Background: Viral infections are the most common cause of fever and neutropenia in children without underlying disease, data still limited this regard. Objective: This study aimed to identify viral causes pediatrics. Methods: descriptive-analytical was conducted on pediatric patients younger than 18 years old referred emergency ward with as chief complaint no diseases; evidence bacterial terms ...

INTRODUCTION In our country due to some limitations, mannitol is widely used for bowel preparation. Bowel preparation with mannitol has several side effects. AIM To compare complication of mechanical bowel preparation with and without mannitol. MATERIAL AND METHODS This case control study was carried out in Imam Khomeini and Abuzar children's hospitals. Sixty cases of patients who underwent...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease is a glutten induced enteropathy. Some authors recommended screening celiac in children with constipation. There are studies to evaluate celiac disease in children with constipation. But most of them included children regardless to treatment failure. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate frequency of elevated anti TTG in children with constipation after fai...

background: scorpion sting is a public health problem in khuzestan, south-west iran. the aims of the current study were to monitor the hospitalized children, due to scorpion sting, and releasing more clinical and epidemiologic data related to scorpionism in this province. methods: in this retrospective study, the data of scorpion sting victims, among the hospitalized children in abuzar children...

INTRODUCTION Regarding the functioning of the endocrine system, and especially in the thyroid of patients with thalassemia, multiple studies in different parts of the world have reported conflicting results. The aim of this study was to assess the levels of thyroid hormones and TSH in beta-thalassemic patients in the city of Ahwaz. METHODS In this matched case-control study, 105 patients in t...

Background: Candida glabrata is the second agent of candiduria with increased resistance to antifungals. Microsatellite length polymorphism (MLP) one genotyping techniques used in epidemiological investigation improve clinical management. Objectives: We aimed detect different genotypes C. isolates using six microsatellite markers and MLP technique. Moreover, our genotypes' association other cou...

Several viruses are responsible for aseptic meningitis; however, in the region of Southwest Iran, the role played by each virus is still not very well known. The aim of this study is to determine the relative frequencies of mumps virus, herpes viruses, and enteroviruses, as well as coinfections among them, in patients with aseptic meningitis.In this cross-sectional study, samples of cerebrospin...

the present paper is an attempt to apply bourdieu’s field theory to the political field of the islamic republic of iran. the concept of field, as explained by bourdieu, provides a suitable theoretical framework to identify and explain the complexities and intricacies of different behaviors of this system and analyze its absolutely different practices in domestic and international arenas.  the m...