The evaluation of the data of the prevalence of the transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Human immunodeÞ ciency virus (HIV), among blood donors permits an assessment of the acquisition of the infections in the blood donor population and consequently the safety of the collected donations. It also gives an idea for the epidemiology of the...

Background. Transfusion-transmissible infections, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis are among the greatest threats to blood safety and pose a serious public health problem. Objective. To determine the magnitude of blood borne infections among blood donors at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital. Methods and Materials. A cross-sectiona...

abstract background: escherichia coli, known as a clinically significant bacteria, can cause a wide range of infections, including urinary tract infections (utis), blood stream infections (bsis), and can frequently be isolated from various clinical specimens. evaluation of antimicrobial resistant pattern is a necessary action, especially about such bacteria which are frequent and life threateni...

Feline lower urinary tract diseases are known to be life threatening conditions in cats, especially when they occur as obstructive diseases in males. Early diagnosis and treatment is necessary, otherwise it may lead to death. A 3-year-old male Persian cat was referred to the clinic with a history of anuria, lethargy, loss of appetite and exploratory cystotomy 6 months ago due to urethral obstru...

Background: Early diagnosis is paramount to the treatment of neonatal infections. Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature erythrocytes that increase in number due to stress and hypoxia. This study was conducted to determine NRBC count in the peripheral blood and examine its significance as a marker of neonatal infection. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 154 infants (78 ...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) consists of induction therapy with anthracyclines and cytarabine followed by two to four cycles of consolidation therapy with high-dose cytarabine after achieving remission. There have been very few studies comparing infections during induction and consolidation. We have analyzed blood cultures of patients with AML during episodes of fe...

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is widely distributed in the environment and causes occasional human infections, most often immunocompromised individuals. Reports of unusual invasive severe infections include septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, respiratory tract patients with cystic fibrosis necrotising soft tissue infections. There are only few reported cases endocarditis international literature. no p...

context several risk factors play the role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) from which chronic hepatitis b and c infections are the most important ones. dna integration of hepatitis viruses alters the function of critical genes promoting malignant transformation of virus-infected liver cells. evidence acquisition there are remarkable geographic differences in prevalence of c...

background. the most common species isolated from primary endodontic infections are black-pigmented bacteria. these species are implicated in apical abscess formation due to their proteolytic activity and are fastidious in nature. therefore, the present study was carried out to evaluate the presence and identification of various pigmented porphyromonas and prevotella species in the infected roo...