Objective: The late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and, therefore, initiation antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the advanced stages disease is still a significant problem many countries. This study aimed to define prevalence presentation and HIV among newly diagnosed infected patients. Patients Methods: medical records HIV-infected patients aged 18 over, between January...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been reported in more than half of the world human population. It is associated with gastric inflammation and noticeable infiltration of the immune cells to the stomach mucosa by several cytokines secretion. IL-1&beta, IL-18 have been shown to contribute to H. pylori induced gastritis, but the details of inflammation and association of virulence fac...

1Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry University of Milan Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, Milan, Italy 2National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, via Portuense, Roma, Italy 3Dipartimento di Epidemiologia, Istituto Nazionale Per le Malattie Infettive, Rome, Italy 4Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences University of Rome “...

background : giardia lamblia and helicobacter pylori are two flagellate microorganisms that grow in duodenum and stom­ach. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of them in patients with dyspepsia and other gi disorders. methods: in this cross-sectional study, co-infection of above-mentioned agents was investigated in a group of 130 patients [me­dian age of 40 yr (range=11-79) inc...

Vol. 13, July-September, 2014 Annals of African Medicine Sir, The recent report on dyslipidemia among HIV‐infected patients is very interesting.[1] Muhammad et al., concluded that “HIV‐infected patients on HAART demonstrated higher prevalence of high TC while HAART naïve subject showed higher prevalence of low HDL.[1]” Indeed, the problem of dyslipidemia is well‐known among the HIV‐infected pat...

Background: The main viral causes of acute respiratory diseases (ARDs) include influenza viruses A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus (ADV), rhinovirus, and parainfluenza viruses (PIV). This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of respiratory RSV, ADV and rhinovirus in patients with flu-like symptoms admitted to Mazandaran province health centers in north of Iran. Metho...

Leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a complex disease with wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. In order to identify leishmania species causing CL in Isfahan by a definite molecular technique (PCR method), this study was undertaken over 2010- 2011. 124 Patients with suspicious lesion of Leishmaniasis and positive direct sme...