many extra-intestinal manifestations are associated with celiac disease. one of the most important of them is hepatobiliary abnormalities. this association is recently under consideration. we report a 34-year-old man with elevated liver enzymes and primary diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. further follow up revealed celiac disease as the proper diagnosis in this patient.

objectives: the rate of person to person transmission of intestinal parasites is high in elderly and mentally retarded patients and lack of treatment may cause disease spread.this sudy was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of treatment of intestinal parasitic infections in elderly and mentallyretardedpatients of golabchi center of kashan. methods & materials: this descriptive study was carried...

introduction ileal diverticulum is a rare disease that presents with complications such as diverticulitis. case presentation we present an 81-year-old man with partial small bowel obstruction having abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting for 48 hours and a mobile abdominal mass. after ct scan, exploratory laparoscopy and small bowel resection was done with primary anastomosis. conclusions when adhesi...

sera from ninety one patients clinically suspected to extra intestinal amoebiasis (ex-am) were collected and examined for presence of anti entamoeba histolytica (e.h) antibody. the tests were indirect immunofluorescence antibody, (ifa or iif), gel diffusion (gd) and counter immuno electrophoresis (ciep). thirty one patients (34%) had anti e.h. antibody titres of >1:80. among them eight patients...

intestinal parasitosis has been a major public health problem in iran. it is necessary to evaluate an up-date data in this regard to be used by local authorities. serum ige determinations and coproparasitological analyses were conducted on 1200 individuals in city of ghaemshahr, mazandaran province, northern iran. a total of 1200 subjects were taken stool samples for three days consecutively. t...

Ascariasis is a common worm infestation in developing and under-developed countries. It is caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with Ascaris eggs from faeces and is more common in places with poor sanitation. Almost 25% of the world population is infested by Ascaris lumbricoides. Although ascariasis is a chronic disease, it can present as acute abdomen rarely. The wandering nature of As...

background: intestinal parasitic infection is one of the major public health problems in developing countries. children are more vulnerable to these infections. in addition, the prevalence of infection is different among various communities; hence, there is a need for the periodical prevalence evaluation. this study was performed to define the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among ...

background: giardia lamblia is one of the most common protozoal infections in human especially children. metronidazol (mtz) is the drug of choice for treatment of giardiasis; its chemical composition possesses major threats and is becoming less sensitive. this study aimed to search for natural extracts alternative to mtz. methods: in-vivo effects of dichloromethane extracts of ginger and cinnam...

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an in vivo experiment was conducted to study the effects of probiotic bacillus coagulans spores, with and without prebiotic, inulin, on gastrointestinal (gi) microbiota of healthy rats and its potentiality to survive in the gi tract. forty-eight male wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=12) and fed as follows: standard diet (control), standard diet supplied with 5% w/w long cha...