Background and Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the ability of standard urinalysis (UA) and hemocytometer white blood cell (WBC) counts for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with urinary symptoms. Materials and Methods: A total of 600 patients with symptoms of urina...

Background: Superficial fungal infections of skin are very common in rural areas of Bangladesh. The prevalence and characteristics of superficial fungal infections (SFIs) vary with age, sex, climatic conditions, lifestyle, and population migration patterns. There is no study in Bangladesh to determine the prevalence and pattern of superficial fungal infection. This study was undertaken to deter...

background and purpose: hand contamination is an important factor of infection transmission from dental staff to patients and vice versa. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of hand washing training on dental students’ knowledge, attitude, and clinical practice at the shahid beheshti university of medical sciences dental school in 2010. methods: this quasi-experimental study was c...

conclusions being a barber alone is not a potential risk factor for hbv infection, while hcv infection is still an occupational health hazards for barbers. we suggest more extensive case-control studies with regard to rates of hepatitis b and c markers among barbers in other iranian cities to assess the incidence of hepatitis b and c infections among this population. background hepatitis b viru...

background: both influenza a virus (iav) and respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) cause acute respiratory infection (ari) in infants and young children. this study was conducted to determine influenza a virus and its co infection with rsv among the hospitalized children with ari. methods: a total of 153 throat samples of the hospitalized young children aged between below one year and 5 years with ...

background tuberculosis is still a public health concern in iran. the main challenge in monitoring epidemiological status of tuberculosis is to estimate its incidence accurately. objectives we used a newly developed approach to estimate the incidence of tuberculosis in sistan, an endemic area in southeast of iran in 2012-13. patients and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on schoo...

zygomycosis is a fulminant infection which usually afflicts patients who are immunocompromised by diabetes mellitus, malignancy or immunosuppressive therapy.l this disease is a rare but highly invasive fungal infection which occurs in organ transplant recipients. 2 mucormycosis confined to the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon form of the disease. accounting for only seven percent of all mu...

introduction: skull-based osteomyelitis is bony infection which generally originates from inadequately treated chronic infection, adjoining tissue infection or after trauma.case: 11 month female child had a trivial fall while standing near a bucket. the child developed fracture of right clavicle and left orbital swelling which was inadequately treated. this resulted in in spread of infection to...