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...

background : skin cancer is the most common malignancy in the world. thus, the aim of this study was to determine the incidence trend of skin cancer in isfahan province, iran. methods: the present cross-sectional study was conducted using data registered during 2004-2008 in the disease management center and cancer registry system of the ministry of health and medical education. the trend of ski...

background: in order to promote preventive skin cancer behaviors among high school students an educational program developed applying the precede model.  this study describes the process of planning a skin cancer preventive program (scpm) designed for high school students in teheran. methods: the development of the scmp started with a comprehensive review of the literature. this included a revi...

background and aim: basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is the most common skin neoplasm and the most common type of cancer. since the incidence of injury is taken into consideration in the pathologic diagnosis, the study of clinical and microscopic views of bcc is of particular importance. the present study aimed at determining the frequency of clinical and microscopic views of bcc in a 10-year period ...

objective(s) the process of wound healing involves tightly integrated events including inflammation, granulation tissue formation and remodeling. systemic administration of l-arginine promotes wound healing but its global side effects are undesirable. to confine the action of l-arginine at the site of injury, we tested the effects of local administration of l-arginine on the healing of excision...

conclusions regarding the natural therapeutic effects of pistachio skin extract and obligations of the routine antibiotics such as resistancy, using pistachio extract as a co-therapeutical agent with ordinary antibiotics can enhance the success rate of the treatment. background in spite of many advantages of modern medicine in comparison with traditional treatments, chemical therapeutic agents ...

background: teat lacerations are serious injuries thatendanger the survival of a cow within the herd. in excessivelacerations, the wound should be left to heal by second intentionhealing process. however, tissue contraction during healing canchange the alignment of the teat, creating problems for machinemilking. objectives: the purpose of the present study was toevaluate the transplantation of ...

skin lesions were found in two 3–4-year-old holstein cows in a dairy farm in shiraz. lesions were distributed mostly around the neck, forelimbs, hindlimbs, and bilateral of midline portion and varied from nodule-like structure to patch with extensive accumulation of crust. skin scraping samples were taken from each animal and direct smears were prepared, stained with giemsa and observed under a...

to investigate the characteristics of skin and leather of hairy goats according to their sex and age, 120 goat skins were selected from the western part of iran. results indicated that sex and age had significant effects on weight and area of skin and leather. moreover, sex and age had significant effects on thickness in different parts of skin except the belly. in this regard, the overall mean...