Smoking has been identified as a risk factor for development of periodontal disease and a strong indicator for treatment failure in periodontal patients. This study examined 172 patients categorized as current smokers (n=55), previous smokers (n=38) or individuals that had never smoked (n=79). A total of 670 interproximal plaques collected with a wooden toothpick were analyzed for hydrolysis of...

conclusions it is logical to primarily prescribe meropenem, imipenem, polymyxin b and cotrimoxazole in the cases of superficial infections caused by p. aeruginosa. medical practitioners should be aware of the presence of such levels of antibiotic resistance in cases of superficial infections in iran. materials and methods three hundred swab samples were collected from patients with superficial ...

background: beta-thalassemia patients have a high prevalence for hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection. in developing countries, hcv antibody is reported to be high in this group of patients. this study aims to determine the distribution of hcv amongst beta-thalassemia patients in northern iran. materials and methods: this study was undertaken from october 2010 to june 2011 on 245 beta-thalassemia ...

Mastitis is an inflammatory reaction of the udder tissue which is caused by the bacterial infection. Bovine mastitis is one of the devastating disease causing huge loss to the dairy industry worldwide. The present study investigated the current status of clinical and subclinical mastitis among dairy cattle in Dharwad district, Karnataka. The prevalence of mastitis was assessed by surf field mas...

b a ckground: cockroaches are among the medically important pests found within the human habitations that cause serious public health problems. they may harbor a number of pathogenic bacteria on the external surface with anti- biotic resistance. hence, they are regarded as major microbial vectors. this study investigates the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of gram-negative pathogenic bacte...

background and objectives:infection of pleural fluid is a common disease and because of antibiotic administration, the microbiology of this fluid has changed. the aim of this study was to determine the common bacteria and suitable antibiotics for treatment in pleural effusion (pe). materials and methods: in this cross sectional study, 1210 samples with exudative features were cultured for poss...

Observations of racial differences in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Malaysia have been intriguing. The Indians and Chinese consistently have a higher prevalence compared to the Malays. The racial cohort theory has been proposed to explain these differences where transmission and perpetuation of infection takes place within a racial group rather than between races, races being separat...