a 47 year-old woman presented with eight-month history of tattoo allergic reaction of eyebrows after botulinum toxin a injection that was resistant to oral, topical and intralesional injection of corticosteroids. multiple sessions of treatment with co2 fractional laser resulted in significant flattening of allergic papules and plaques as well as reduction of tattoo pigmentation

introduction: α-amylase is a major form of amylase found in humans and other mammals. it is the special key enzyme involved in carbohydrates breakdown. inhibition of this enzyme could be used in treatment of diabetes. in this study, the effect of ten iranian macrolichens on alpha amylase were tested. methods: different concentrations of the extracts (25, 50 and 75 mg/ml) were incubated with enz...

to determine the complications of gold sodium thiomalate therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (ra), 32 patients with active ra (27 female, 5 male) treated for a mean period of 28 ? 14 weeks were studied. from these patients, 62.5 (46-79) percent showed at least one drug reaction. pruritus was the most common complication occurred in 59 (42-76) percents, and was accompanied by skin rush in 37 (15-57)...

background and aim: tinnitus is perception of sound in absence of external source. reaction time is the time between sensory stimuli and a behavior. alternation of auditory reaction time has been shown in the literature in patients with tinnitus. this study has investigated the auditory reaction time in quiet and noise to different frequencies. methods: fifteen subjects with chronic tinnitus pa...

Granuloma annulare represents a reaction pattern that is recognized as idiopathic in many cases but is attributed to a variety of inciting factors in some cases. In this report, we present a case of granuloma annulare-like pattern reaction to tattoo pigment.

omalizumab is a recombinant humanized anti-ig e monoclonal antibody used as the third line treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (csu). we report four patients with severe antihistamine-resistant csu, who developed angioedema, anaphylaxis and/or flare up of urticaria at different times following omalizumab therapy.

results all eight candida species were successfully detected, identified and quantitated based on the icl gene. a seven-log range of the gene copy number and a minimum detection limit of 103 copies were achieved. conclusions a one-tube absolute quantification real-time pcr that differentiates medically important candida species via individual unique melting temperature was achieved. analytical ...

this case report describes an unusual spectrum of a proved anaphylactoid reaction to vancomycin during general anesthesia for release of tethered spinal cord in a 14 year old girl. bronchospasm which is the sine qua non of a classical anaphylactoid reaction was singularly absent in this particular case. our objective in this presentation is to highlight the importance of early recognition of th...

adverse drug reaction (adr) is one of the most life threatening problems, and the economic burden of adr is considerable. the main objective of this study was to assess the attitude of the kerman health system staff, to evaluate their knowledge of the spontaneous reporting system and to identify the reasons for low reporting rate. in this descriptive study, a persian translated questioner was u...