descriptive case report of a 42-year old woman with coetaneous vasculitis, and severe abdominal pain, which was led to diagnostic laparotomy. these presentations are probably as a side effect of methocarbamol injection. this is the first report according to our literature search (pubmed, google scholar, isi web of knowledge, proquest, md consult, science direct, scopus) about methocarbamol rela...

context: over the last few decades, extensive efforts have been made worldwide to develop nanomedicine delivery systems, especially via oral route for antidiabetic drugs. absorption of insulin is hindered by epithelial cells of gastrointestinal tract, acidic gastric ph and digestive enzymes. evidence acquisition: recent reports have identified and explained the beneficial role of several struct...

discussion early recognition of dress syndrome is of a particular importance. although rare, in newborn infants with the presence of skin rash, liver involvement, hyper-eosinophilia and lymphadenopathy, dress diagnosis should be highly suspected and prompt intervention including withdrawal of causative drug is required to prevent potentially fatal outcomes. introduction drug rash with eosinophi...

background and objective: implementation of standard methods for accurate detection of bacteria, correct antibiotic susceptibility testing and effective treatment of bacterial infections play important roles in development of public health and prevention of drug resistance. this study aimed to detect bacteria using standard methods and compare the results with the results obtained in teaching h...

evidence acquisition medline, pubmed, ovid and embase were used to search for clinical studies comparing with or without prophylactic use of lamivudine for hbv reactivation in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. outcomes of interest were the rate of hbv reactivation, incidence of hepatitis and incidence of hepatitis attributable to hbv reactivation, severity of hepatitis and severity...

acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. we herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia.

purpose: to describe the clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of toxic keratopathy in a patient who abused tetracaine drops. case report: a 32-year-old man was referred to the emergency ward of our center with persistent corneal epithelial defect associated with a ring infiltrate in the corneal stroma, without any history of ocular trauma or contact lens use. the patient was hospitalized and...

abstract the usage of heroin is associated with a variety of neurologic disorders, including acute transverse myelitis. in this study we present a 19 year old man who was suffered from insufflated heroin after several months of abstinence, and admitted to hospital emergency department, unconscious. he responded to fluid therapy and naloxone, but could not move his legs on examination. he had fl...