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...

conclusions eye trauma was prevalent among males, young people, urban residents, and manual and industrial workers. as the eyes play a vital role in daily life, communication, and work activities, and eye health is so important for individuals to attain high educational status and productivity, the public should be thoroughly educated about eye protection and the use of safety measures, especia...

background: salmonella is one of the causes of food-borne illnesses worldwide resulting in a wide range of human diseases. the aim of this research was to study molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of salmonella spp. isolated from resident patients in mazandaran province, northern iran. methods: totally, 51 stool samples were collected from patients in 20 outbreaks recorded in he...

background : poisoning is a major concern, especially in developing countries. we aimed to focus on poisoning trends based on registry data for the recent 10 years. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on registry database of imam reza hospital in mashhad, iran. all cases of toxic exposure or poisoning during 2004 to 2013 were included (49189 patients). data from two national censu...

background in iran, brucellosis mainly is transmitted from animals to humans of non-occupational ways, thus its prevalence in children is equal to adults or higher than them, thus in view of etiology and public health studying the epidemiological pattern of brucellosis in children is important. present study aimed to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of brucellosis in children under...

BACKGROUND Bovine ephemeral fever (BEFV) is an arthropod-borne disease of cattle and water buffaloes. BEFV occurs seasonally in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. It has been known for the past decades in Iran based on clinical signs but lack of an accurate diagnosis has made the real feature of disease obscured. This is the first scientific report on iso...

INTRODUCTION This article compares the prevalence of primary infertility in Iran estimates provided by different studies. No other study had provided a review about the researches related to epidemiology of infertility in the country. MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature review was undertaken using the scientific resources on the internet and the list of national projects obtained from Deputy o...

BACKGROUND Ehrlichiosis is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by the family of Anaplasmatacea. Recently, outbreak of human monocytic ehrlichiosis was reported in northern part of Iran. Besides, serological evidence of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis was reported from southeastern of Iran but the epidemiology of this disease is almost undetermined in Iran. The...

OBJECTIVES Tooth loss appears to have an important role in the loss of mastication and esthetics. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the prevalence of tooth loss and edentulism in the Iranian population. METHODS Studies reviewed in this article were primarily identified via search of the online bibliographic databases including PubMed and Iranian Biomedical Journals, by usin...

introduction: natural disasters may strike a community at any time, causing death, injuries and material destruction. knowledge of the epidemiology of disaster impacts is essential to determine effective responses. iran is one of the most aired regions of the world, and suffers frequent natural disasters during the last decade were reported four major earthquake, one flood and the worst drought...