background: streptococcus agalactiae, also known as group b streptococcus (gbs) is a commensal organism in the urogenital tract and rectum in approximately 25% of the healthy adult female population. the bacterium is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in human infants. materials and methods: our study was performed over a three - month period from april to june 201...

background bile duct injuries (bdi) during cholecystectomy are now being recognized as major health problems. objectives herein, we present our experience with handling major bdis and report long-term outcome of hepaticojejunostomies followed by trans-jejunal hepatic duct stenting performed to reconstruct extra-hepatic biliary tracts. materials and methods in this case series, we prospectively ...

feline herpesvirus 1 (fehv-1) and feline calicivirus (fcv), associated with upper respiratory tract disease, are highly prevalent in cats worldwide. with the aim of investigating the importance of fehv-1 in a population of cats, samples were taken in a hospital in ahvaz, south-west iran, between june 2007 and june 2008. oropharyngeal, nasal and ocular swabs were collected from 65 domestic cats,...

background and objectives: this study was designed as a retrospective study on urine samples during three years in shaheed mostafa khomeini hospital to determine demographic characteristics of patients with urinary tract infection (uti), microbial etiology, and susceptibility of isolated bacteria to antibiotics. materials and methods: all urines fulfilling the criteria for significant bacteriur...

background: escherichia coli is the most causative agent of urinary tract infections (utis). apart from all human infectious diseases, uti have a high prevalence and in most cases, escherichia coli is a dominance bacterium which can cause pyelonephritis and cystitis. the aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of some virulence genes expressing fimbriae, production of hemolysin and aer...

background: considering that there was not any regional survey in isfahan, iran regarding the epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections (arti) in different age groups of general population, the aim of this study was to determine the epidemiologic feature of artis in isfahan using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study,pati...

background: urinary tract infections (utis) are one of the most important bacterial infections among children throughout the world. the study aimed to estimate the cost of hospitalization associated with pediatric utis in kermanshah province for the years of 2013 and 2014. methods and materials: this was a cross sectional and descriptive study. the study subjects included all those aged 20 year...

background: respiratory diseases/syndromes are the most common causes of referring to physicians among pilgrims in hajj . they lead to high morbidity , impose high costs on the health system and are among the major obstacles for pilgrims to perform hajj duties. the main aim of our study was to determine types, frequencies, etiologies, and epidemiologic factors of respiratory diseases among iran...

the link between allergic rhinitis and asthma is well known. bronchial hyperreactivity (bhr) may be present in rhinitis. the present study was aimed to compare airway responses in patients  with rhinitis symptoms alone following exercise challenge, and to  determine relationship of two different respiratory function tests. 98 subjects with rhinitis were investigated by spirometry and impulse os...

few studies have been reported regarding probiotic properties of lactococcus lactis strains although they are extensively used as starter cultures in the production of dairy products. in this study 8 wild isolates of lactococcus lactis were evaluated in vitro with regard to resistance to simulated gastric and intestinal juices, adherence ability to caco-2 cells and ht29-mtx-e12 cell lines, anti...