in guilan province, near the end of spring and summer each year at the time of rice gathering, some of the farmers run high fevers. this disease is named as “shaltook fever” (paddy or husked rice fever) in the region. review of literature showed outbreak of leptospirosis between rice farmers in italy and spain. we decided to measure antibody levels (igm and igg) against leptospirosis in patient...

fever accompanied by rash is a common finding in pediatric patients. although, in most cases, the disease is trivial, in some cases it may be the first and/or the sole manifestation of a serious and life threatening condition in patients. the spectrum of differential diagnosis is broad and many different infectious and some noninfectious agents cause this syndrome. to establish a timely diagnos...

a study was undertaken to find out the prevalence rate or rheumatic fever (r.f.) and rheumatic heart disease (r.h.d.) among pupils in selected schools of tehran, and to evaluate the rate of socio-economical factors on prevalence rate of this disease. during period of 5 months, 6, 183 children and adolescents aged 5-17 were studied. out of 6,183 pupils, 3, 680 were boys (59.5) and 2,503 were gir...

the latest american heart association (aha) statement for preventing infectious endocarditis, has not recommended prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fb) except for patients with preexisting predisposing cardiac conditions. our aim was to determine the incidence of bacteriemia and fever following fb in our experience and compare with those which have been mentioned...

typhoid fever is a common infection in children in developing countries. typhoid fever is a systemic illness which affects many organs. isolated hepatitis, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure complicating typhoid fever are well known. the potential of multiorgan involvement in typhoid fever - on rare occasions - may occur simultaneously in the same patient.

background and aims: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a fatal viral disease that occurs in approximately 30 countries. it has the most extensive geographic range among the tick-borne viruses that affect human health. cchf viruses have a tripartite rna genome consisting of large (l), medium (m) and small (s) segments. this study was undertaken to determine the genetic relationship of cc...

the aim of this study was to characterize the effect of typhoid fever on pharmacokinetic parameters of levofloxacin (lf) and compare the pharmacokinetic parameters of the said antibiotic in healthy human volunteers and patients with typhoid fever. total of 12 subjects were divided into two groups “a” (healthy volunteers) and “b” (typhoid patients). single oral dose of lf 500 mg was given and 5 ...