introduction: oral candidosis is among the find-ings of acute leukemia. the aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the intensity of c.albicans, before treatment and at the induc-tion phase. materials and methods: twelve patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) aged 2-14 years enrolled in study. whole saliva samples were obtained and cultured to determine the mean count of c.al...

in this study the effects of the most popular anaesthetics including: ms222, clove oil (eugenia caryophyllata) and 2-phenoxyethanol, on some haematological and serum enzymes of cyprinus carpio were investigated. firstly the effective dose of each anaesthetics (3 minutes for anesthesia and 5 minutes for recovery ) and lc50 of them were calculated in c. carpio. fish were anaesthetized with the ef...

introduction: musculoskeletal growth is variable during adolescent period and reaches its maximum by 18 years, whereas hemopoietic parameters reach adult values by 15 years. after adolescence period, the blood parameters may vary with nutrition and built of the individual. the purpose of this study was to find out any correlation between anthropometric and hematological parameters after the ado...

Background: It is difficult to treat infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii due to multiple drug resistance. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of combination therapy with two broad-spectrum antibiotics colistin and rifampin on clinical and para clinical indexes of the patients with ventilator-dependent pneumonia due to imipenem-resistant to A. baumannii in intensive care...

sickle cell disease is a genetic haemoglobinopathy with consequent haemolysis and anaemia. it is of interest to study its effect on red cell indices beside haemoglobin concentration.the objective of the study is to determine the values of red cell indices in preschool-age children with sickle cell anaemia.we conducted a cross-sectional study including 97 children with sickle cell anaemia aged s...

Abstract Background Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) constitutes 75% of all cases. The most frequent presenting symptoms are fever, weight loss and pallor. Early detection of clinical symptoms positively affects timely diagnosis. The objectives of the present study were to assess frequency of presenting symptoms, laboratory data, immune ph...

background: the vascular response to recurrent tissue hypoxia and reperfusion following red blood cell sickling causes acute chest syndrome and chronic lung disease. the purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of chronic lung lesions and possible risk factors in sickle cell patients in lagos, nigeria.methods: from july 2012 to april 2013, pulmonary function test (pft) and chest-x-ray...

Background: This study investigated the protective effects of aqueous extracts of Anogeissus leiocarpus (DC) Guill & Perr (Combretaceae) and Terminalia avicennioides Guill & Perr (Combretaceae) root barks, as well as their 1:1 (w/w) mixture on liver redox and haematological parameters of diethylnitrosamine-treated rats. Methods: Rats were orally administered distilled water, diethylnitrosami...