AIM The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of Shigella species and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in hospitalized children with Shigellosis in Abadan, Iran. BACKGROUND Shigellosis is caused by different species of Shigella and one of the most common causes of diarrhea in children. This disease is endemic in many developing countries including Iran. PATIENTS AND ME...

Introduction: Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis (NPCM) is a term used to describe the invasion of the central nervous system by the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. NPCM has been described sporadically in some case reports and small case series, with little or no focus on treatment outcome and long-term follow-up. Methods: All patients with NPCM from January 1991 to December 2006 were...

The spectrum of skin and soft tissue infections seen by the primary care physician can be as benign as folliculitis to as life-threatening as NF. Cellulitis remains the most common skin and soft tissue infection seen in primary care. The ever present danger of ca-MRSA, however, has changed the way primary care physicians approach the common problem of cellulitis. The presence of risk factors fo...

TEXT S4: MICROWEAR AND INCREMENTAL LINES OF VON EBNER Methods for Assessing Wear Eight teeth referred to Nigersaurus taqueti were examined for microwear features on enamel and dentine surfaces using a light microscopy-based method [1]. Surfaces were cleaned before molding with 70% isopropyl alcohol to remove surface dust or dirt. Two molds were made for the worn surface of each tooth using a po...

in future high-speed self-routing photonic networks based on all-optical time division multiplexing (otdm) it is highly desirable to carry out packet switching, clock recovery and demultplexing in the optical domain in order to avoid the bottleneck due to the optoelectronics conversion. in this paper we propose a self-routing otdm node structure composed of an all-optical router and demultiplex...

A wireless magnetoelastic sensor has been developed for the determination of 2-naphthol (2-NAP) in human urine. This method is based on the precipitation of 2-NAP with diazonium salts produced by the diazo-reaction of sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) with nitrite under a weak alkaline condition, resulting in a descending of the resonance frequency of a wireless magnetoelastic sensor. The frequence shift ...

The aim of the present study was to investigate an optimal prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia in renal transplant recipients. A total of 83 kidney transplant recipients who had been diagnosed with CMV pneumonia between January 2008 and December 2011 were enrolled in the study. Patients were assigned to a standard or improved group based on the prophylaxis administered. The retrospec...

background & objectives: shigellosis is caused by different species of shigella and one of the most common causes of diarrhea in children. this disease is endemic in many developing countries including iran.  the aim of this study was to determine the incidence of shigella species and their antimicrobial suceptibility patterns in hospitalized children with shigellosis . methods: this prospectiv...