Background Transfer of micro-Injected oocytes into fallopian tubes is an alternative procedure for IVF-ET with a similar success rate. This could be either done immediately after ovum pick-up microinjected oocytes intrafallopian transfer (MIFT) or after a time interval zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT). This study was designed to compare the outcomes of the two procedures. MaterialsAndMetho...

conclusions although lap had good performance in early diagnosis of gas, a combination of clinical findings, including tonsillar exudates, petechiae with results of rapid antigen test or culture is necessary for clinician judgment. throat culture is the gold standard test for detecting group a streptococcal infection, but rapid test is a good replacement for culture. objectives the aim of this ...

background and objectives: tuberculosis (tb) is a major problem in the world. treatment and control of tb needs detection of the mycobacterium tuberculosis (mt) in the proper samples. while smear doesn’t have enough sensitivity, culture and pcr are expensive, time consuming and unavailable in many centers. recent development of a rapid tb antigen detection test (prtbk) at pasteur institute of i...

throughout the world, many migrant and mobile populations are at elevated risk for hiv. iran has a large immigrant population from neighboring afghanistan; however, few data exist on the prevalence of hiv in this community. in 2008, we conducted a study to assess the presence of hiv infection among 477 immigrants in a town to the northeast of tehran using a rapid test in the field. hiv prevalen...

background rapid response teams (rrts) assess patients during early phases of deterioration to reduce patient morbidity and mortality. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the ability of earlier medical intervention by a rrt prompted by clinical instability in patients to reduce the incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac arrest at our hospital. patients and methods a nonrandomize...

background: salmonella enterica serovar typhi, as causative agent of typhoid fever, is one of the most important endemic pathogens. non-typhoidal salmonella serovars, including typhimurium , infantis , and enteritidis are amongst the most prevalent serotypes worldwide and in developing areas such as iran. the aim of this study was to apply a uniplex pcr for rapid detection of salmonella spp., a...