background and objectives: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common infections in human, and uropathogenic escherichia coli (upec) strains are the most common cause of uti. these strains colonize in bladder and cause cystitis, which could cause pyelonephritis by movement to the kidneys. since fimh protein has a very important role in colonization of upec strains and causing infec...

background and objectives: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common infections in the world. the majority of utis are caused by uropathogenic escherichia coli (upec) strains. fimh and flic are the most important virulence factors of upec. to date, any ideal vaccine against uti has not been approved for human use and we need to test new targets to develop an ideal vaccine against ...

Introduction: antimicrobial activity of irrigants and interappointment intracanal dressing is an important consideration in endodontics . The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of chemomechanical preparation of the necrotic canals with different irrigants and intra canal dressing in the control of root canal infection and sinus tract closure. Materials &Methods: In this ...

Background: The mortality rate of sepsis and pneumonia is higher in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients than in the general population. Bacterial infections are the most common cause of hospitalization in dialysis patients and the most common source of bacteremia is vascular access in these patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of infectious causes of hospitalizati...

introduction: urinary tract infection is a prevalent infection disease that many patients referred to the physician for this problem. about 20-40% of women experience symptomatic urinary tract infection for at least one time in their life. early diagnosis and treatment lead to recovery much of the times. regarding the higher prevalence of the urinary tract infection in women, we designed this s...

background: many efforts have been done to find effective agents against resistant pathogens. cuminum cyminum l. (cumin) is an aromatic plant within the apiaceae family. it has a variety of purposes and demonstrates antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. this study evaluated the activity of c. cyminum extract and essential oil against bacterial isolates which cause urinary tract infection, i...