conclusions continuous training is necessary to improve the knowledge and awareness of the highest-risk groups with regard to the transmission modes, prevention, symptoms, and treatment of this disease. objectives this study is a retrospective descriptive survey based on data collected from the health center of khuzestan province, iran, during 1999 - 2015. patients and methods patients with sym...

abstract background: brugada syndrome (bs) is an inherited ion channelopathy characterized by an electrocardiographic (ecg) pattern of a coved type st segment elevation in right precordial leads with or without right bundle branch block. case presentation: a 23-year old male presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. further evaluation revealed a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. the pa...

canine ehrlichiosis has emerged as one of the most clinically important tick-borne diseases affecting dogs. eighty-five naturally infected dogs have been investigated, the most consistent clinical signs recorded were fever, emaciation and lymphoadenopathy, anemia, monocytosis, thrompocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, elevation in liver enzymes and total bilirubin were the most remarkable changes asso...

doppler echocardiography (de) is known to be a valuable tool for detecting subclinical forms of valvular regurgitation (vrj in theacutephase of rheumatic fever (rf). previous studies have mostly dealt with the acute phase problem with only short-term follow-up. in this study, 24 children between 4-15 years of age (mean age ii.x±2.7 years) with rf without clinically diagnosed carditis (most with...

objective: to investigate microorganisms causing bacteremia in jordanian children and to assess their sensitivity to various groups of antimicrobials. methods: a retrospective study was conducted on positive blood cultures taken from 378 children aged below 15 year, who sought medical attention at princess rahmah hospital between january and december/2008. results: out of 4475 tested blood samp...