background and purpose: although molds are regarded as the main fungal allergen sources, evidence indicates that spores of basidiomycota including agaricus bisporus (a. bisporus) can be also found at high concentrations in the environment and may cause as many respiratory allergies as molds. the aim of the present study was to evaluate specific immunoglobulin e (ige) and immunoglobulin g (igg) ...

identification of acid-fast bacilli (afb) in sputum or tissue samples is among definite diagnostic methods of tuberculosis. however, this method of diagnosis is restricted by certain limitations.   serologic diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb) has been used for a long time. the aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and , specificity of antigen 60 (a60) igg, iga, igm test results in tb d...

conclusions based on the findings of the present study, the frequency of toxoplasma infection is high in the studied population, although it is fairly close to the findings of reports from the other areas of iran. results in total, 1910 (29.87%) out of 6393 subjects were found to be infected with toxoplasma gondii. in terms of the seropositivity, 1871 (32.42%) out of 5770 and 128 (2.14%) out of...

human snake bitten poisoning is a serious threat in many tropical and subtropical countries such as iran. the best acceptable treatment of envenomated humans is antivenoms; however they have a series of economic and medical problems and need more improvements. in this study a combinatorial human immunoglobulin gene library against some of iranian snakes venoms was constructed. total rna prepare...

atopic dermatitis is one of the most common allergic diseases that almost always respond to conventional therapies with topical emollient, topical corticosteroids, systemic antihistamines and allergic abstinence. however few cases of atopic dermatitis with severe course do not respond to conventional therapies and high dose of intravenous immunoglobulin or cyclosporine are recommended for them....

background: hyperbilirubinemia, or jaundice, is a life threatening disorder in newborns. it is a multifactorial disorder with many symptoms. generally, the physiological jaundice is the most prevalent type however in some regions pathological jaundice is also common. this review article focuses on a brief introduction to jaundice, its types and causes, measuring the bilirubin level, clinical ap...

b ac k gro und : atopic dermatitis (ad) is a prevalent chronic disease in children aging from 6 months to 12 years old. recent studies have shown a positive effect of prebiotics in the prevention and treatment of ad. the mechanism of this effect has not been clearly established. the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of supplementation of prebiotic on serum immunoglobulin e (...

schizophrenia is a mental disorder painful with prevalence of about 1% in the world.  nowadays, there is no experimental test aiding the accurate diagnosis of schizophrenic patients but recently quantitative determination of some serum proteins led to many investigations on the roles of these in neuropsychiatric.in the present study, our aim is to quantitative determination apoa1 and igm betwee...

since the incidence of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection is low (~0.05%) and risk factors are not well defined, it is difficult to develop strategies for prevention. the aim of this study was to recognise the utility of specific immunoglobulin g avidity analysis for distinguishing primary infection from past/recurrent infection. sera from 50 women with cytomegalovirus specific im...