conclusions the hai prevalence found in this study was lower than hai rates reported in some other studies from iran. the isolates showed high resistance to common antibiotics. guidelines for improving hai surveillance and stringent measures to reduce the prevalence of multidrug-resistant hais must be implemented to reduce the rate and the consequences of hais. results a total of 16,140 patient...

paecilomyces sp, is a saprophytic fungus which has rarely been associated with human disease. we report the first case of invasive subcutaneous infection caused by this fungus in a 78-year-old female from damghan, iran, with diabetes and chronic renal failure. a biopsy provided an initial diagnosis of the mold in tissue. multiple positive fungal cultures which were obtained from the biopsied ti...

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....

objective: this study was undertaken with an aim to determine bacterial species involved in post partum infections and also their abundance in patients admitted to at khanevadeh hospital. in this study out of three different kinds of postpartum infections (i.e. genital, breast and urinary tract), only genital infection is considered. materials and methods:  post partum infection among 6077 pati...