objective(s) the effect of testosterone on anxiety-like behaviors has been the subject of some studies. there is evidence that testosterone modulates anxiety via gaba (gama aminobutyric acid) and gabaergic system. the involvement of gabac receptors in those effects of testosterone on anxiety-like behaviors of the rats was investigated in the present study. materials and methods a group of rats ...

background: central venous (cv) catheters play an essential role in the management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (icu). cv lines are, however, allied to catheter-associated blood stream infections. bacterial colonization of cv lines is deemed the main cause of catheter-associated infection. the purpose of our study was to compare bacterial colony counts in the catheter s...

bacterial sepsis is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in neonates. it has been recognized a gradual change in spectrum of organisms responsible for neonatal sepsis. in this study we have evaluated changing trend of incidence and antibiotic susceptibility in neonatal late - onset sepsis (los) in 2-periods. this study is based on results of blood culture in neonatal late-on...

just regarding different risk factors for antibiotic resistant uropathogenes, it seems justice to improve diagnostic power for drug resistant uropathogenes and well appropriate empirical therapy. 300 and 145 cases of clinicopathologically diagnosed nosocomial and spinal cord injured (sci) associated urinary tract infection (uti), respectively, were considered as our samples included in our 24 m...

conclusions: according to our experiment, onion has an inhibitory effect on the growth of normal eye flora; although the duration of onion juice instillation did not show any significant effect on the group results. hence, this finding is an initiating point for further investigations into the antimicrobial properties of this herb to treat common eye infections, including conjunctivitis and ble...

background: sohan is an iranian traditional brittle confection which its ingredients are susceptible to oxidation and microbial contamination during storage. this experimental study was designed to determine the effect of damask rose (rosa damascena mill.) extract on some chemical, microbial, and sensory properties of sohan during storage at 25 °c. methods: the sohan ingredients were mixed, bak...

background: escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus as important food-borne pathogens are the main concerns of food producers and consumers which create a lot of problems worldwide. the objective of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of monolaurin alone and in combination with edta on viability of e. coli and s. aureus in culture media and iranian white cheese. methods: the ...

background: the most frequently used spermicide nonoxynol-9 (n-9) in the clinic alters the vaginal flora, which will result in an increased risk of opportunistic infection. so development of a novel spermicidal and microbicidal drug appears to be inevitable. vaginal local immune is an important part of vaginal flora. secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (slpi), surfactant proteins d (sp-d), a...