introduction: we intended to assess the accuracy of re-expressed modification of diet for renal disease (mdrd) and cockcroft-gault (cg) equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (gfr) in chronic kidney disease in two different etiologies of acute renal failure (arf): acute tubular necrosis (atn) and acute glomerulonephritis (agn). methods: patients admitted for arf or the patients compl...

Listeriosis is a bacterial disease caused by different Listeria species; among these Listeria monocytogenes being the most pathogenic species to small ruminants. The other two species, the so called Listeria ivanovii and Listeria innocua are less frequently implicated in disease of animals. Listeriosis is most prevalent during spring and winter seasons. Soil contamination and ingestion of conta...

Received: Revised: Accepted: January 19, 2011 January 26, 2011 January 27, 2011