a. calamus that grows in province of baluchistan and kerman in iran plays a major role in the revival of traditional medicine. despite the useful role of this plant in many ailments, its anti-bacterial properties are not well understood. in this study, we investigated anti-bacterial activities of rhizomes ware of a. calamus against various strains of bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus and e...

the present study investigated bacterial contamination of radiography equipment in radiology departments of kermanshah university of medical sciences. in this study 196 samples had taken from radiography equipment surfaces of hospitals. the results showed that bacterial contaminations were existed in 91.7% of samples. the highest frequency of bacterial colonies was coagulase negative staphyloco...

This paper applied a simple and cost-benefit method for the production of regenerated bacterial cellulose. The inexpensive production of cellulose with complex media derived from wastewater from food industries such as molasses adds a lot of contaminants to the produced bacterial cellulose, which puts a lot of challenges in cellulose purification. Therefore, the present study aimed...

Background: Microbial infections and the resistance to antibacterial drugs are on the rise, and scientists are in search of the safest and most effective approach to overcome them. Medicinal plants are potentially effective against many microorganisms. Therefore, this study was planned to examine the antibacterial properties and cytotoxicity of the extracts of Allium sativum and Myrtus communis...

Objective: Microbiological infection plays vital role in determining the outcome as well as cost and duration of the hospital stay for patients admitted in ICU setup. Therefore regular surveillance of important pathogens and its related factors are mandatory. The objective of this study was to find out the organisms causes infection in patients admitted in different Trauma-surgery, medical and ...

background acute bacterial meningitis which is a pediatric emergency with high mortality and morbidity must be diagnosed and treat promptly. often diagnosis of bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis is difficult after some days. determination of some inflammatory mediators’ example il-6 and hs-crp were useful in differential diagnosis of bacterial and viral meningitis. objectives this study...

abstract nowadays, soil pollution with heavy metals has become a major problem which their accumulation in plants can directly or indirectly influence on animals and humans life. lead and cadmium are poisonous metals, with increasing the amount of these metals in environmental pollution; they will be increased in food chain significantly. in this research, three levels of cadmium (0, 100 and 20...

conclusions the study results showed that stimulation of the american cockroach’s immunity system lead to production of antibacterial proteins and peptides which had inhibitory effect on the bacteria, depending on the bacterial strains and their sensitivity. likely this feature of insects can be used as therapeutic strategies to produce natural antimicrobial compounds against the pathogenic bac...

conclusions despite implementation of community-level harm reduction strategies in iran, infectious complications due to illicit drug use are frequent and often require care at the hospital. introducing harm reductions services at an inpatient level may improve the quality of care provided and help reduce the burden of accrue from drug use. background infectious complications among injection dr...