introduction: nosocomial candiduria could be due to cystitis, pyelonephritis, or fungusball in the urinary tract system. several reports have shown candidemia and upper urinarytract involvement as the complications of candiduria. the aim of this study was to assessnosocomial candiduria; identify candida isolates and determine their drug susceptibilitypattern. materials and methods: urine sample...

the present study aimed to assess pure planted species (i.e., alnus subcordata l., poplus deltoids l., taxadium distichum l. rich) and a mixed natural forest (i.e., dominated by quercus castaneifolia c. a. mey. - carpinus betulus l. - parrotia persica c. a. meyer) on basis of some soil quality indices in mazandaran province, northern iran. sixteen samples per stand were taken from the top 10 cm...

today, biosphere pollution has accelerated strongly with start of industrial revolution by toxicity of heavy metals. one of existing pollution is soil pollution. unfortunately, soil pollution by metals is as intensive environmental stress for plant hence for human. plants, which are able to store heavy metals in their organs, can be used for phytoremediation of polluted soils and utilization of...

background: the number of valid of pathogen and non-pathogen species of entamoeba has continuously increased in human and animals. this review is per-formed to provide an update list and some summarized information on entamoeba species, which were identified up to the 2014. methods: we evaluated the entamoeba genus with a broad systematic review of the literature, books and electronic databases...

background: direct identification of leishmania species in giemsa-stained slides without parasite culturing in the areas where multiple species exist, is very helpful. this study was designed to isolate leishmani spp. from giemsa-stained smears and to characterize them by pcr technique. methods: a total of 48 giemsa-stained slides from confirmed cases of leishmaniasis were examined under a ligh...

abstract the laelapidae is a large family with worldwide distribution. many laelapids are ectoparasitic on small mammals or associated with arthropods, although some species are free living and predators especially in soil habitat; also they are common in stored products. during three years (2007-2009) of faunestic survey, samples were collected from different habitats such as soil, plant litte...