Background: The present study is the first comprehensive report of the Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) in Iran based on the molecular technique for differentiation and typing of the MCV1 and MCV2. Methods: Patients were diagnosed as having tumor-like genital warts less than 5 mm in diameter, and HIV seronegative samples were chosen for this cross-sectional study. TaqMan real-time PCR was used...

identification  of clinically  significant  nocardia  species  is essential  for the definitive diagnosis, predict antimicrobial susceptibility, epidemiological purposes,  and  for  an  effective  treatment.   conventional   identification   of nocardia species in routine medical laboratories which is based on phenotypic (cellular morphology, colonial characteristics), biochemical and enzymatic...

abstract background: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a significant challenge to the burn patient. the implementation of proper monitoring programs and prompt identification of epidemic mrsa strains are critical to consequently control and eradicate potential outbreaks. this study aimed to define the genetic relatedness of mrsa strains isolated from burn patients by analyzi...

introduction: considering the role of hla matching in transplant outcome, the quality of hla-dr typing is clearly an important issue.in recent years serologic methods have been replaced with dna based typing methods.the main objective of this study was to compare hla-dr typing data obtained from existing serologic method with that obtained by the new pcr-ssp method. material and methods: fifty-...

background and objectives: to investigate coagulase gene polymorphisms of mrsa and mssa isolates from shiraz teaching hospitals from 2011 to 2012. materials and methods: a total of 302 isolates of staphylococcus aureus were collected from clinical specimens in three major teaching hospitals and confirmed on the basis of morphological characteristics and biochemical tests. the isolates were subj...