known to cause shigellosis-like symptoms in both adults and children. They belong to a limited number of serotypes and their somatic (O) antigens are identical with, or related to, certain Shigella antigens. EIEC strains are confirmed by demonstration of invasivenes...

Abstract Background and Objectives Mothers of children with thalassemia as primary caregivers face problems with treatment and care issues. These problems as consequences of child’s illness often lead to inappropriate adaptive behaviors. The aim of this study was to disclose the relationship between caregiver burden and adaptive behaviors in mothers of children with thalassemia.   Materials a...