introduction: the main agents of sarcocystosis in cattle as an intermediate host include s. cruzi, s. hominis and s. hirsuta. a sensitive and specific tool such as molecular-based techniques would be necessary to identify the species. case report: after collection of beef sample from yazd slaughterhouse, dna extraction was done with salting out method. the 18srrna gene as a specific target gene...

Objective(s): This study aimed to investigate the effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-np) on biofilm formation and expression of the flu gene in uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains. Materials and Methods: Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ZnO-np was determined by agar dilution method. The effect of MIC and sub-MIC concentrations of ZnO-np on biofilm formation were determin...

conclusions carriage of pvl-positive s. aureus is common in this region, even in the low frequency of mrsa colonization. the detection of acme-arca gene in s. aureus isolates is a public-health concern and demands continued surveillance and close monitoring. results among the 813 subjects screened, 83 (10.2%) were persistent carriers, 86 (10.6%) were transient carriers and 644 (79.2%) cases wer...

introduction: one of the most important agents in hospital-acquired infections is staphylococcus aureus. treatment of methicillin-resistant s. aureus (mrsa) infections with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin has recently been more difficult. the aim of this study was to evaluate the possible presence of vancomycin intermediate s. aureus (visa) and vancomycin- resistant s. aureus (vrsa) and ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes disease 2019 (COVID-19). In Japan, infections began in January 2020, and the number of has continued to increase. Specimens requested by medical institutions were measured for ORF1a/b, N-gene, S-gene using TaqPath SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction detection kits our biomedical laboratory from August 2021. The distr...