To assist physicians, especially young physicians, in identifying tuberculosis (TB) infection before the terminal stage, we analyzed 7 cases of numerous tuberculous granulomas in multiple organs and compared clinical and autopsy findings between cases. Patients ranged in age from 41 to 86 years at the time of death. The main chief complaint was fever of unknown origin (3 of 7 cases [43%]). The ...

To assess the implication of the genetic background of Escherichia coli strains in the emergence of extended-spectrum-Beta -lactamases (ESBL), 55 TEM-, 52 CTX-M-, and 22 SHV-type ESBL-producing clinical isolates involved in various extraintestinal infections or colonization were studied in terms of phylogenetic group, virulence factor (VF) content (pap, sfa/foc, hly, and aer genes), and fluoroq...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE A long-term retrospective study was conducted to assess the risk factors of renal transplant graft failure focusing on the effects of gender of both the donor and the recipient. METHODS Medical records of primary renal transplantation performed in a single transplant hospital were reviewed. Cases of ABO incompatibility, positive cross-matches, or multiple organ transplants ...

BACKGROUND The pathophysiological mechanisms for atrial fibrillation (AF) vulnerability in diabetic patients are largely unclear. AIM To investigate the high risk factors of AF in Chinese Kailuan diabetes. DESIGN A retrospective review of AF in Chinese Kailuan diabetes. METHODS Research and statistic analysis on the clinical data of 9050 diabetic patients from Kailuan Coal Mine Group Corp...

BACKGROUND Much of our knowledge of the role of genetic factors in the etiology of phobias comes from one population-based sample of female twins. We examined the sources of individual differences in the risks for phobias and their associated irrational fears in male twins. METHODS In personal interviews with both members of 1198 male-male twin pairs (707 monozygotic [MZ] and 491 dizygotic [D...

Background: Infertility therefore affects approximately 10-15% of couples and is an important part of practice of many clinicians .the most important factor of infertility include: male factor(40%) female factor ( 40%) , both of them (10%) and unexplained infertility (10%).The purpose of this study is evaluation of the cause of infertility in patients who are referred to Razavi hospital inferti...

BACKGROUND Male breast cancer is a comparatively rare disease, and simultaneous bilateral male breast cancer is considered to be an extremely rare event. Risk factors are said to be genetic factors and hormonal abnormalities due to obesity or testicular diseases. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was a 47-year-old Japanese male. His family had no history of female breast cancer. This patient also...