Invasive aspergillosis is one the major causes of death in hematopoietic and solidtransplantrecipients. One of the most critical problems in medical mycology is theinability to consistently make a convincing and early diagnosis of invasive fungalinfection. Conventional diagnosis methods such as culture-based approaches are limitedby the insufficient accessibility sensitivity and the non-culture...

background: mammary paget’s disease is an uncommon form of primary breast cancer. the aim of this study is to assess our institution’s experience in its management. methods: we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 53 female patients with histologically confirmed paget’s disease, treated at the salah azaïz institute between 2001 and 2010. results: there were palpable masses in 71.7% o...

background: pulse wave velocity (pwv) is widely used for estimating the stiffness of an artery. v arious invasive and non-invasive methods have been developed to determine pwv over the years. in the present research , the non-invasive estimation of the pwv of large arteries was used as an index for arterial stiffness. methods: a dynamic model based on the navier-stokes equations coupled to elas...

background and objective: community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ( ca-mrsa) is increasingly reported worldwide. we aimed to determine the frequency of invasive ca-mrsa in children admitted to the pediatric wards of imam reza and ghaem hospitals of mashhad, iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, data regarding s. aureus isolates from pediatric patients’...

invasive aspergillosis is one the major causes of death in hematopoietic and solidtransplantrecipients. one of the most critical problems in medical mycology is theinability to consistently make a convincing and early diagnosis of invasive fungalinfection. conventional diagnosis methods such as culture-based approaches are limitedby the insufficient accessibility sensitivity and the non-culture...