background and aims: since the epidemiological, clinical and experimental characteristics of meningitis are different for various locations, this study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meningitis patients admitted to hospitals of yazd in the 2009 to 2013. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional and descriptive study, all 261 patients with meningitis were considered in ...

The use of information on malaria vector behaviour in vector control is discussed in relation to the area of Southeast Asia comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The major vectors in the region are Anopheles dirus, An. minimus, An. maculatus and An. sundaicus, of which An. dirus is the most important. Options for vector control and the biological features of mosquitoes, whic...

INTRODUCTION Cellulitis is acute skin infection and/or infection of subcutaneous tissue, mostly caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical preview is usually obvious and enough for diagnosis. Tretment is antimicrobial therapy. In recurrent cases a prophylaxis is very often needed. OBJECTIVES Analysis some of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of celluli...

IOM predstavljaju jednu od tri najčešće lokalizacije svih bolničkih infekcija (BI). U SAD one čine 14–16% BI . Kod operisanih bolesnika u ovoj zemlji to su najčešće od svih BI i zastupljene su sa 38% . Stopa incidencije IOM u drugim razvijenim zemljama se kreće od 2,2 5 do 4% , dok u nerazvijenim zemljama, odnosno zemljama u kojima sistem nadzora nad BI kao i njihova prevencija i kontrola nisu ...

The epidemiological characteristics of platelet aggregability were established in 958 participants in the Northwick Park Heart Study. The main analyses were based on the dose of adenosine diphosphate at which primary aggregation occurred at half its maximum velocity. Aggregability increased with age in both sexes, was greater in whites than blacks (particularly among men), and tended to decreas...