the present study was conducted to investigate antimicrobial resistant pattern of escherichia coli (e. coli) strains isolated from clinical specimens of jordanian pediatric patients during the period from january to december 2008. a total of 444 e. coli strains were isolated from clinical specimens and tested for their susceptibility to different antimicrobial drugs. overall, high resistance ra...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the available clinical and biological advances of umbilical cord blood allogeneic stem cell transplantation in pediatric and adult patients. RECENT FINDINGS Recent large international studies suggested that allogeneic umbilical cord blood transplantation may potentially emerge as the frontline stem cell source for pediatric patients with hematopoietic malignancies ...

The presence of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) has been determined in neoplastic cells from 50 patients with non-hematologic tumors as well as neoplastic cells from 85 patients with hematologic malignancies. The results indicate that TdT is not present in cells from non-hematologic tumors, Hodgkin's lymphoma, B cell lymphoproliferative disorders, peripheral T cell neoplasms, reacti...

This review discusses clinical presentation of DAH, diagnosis the underlying histology’s, treatment options, as well morbidity and mortality rates. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is considered a life-threatening pulmonary complication in patients with systemic autoimmune disorders, hematologic malignancies, coagulation disorders. DAH distinguished by acute onset hypoxia infiltrates that may ...

Abstract Rituximab, an anti-CD20 agent, has been suggested as an effective strategy to deal with post transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD). In the current study, we aim to evaluate the efficacy of rituximab therapy in heart transplant population developing PTLD. A comprehensive search of the literature was performed to gather the available data on lymphoproliferative disorders oc...

background: training of pediatric residents is a dynamic process which should be changed as the nature and epidemiology of pediatric diseases change. in this study, we compared the training program of the pediatric residents with the disorders of the pediatric patients who had referred to pediatric offices. methods: the study was conducted in pediatric offices in shiraz, south of iran. the main...

oral mucosa can be affected in many systemic diseases such as chronic renal failure (crf). many metabolic and hematologic disorders develop in patients with crf which can also affect oral cavity. oral mucosa, teeth, salivary glands and jaw bones are affected. although hemodialysis can improve many of systemic features but the best treatment is renal transplantation. in addition to previous feat...

Background: Patients with prolonged neutropenia and/or severe underlying immunosuppression are at thegreatest risk for disseminated aspergillosis. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of invasiveaspergillosis by Platelia Aspergillus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA kit in high risk children admitted tothe hematology ward of Dr. Faghihi hospital, Shiraz University of Medic...