background: eosinophilia occurs in a wide variety of situations such as parasitic infections, aller­gic disorders, and malignancies. most cases of eosinophilia of parasitic origin, especially those with a tissue migration life cycles consists of human infections by helminth parasites. the aim of present study was to determine the parasitic causes of eosinophilia in patients in a major endemic a...

background: oral lesions are among the earliest clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency (hiv) infection and are important in early diagnosis and for monitoring the progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral lesions and their relationship with a number of factors in hiv/aids patients attending an hiv cente...

The relationship between adrenal insufficiency and the HIV infection have been less investigated. aim of this study was to assess cortex function according stage in a group HIV-infected patients sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted cross-sectional 60 consenting subjects consisted 20 healthy controls 40 divided equally into 4 groups infection. Plasma cortisol levels were measured at baseline after s...

Evaluation of miRNA-122, miRNA-149, miRNA-199a, and miRNA- let7 Expression in HIV, HBV, HIV-HBV Co-infected Patients

conclusions the significant number of coinfected hiv-hcv patients only had hbcab positive test without detectable hbv-dna. further studies for detection of hbv-dna in both serum and liver biopsy specimens may help clarify the impact of hbv infection in coinfected hiv/hcv patients. results of 103 hiv-hcv coinfected patients, both hbsag and hbcab were positive in 7 patients (6.8%), negative in 44...

The SARS-CoV-2 infection is a cause of hypoxemic acute respiratory failure, leading to frequent intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Due invasive organ support and immunosuppressive therapies, these patients are prone nosocomial infections. Our aim was assess the value daily measurements C-reactive protein (CRP) Procalcitonin (PCT) in early identification ICU-acquired infections COVID-19 patien...

Background: Hematological abnormalities are a common complication of HIV infection and occur in all stages of the infection. These abnormalities increase as the disease advances. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of bone marrow sampling in HIV-positive patients. Methods: 40 HIV-infected individuals were screened for hematological abnormalities. Investigations such as iron studies, he...

Background: Despite of isolation of Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) from the patients acquired prostate cancer in 2006 and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2009, there have been controversial findings about its potential role in human diseases and frequencies in different population groups. In the present study, we aimed to determine the frequency of XMRV genome ...

conclusions the mir-155 appeared to be suppressed during hbv infection. the significantly higher mir-155 levels in alt-elevated patients infected with hbv suggest that mir-155 levels in pbmcs correlate with the immune state of patients with chronic hbv infection. results in the hbv-infected patients, the mir-155 levels were significantly lower than in the healthy controls (p = 0.001). chronic h...