background diabetes mellitus (dm) due to suppressive effect on cellular immunity can impact on progression of tuberculosis (tb). objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of dm on the epidemiological, clinical and para clinical aspects of pulmonary tb. patients and methods the information of 148 admitted pulmonary tb patients in infectious ward of razi hospital in ahvaz fro...

the genus ebola virus first was recognized in 1976, when two outbreaks occurred in zaire and sudan. ebola virus disease (evd) is a highly contagious disease that can affect both human and nonhuman primates: zaire ebolavirus (zebov), sudan ebolavirus (sebov), côte d’ivoire ebolavirus (cebov), bundibugyo ebolavirus (bebov) and reston ebolavirus (rebov) are five members of the filoviridae family t...

Introduction: The objective of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to obtain epidemiological data from the charts of 297 patients with nasal polyposis who were operated on in a referral hospital in Mashhad and to determine the frequency of the presenting symptoms of nasal polyps.  Materials and Methods: The variables recorded included age, gender, the presence of asthma or allergic...

background familial mediterranean fever (fmf) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by sporadic, paroxysmal attacks of fever and serosal inflammation. although the disease usually begins before the age of 20 years, we aimed to evaluate the demogra­phy, clinical features and treatment outcome of familial mediter­ranean fever in iranian adult patients above 20 years old. methods in thi...

sepsis is the most common cause of neonatal mortality. as per national neonatal-perinatal database (nnpd), 2002-2003, the incidence of neonatal sepsis in india was 30 per 1000 live births. signs and symptoms of sepsis are nonspecific; therefore empirical antimicrobial therapy is promptly initiated after obtaining appropriate cultures. the early manifestations of neonatal sepsis are vague and il...

lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease. mucosal lesions are classified into six clinical forms and there is malignant potential for two forms of olp; therefore, follow-up should be considered. there are many un-established etiological factors for olp and some different treatment modalities are based on etiology. the aims of current olp therapy are to eliminate mucosal ery...

in order to identify the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of childhood guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) in east azarbaijan province, clinical and electrophysiological data on 40 consecutive children with gbs, admitted to tabriz children's medical center from march 21st 1999 to march 20th 2002, were analyzed. all patients received intravenous immunoglobulin, 400 mg /kg/ day fo...

Background and aims: The most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis of all ages is Guillain-Barresyndrome (GBS). Further understanding of this disease is important because of its life-threateningnature in life. The aim of this study was to conduct a 10-year survey on epidemiological and clinicalfeatures of GBS in Tohid and Besat hospitals, Sanandaj, Iran, from 2005 to 2014.<...

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