background because of great concerns about mortality and morbidity of infection in febrile neutropenic patients, the appropriate empirical antibiotic should be started immediately. although there are established guidelines for the use of empirical therapy, local microbiological pattern and antibiotic susceptibility should be considered. objectives the current study aimed to identify the etiolog...

background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the major cause of post-transfusion hepatitis infection (pth). patients with thalassemia major are at high risk of hepatitis c due to the blood transfusion from donors infected by hcv. the aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of anti-hcv antibodies and risk factors in multitransfused thalassemic patients in isfahan-iran to establish more preventi...

background toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic parasitic organism causing infection in many mammals, including immunosuppressed patients. toxoplasmosis as an opportunistic infection is highly prevalent among patients receiving a kidney transplant. objectives the purpose of this study was to identify and determine the prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in clinical samples collected from patients ...

background blood born viral infections such as hepatitis b virus (hbv) are major concerns in chronic hemodialysis (chd) patients and hemodialysis units. undetected hbs ag in the presence of viral dna, occult hbv infection (obi), is a concern in the care of chd patients and hemodialysis unit as a mode of transmission. objectives in this case-control study we compare the frequency of obi in the c...

a total of 698 blood and serum specimens from residents of 13 iranian communities were examined by plaque reduction neutralization test for antibodies to west nile virus. in general, infection rates in the north of the country were low while higher rates were observed among residents of central and southwestern iran. the highest prevalence of infection was found among residents of khuzestan pro...

BACKGROUND Infection by Enterococcus durans (E. durans) is very rare; reported cases are often preceded by therapy or an immunosuppressed state, including infective endocarditis, urinary tract infection, or wound infection. A few reported cases of infective endocarditis exist, with no reports describing involvement of blood access infection. CASE PRESENTATION The patient is an 83-year-old man...

background and aims: hepatitis c virus is one of the viral infections which is mainly transmitted by blood transfusion. patients with thalassaemia frequently need blood transfusion and are in danger of hcv infection. in most cases of infection (85%) the virus evades the immune system and establishes a chronic infection that may lead to cirrhosis and liver carcinoma. liver is the main site of hc...

Multidrug resistance Klebsiella pneumoniae infection is an essential factor threatening the life of patients with severe infection. Polymyxin B widely used in treating multidrug pneumoniae, but few studies on its efficacy and safety. In our study, 205 were admitted to hospital from January 2017 December 2020, treated polymyxin for antibacterial selected as subjects. These divided into two thera...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate if the Homocysteine has recently been proposed as a serious predictive biomarker for Covid-19 infection severity. Method: In this case-control study, which involved 90 participants, 5 ml of venous blood specimen was reserved each participant, measure homocysteine, troponin-I, and high sensitive C-reactive protein in their blood, find there an associati...

Although the infection of different animals and non-human primates with other members of Anelloviridae have already been reported there is no report about infection of animals with Torque teno midi virus/Small anellovirs (TTMDV/SAV). The aim of this study was to detect the virus in domestic village chickens. Blood samples were collected from 79 domestic village chickens in Isfahan. Blood sample...