background: the optimal treatment is not possible yet for chronic prostatitis due to the unknown etiology of the diseases. we aimed to investigate the association of helicobacter pylori infection with chronic prostatitis. methods: in this prospective case-control study that conducted in imam hospital complex affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences in tehran, iran from 2014 to 2015, ...

background and objective: cytomegalovirus (cmv) infections are associated with severe morbidity and mortality in patients, especially pediatric renal transplantation patients. the use of immunosuppressive agents places these patients at the risk of viral infections. as cytomegalovirus infection influences the graft outcome, adopting useful strategies for limiting this virus after transplantatio...

background and objectives: urinary tract infections (uti) are one of the most common infectious diseases with different microbial agent and antimicrobial resistant pattern in hospitalized patients and outpatients. in order to assess the adequacy of therapy, knowledge of prevalence and resistance pattern of the bacteria is necessary. the main aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and ...

introduction: the most common mode of rabies virus transmission is through a bite wound or contact of broken skin with saliva of a rabid animal. various other routes of virus transmission include exposure of mucous membranes (i.e. eyes, nose, and mouth) to infected saliva of a rabid animal, aerosol transmission, and corneal transplantation. laboratory workers during work with rabies virus and v...

introduction:blood-borne infectious agents are one of the main anxieties of blood transfusion organization in all countries. according to who, the blood healthy and blood safety is included ensuring and monitoring of quality and efficiency for all patients requiring blood transfusion. we at the current study intend that survey prevalence hiv ab, hcv ab, hbs ag among blood donors refer to the bl...

background: acute bacterial meningitis is among serious infections of the central nervous system (cns). the early diagnosis and empiric antibiotic treatments have led to a reduction in morbidity and mortality rates. pcr and the enzymatic digestion of 16s rdna fragment following the pcr by universal primers led up fast and sensitive determination. the aims of the present study was to improve our...

background:  little is known about trends and predictors of hardware related infection following open reduction and internal fixation (orif) of extremity fractures, one of the major causes of failure following orif. the present study was designed and conducted to determine trends and predictors of infection-related hardware removal following orif of extremities using a nationally representative...

a 25 year-old man presented with pain, swelling, and intermittent drainage from distal lateral aspect of his left knee three months after undergoing isolated acl reconstruction with arthroscopic hamstring autograft and endobottom technique. his surgeon at that time tried to eliminate the pathology through arthroscopic wash out in two attempts. however, the pain, edema, and discharge recurred af...

retained gauze after surgery is an uncommon error and it may be associated with many complications. we are reporting our case to call attention to the fact that retained gauze may become symptomatic even after a very long interval. herein we report on a patient who developed infection and fistula with discharge from this error 35 years after a surgery for femur fracture and insertion of a im na...