the laboratory infection of lymnaea gedrosiana with 2,5 and 10 miracidia of fasciola gigantica resulted in infection rates of 20%, 40% and 69%, respectively, with a prepatent period of 66-88 days. there was a significant difference in infection rate between the snails infected with 2 and those with 10 miracidia (p<0.05). at 92 days post- infection there was 25% to 33.3% of live snails still har...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to determine the rate of wound infection after clean surgical operations without using of prophylactic antibiotics and to investigate the relation between surgical wound infection with patient s age, sex, type of hospital, and the difference in surgeons. METHODS This study carried out in Sana'a city on 238 patients who underwent clean operations in two gover...

The key to successful long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) is permanent and safe access to peritoneal cavity. The two most commonly used Tenckoff catheters for PD are the straight and coiled catheters. The present study was undertaken to assess the catheter survival, catheter associated infections, and all cause mortality and to compare the straight with coiled catheters in PD. During April 1997-...

Background: Until now, no study has been reported investigating the association between &beta;-thalassemia minor and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. This study was designed to compare H. pylori infection rate between &beta;-thalassemia minor patients and healthy controls. Methods: A number of 100 &beta;-thalassemia minor patients (50 males, 50 females) and 100 gender-matched healthy...

preliminary activities of this study was conducted in the city of Kerman from 1991 to 1994 to carry out a control program on hydatid infection.a total of 6500 stary dogs were killed by bullets or baited with strychnine.of which 4500 dogs were killed during 1993 through spring of 1994 and rest during 1994 in rural and urban areas of the city of Kerman.simultaneously,276 pet digs and sheep dogs w...

Determination of the frequency of bacteria isolated from blood culture and the pattern of their antibiotic sensitivity is epidemiologically of great importance and can help choosing primary antimicrobial treatment. The aim of the current study was to determine the most common bacterial factors of blood infection and their antibiotic sensitivity in a one year period from October 2010 till the en...

background : to assess the practicability of a new algorithm in decreasing the rate of incorrect diagnoses and inappropriate antibiotic usage in pediatric acute respiratory tract infection (arti ( methods : children between 1 month to15 years brought to outpatient clinics of a children’s hospital with acute respiratory symptoms were managed according to the steps recommended in the algorithm . ...

helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) infection is probably the most important factor that has been associated with the development of gastric cancers in human populations. however, there are no reliable data on the prevalence of this infection in the middle east. in this article, based on a comprehensive literature review, we aimed to evaluate the situation in this region. the literature has been sea...