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objective: helicobacter pylori is to blame for one of the most common chronic infections in humans and can cause peptic ulcer, gastritis, duodenitis and non-ulcer dyspepsia. developing a reliable test to detect the infection is of great importance. for a variety of reasons, the existing tests including the stool culture, biopsy, pcr, and urea breath test are not up to par. the pcr-elisa test is...

conclusions the aspirates from the hypovascular and hypervascular sites of solid nodules are complementary and should be performed consecutively. results when only hypervascular site was used, adequate sampling was limited to 65% of the cases. when both sites were evaluated together, overall adequate sampling was 91%. adding a sample from the hypervascular site to hypovascular aspirate increase...

to investigate and compare the infectious and non-infectious complications of single-dose versus multiple-dose antibiotic therapy for trans-rectal ultrasound (trus)-guided biopsy of the prostate. patients were enrolled in a prospective randomized study that was designed to investigate the effects of single-dose versus multiple-dose antimicrobial prophylaxis regimen mainly on asymptomatic bacter...

statement of problem: the effectiveness of fluoride dentifrices in reducing dental caries is well documented. however, not all fluoride dentifrices are equally effective purpose: the objective of this experimental study was to compare fluoride uptake from pooneh pediatric toothpaste and an ada-approved pediatric dentifrice, in sound enamel of primary teeth. materials and methods: in an in vitro...

different types of actinomyces spp isolated from the oral cavity of human in healthy as well as in pathological state. internally it is only found in association with pathological organs. recently actinomyces naeslundii has been isolated from blood culture of a leukemic patient. present studies indicate the association of this microorganism with cells obtained from bone marrow by punction in mo...

pseudotumour is a benign inflammatory lesion. mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour (msp) is a rare pseudotumour. it is a benign proliferation of spindle-shaped histiocytes containing acid-fast mycobacterium, commonly reported in immunocompromised patients. msp is usually associated with mycobacterium avium complex (mac). here, we present the case of a 38-year-old gentleman with acquired immu...

background: despite numerous developments in the field of assisted reproduction the implantation rate remains low .recent studies suggested that local injury to endometrium in controlled ovarian hyper stimulation cycle improves implantation rate. studies have attempted to intervene in the development of endometrium. objective: the aim of the present study was the exploration of the possibility ...

background: blind percutaneous pleural biopsy has traditionally been performed to investigate the etiology of exudative pleural effusion in which the initial thoracocentesis has been non- diagnostic. in view of the increasing use of image-guided and thoracoscopic pleural biopsies, this study examined the role of blind abrams pleural biopsy in the investigation of the exudative pleural effusion ...