Background and Objective: Reliable methods of detection of antimicrobial resistance are of paramount importance in the treatment and management of infections caused by coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS). The objective of the present study was to compare and evaluate the performance of disc diffusion and E test (Epsilometer test) methods for antimicrobial testing of coagulase ne...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : circulating endothelial cells (cecs) and e-selectin are known as sensitive and specific markers of endothelial dysfunction. this study investigated whether cecs and e-selectin are surrogate biomarkers of preeclampsia and if measurement of cecs and e-selectin, early in the third trimester, could be a means of predicting preeclampsia. method...

“Hackers” have written malicious programs to exploit online services intended for human users. As a result, service providers need a method to tell whether a web site is being accessed by a human or a machine. We expect a parallel scenario as spoken language interfaces become common. In this paper, we describe a Reverse Turing Test (i.e., an algorithm that can distinguish between humans and com...

cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonosis in the sheep rising areas of iran. to develop a simple and reliable diagnostic method for echinococcus infection in definitive hosts, e. granulosus polyoclonal antibodies (polyabs) were prepared from adult worm in rabbit. a selected poab was used for coproantigen detection in faecal samples obtained from animals naturally infected with echinococcus...