Background: Most of patients with bullous pemphigoid are at old age and its differentiation from other bullous diseases is important. There is no report of it in Iran. Objective: This study was done in order to determine clinical and paraclinical features, natural course and response to treatment in patients with bullous pemphigoid admitted in Loghman Hakim Hospital in 1992-1997. Patients and M...

BACKGROUND Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) has emerged globally as a significant pathogen in hospitals. It is also present in soil and water. In a previous study, we discovered that the A. baumannii class 2 integron occurred most frequently. Here, we determined whether the A. baumannii class 2 integron is in the soil around our hospital, and if the soil is the cause for increasing number...

INTRODUCTION Antibiotic resistant mutants producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) have emerged among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study was done to determine the frequency of ESBL-producing E coli and K pneumoniae species isolated from urine samples of our patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A study was conducted on 164 urine isolates (124 E coli and 40 K pneumoniae)...

Oral cancer is considered a great threat to public health. Tongue cancer accounts for nearly 30% of all oral cancers and usually seen in 50 to 60 year old men. Oropharyngeal cancers account for 3% of all cancers in Iran; as reported in 2003. The present study was designed to assess the epidemiologic and clinicopathologic characteristics of tongue cancer patients in two Tehran's referral univers...

1 Médico, Professor Assistente de Neurocirurgia, Departamento de Neurocirurgia Hospital Loghman Hakim, Universidade Shaheed Beheshti de Ciências Médicas Teerã, Irã. 2 Médico, Professor Assistente de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço Departamento e Centro de Pesquisa em Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço Hospital Rasool Akram, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de T...

The term Benign Breast Diseases can be defined as any non malignant breast condition and includes a wide range of clinical and pathological entities. A clear understanding of BBDs is needed to provide appropriate counseling for the affected individuals, initiate treatment and avoid unnecessary anxiety and follow up. In this retrospective descriptive cross sectional study, documents of 123 patie...

Background: Bacteremia is the status, which detected via a positive blood culture test with no contamination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that direct medical procedures total costs are significantly high. Antibiotic resistance can play major role in costs, related to long duration of treatment. Objectives: The aim this study was investigate rate profiles antimicro...

Introduction: Drug reactions are commonly seen in the skin but their frequency has not been determined in Tehran yet. We aimed to evaluate adverse cutaneous drug events (ACDE) in hospitalized patients. Material and methods: A 6-year case series study (from 2000 to 2006) including all hospitalized patients in two referral dermatology wards of Loghman-Hakim and Shohada Hospitals was performed. Re...

Organophosphates are insecticides which are widely used as a suicidal agent in Iran. They are associated with different types of cardiac complications including cardiac arrest and arrhythmia, however their role in cardiac injury is not known yet. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of myocardial damage in patients with cholinesterase poisoning.It was a prospective study conduc...