background: ureaplasma urealyticum is known as a sexually transmitted agent, causing mainly urethritis, pelvic int1ammatory disease, spontaneous abortion, pyelonephritis, infertility, stillbirth, low birth weight neonatal meningititis, and neonatal pneumonia. u. urealyticum infections not only jeopardize fertility but also pose a risk for infertility treatment and resulting pregnancies. diagnos...

BACKGROUND Performing multiple blood culture sets simultaneously is a standard blood culture methodology, although it is often difficult to distinguish true bacteremia from contamination when only one of several blood culture sets is positive. This study clarified the relationship between the number of positive blood culture sets and clinical significance in patients with positive blood culture...

contagious agalactia (c.a) is an infectious syndrome of sheep that is characterized by mastitis and subsequent failure of milk production, arthritis, abortion and keratoconjunctivitis. mycoplasma agalactiae (m. agalactiae) is the main cause of the disease in sheep. the aim of this study was isolation and identification of m. agalactiae with culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay f...

abstract background brucellosis is endemic in iran, and is seen in all age groups, including children. its diagnosis in childhood needs a high index of suspicion. the diagnostic methods currently in use need evaluation for analytical performance. objective the present study tries to evaluate the hematological indices, serologic markers of inflammation and symptoms in patients suspected of bruce...

Between May 1993 and June 1996, 65 adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 30 HIV-negative patients (8 children and 22 adults) from the Mediterranean region with symptoms that included at least fever were examined for Leishmania. A total of 128 bone marrow and 128 peripheral venous blood samples were taken and cultured on NNN medium. At the initial diagnosis, 14 (6 HIV-posit...

Background: Bacteremia is relatively common in children with urinary tract infection (UTI). The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of bacterial meningitis among neonates with laboratory-confirmed UTI.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on 163 hospitalized neonates in Ali Asghar and Shahid Akbarabadi hospitals affiliated to Iran University o...

anaerobic bacteria are well known causes of sepsis in adults but there are few studies regarding their role in neonatal sepsis. in an attempt to define the incidence of neonatal anaerobic infections a prospective study was performed during one year period. a total number of 400 neonates under sepsis study were entered this investigation. anaerobic as well as aerobic cultures were sent. the pati...

PURPOSE To study the usefulness of simultaneous combination culture with egg-based Ogawa medium (1 slant) and MGIT (Mycobacterium growth indicator tube/Becton-Dickinson) for detection of M. tuberculosis from sputum in sputum-culture proven pulmonary tuberculosis patients. OBJECT AND METHOD Retrospective study of sputum-culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases in our hospital (with tuberc...