Streptococcus agalactiae is a major contagious pathogen causing bovine sub-clinical mastitis. The present investigation was carried out to determine some phenotypic characteristics of the S. agalactiae strains isolated from bovine mastitis cases in dairy cows of Shahrekord in the west-center of Iran. One hundred eighty California mastitis test (CMT) positive milk samples were bacteriologically ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is an opportunistic microorganism. This study aimed to investigate the presence of magA gene and antimicrobial susceptibility in K. pneumoniae. MATERIALS AND METHODS clinical specimens were collected from hospitals of Shahrekord, Iran. Bacterial culture, biochemical diagnostic standard test, determination of antibiotic sensitivit...

In order to evaluate the effect of hydropriming and Salinity stress on germination indices Niger, a factorial experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design with four replications at seed research laboratory Shahrekord University. treatments were applied five levels (0, 25, 50, 100 150 mM NaCl). Hydropriming two (control 6-hour distilled water). Results showed that effects water s...

Background: Effective caring depends on the agreement between patients and nurses’ care behaviors. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate nursing students’ viewpoints about importance behaviors in a hospital affiliated Shahrekord University Medical Sciences Iran. Methods: In descriptive analytic study, 50 nurses were selected using convenience sampling method. Data collected by L...

1. Adeniji OA, Barnett CB, Di Palma JA. Durability of the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome based on clinical criteria. Dig Dis Sci 2004;49:572-4. 2. Cremonini F, Talley NJ. Diagnostic and therapeutic strat­ egies in the irritable bowel syndrome. Minerva Med 2004;95:427-41. 3. Cremonini F, Talley NJ. Irritable bowel syndrome: epide­ miology, natural history, health care seeking and emerging...

BACKGROUND Staphylococci release a large number of enzymes. Some of these, such as coagulase, beta- lactamase, hemolysins and biofilms are considered indices of pathogenicity. OBJECTIVES The aim of the current study was based on the isolation and identification of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococci (CNS) strains from various skin lesions and examining their biofilms, b...

Autoclaving is one of the methods which sterilizes medical solidwaste. This study was carried out to evaluate efficiency autoclaves in two Shahrekord hospitals(Kashani and Hajar) Iran by biological chemical indicators. In this study, performance autoclave studied based on through setting 96 tests. Variables were loading type four groups (light, medium, semi- heavy, heavy), location, hospital , ...