the aim of the present study was to determine the presence of helicobacter species in different parts of gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system and pancreas of stray cats. six different sites at the level of genus, gastric (h. heilmannii and h. felis) and enterohepatic species of helicobacter were investigated in six cats using species-specific primers by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). ...

background: the general pattern of epidemiologic transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases is also observed for gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild), which constitute a heterogeneous array of causes of death and disability. we aimed to describe the trend of gild in iran based on the global burden of disease (gbd2010) study from 1990 to 2010. methods: the trend of number of...

â  a 56 year-old man with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding is reported. the patient had constant crampy pain in his epigastrium, right upper quadrant and periumbilical area. upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy was normal. colonoscopy showed a soft-tissue mucoâ­sal lesion in the rectum which was determined to be a worm that extended into the lumen of the rectum with no bleeding. the pathology wa...

conclusion superselective tae for lgi bleeding has a high success and low complication rate. there are no statistical correlations between the clinical success rate and several variables, including embolic material, embolization site, and anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication. patients and methods fifty-two patients who underwent superselective tae for lgi bleeding between 2003 and 2011 were...

background: cats and other felines act as definitive hosts for many intestinal parasites, some of which are responsible for several zoonotic diseases.  the aim of this study was to determine the type and prevalence of protozoa and gastrointestinal helminthes among stray cats. methods: a cross sectional study was conducted. digestive tracts of 100 stray cats in zanjan province, north-west of ira...

background: gastrointestinal tract cancer (gi.c) is one of the common cancers in world‑wide. the incidence rate of it is different in various geographical regions. this study was performed to assess spatial clusters of the occurrence of gi.c in fars province. methods: in this cross‑sectional study, the new cases were 4569 cases from 2001 to 2009. the crude incidence rates were standardized base...

aim : in this study, the prevalence of c. difficile , from patients with gastrointestinal complaints and its association with other enteropathogen microbes were investigated. background : clostridium difficile is an important pathogen associated with outbreaks of pseudomembranous colitis and other intestinal disorders, such as diarrhea. patients and methods : enterotoxin and cytotoxin (toxin a ...

introduction: functional constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal symptoms which could affect patients’ quality of life. the colonic transit time test could be used for determining functional constipation subtypes. the aim of our study was to determine the abnormalities of the subtypes of functional constipation using ctt. methods and materials: this cross-sectional study was per...

helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with peptic ulcer diseases, chronic gastritis, ulcers, and reported as a risk factor for gastric cancer, too. the vaculating cytotoxin (vaca), the cytotoxin associated genes (caga), the induced by contact with epithelium factor antigen (icea gene), blood adhesion binding antigen (baba2), and outer membrane protein oipa have been described as diff...

the gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of gastrointestinal (gi) tract. this tumor has tendency to liver metastasis and peritoneal recurrence, however; the primarily lymph node involvement or metastasis is rare. here we reported a 17-years-old girl with multifocal gastric gist and multiple lymph node involvement at presentation and recurrence in celiac lymph nodes....