BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The emergence of plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC) β-lactamases conferring resistance to third-generation cephalosporins has become a major clinical concern worldwide. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of pAmpC-producing E. cloacae isolates and typing of them in Qazvin and Tehran provinces, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 120 cefoxitin non-su...

Background: Dental caries is extremely prevalent and one of a significant public health problem among children throughout the world. Data regarding the prevalence of dental caries among Iranian preschool children are very limited. The objective of this research is to determine the frequency of dental caries among preschool children of Qazvin, Iran and the related factors to caries. Subjects and...

one of the interdisciplinary approaches which recently had a key role in resolving of archaeological issues, especially domestication process, was archaeogenetics. caprines were domesticated in the early neolithic period and their domestication was a major part of the process that led to the invention of agriculture. since goat has had a key role in subsistence economy of human societies in dif...

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planting at the right time and supplemental irrigation are considered as the effective management practices in increasing rain productivity and rainfed lentil yield and have been discussed in several studies. in this study, the suitable planting date and supplemental irrigation time for lentil in qazvin weather conditions were examined in a computerized model. in this model, soil water content ...

the archaeological investigations of three prehistoric tells (zagheh, qabrestan, and sagzabad) located at a distance of ~2 km from each other in the qazvin plain (nw iran) indicates that tepe zagheh was occupied in 6th and 5th millennia b.c. but due to unknown reasons life at this site ceased and started in tepe qabrestan at the beginning of 4th millennium b.c. this tell was occupied for a mill...

The treatment of patients with Helicobacter pylori infection has many limitations, especially because antibiotic resistance. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and mechanism resistance metronidazole clarithromycin in H. isolates collected from gastrointestinal symptoms Qazvin, Iran. In this cross-sectional study, susceptibility testing was performed among 80 clinical strains isolated pylori...