recent reports have suggested that cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection may contribute to risk of cardiovascular disease. however, relationship between cmv infection and unstable angina (ua) is controversial and studies about this subject in iran and even region are lacking. the aim of this study was to determine whether unstable angina is related to seropositivity to chronic cytomegalovirus infecti...

infections of the cerebrospinal shunts and other neurosurgical structures are not uncommon in the clinical practice. these infections are mostly clinical emergencies carrying negative prognostic impacts on the patients as well as spending healthcare resources. the low pathogenicity nature of some implicated pathogens results in minimal physical signs that may complicate the diagnosis and mislea...

patients with pulmonary cavities are usually exposed to other pulmonary infections, especially of fungus origin, such as asnprgillosis and coccidiomycosis. they are manifested by the formation of fungus ball in these cavities, which is completely resistant to anti-fungal therapy. in these circumstance the best method of treatment is removing of the ball by surgery, in this paper a case of pulmo...

microbial corneal diseases are a serious ocular infection and the major cause of ocular morbidity and blindness in the world. the outcomes of fungal keratitis are unfavorable due to the protracted course of the condition and the diversity of respective clinical presentations. trauma, contact lens wear, foreign material, and prior corneal surgery, may make the most background for permitting inva...

conclusions: high percentage of hemolysins, biofilm and beta lactamase production by isolated staphylococci, suggests an important role of these virulence factors in the pathogenesis of isolated staphylococci from dermatitis lesions. the s. aureus isolates from wound infections, show a high sensitivity pattern to all examined antibiotics. only ciprofloxacin was found to be active against all is...

discussion: the present case demonstrates that the uropathogenic e. hermanii clone can cause destruction of the kidneys. during asymptomatic bacteriuria or cystitis, the bacteria remain in the urinary tract. even when pyelonephritis develops, inflammatory response of the host is still restricted to the urinary tract. these signs mean that uropathogenic e. hermanii may be not very virulent. intr...

background human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) is one of the health threatening problems in endemic areas and can be transmitted by different routes such as blood transfusion. in order to correct chronic anemia in thalassemia subjects, they may need to get blood units per month. thus, they are at risk of infection with blood-borne viruses such as htlv-i. objectives in the present study, ...

background and purpose: the presence of candida yeasts in urine, known as candiduria, is an indicator of infection or colonization of the urinary tract by candida species. this condition in diabetic patients can be hazardous due to diminished immune system response. the objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of candiduria in diabetic patients and to identify its causative agen...

acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) is a sight-threating infection of the cornea that mostly affects contact lens wearers. until now, ak treatment remains very difficult due to the existence of a highly resistant cyst stage in the life cycle of acanthamoeba which is extremely resistant to most of the available anti-amoebic compounds. moreover, current treatment of ak is usually based in the combination...

injection drug use has been the most growing rout of drug abuse in iran in the past decade and it has been responsible for the transmission of hiv virus in more than two third of cases. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of hiv and hepatitis b in a group of idu cadavers and to compare the results to a group of cadavers of the normal population. in a case-control study ...