introduction: environmental fungi, molds and yeasts, can infest the nasal cavity through inhaled air. there is some evidence that they could be the main cause of chronic rhinosinusitis (crs) but little is known about the normal fungal flora in the human nose. the objective of this study was to assess the normal fungal flora of the nasal mucus in adults in kerman. materials and methods: we condu...

Background and Objective: It is presumed that human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) is the necessary cause of all different forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma which is the most common neoplasm in HIVinfected persons. In this study, we wanted to determine the prevalence of HHV-8 infection in all the available Isfahan (Central of Iran) HIV positive individuals in comparison with healthy blood donors, and also inve...

  Background and Objective: It is presumed that human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) is the necessary cause of all different forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma which is the most common neoplasm in HIV-infected persons. In this study, we wanted to determine the prevalence of HHV8 infection in all the available Isfahan (Central Iran) HIV positive individuals in comparison with healthy blood donor, and also inves...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In an earlier study we observed that a depressive syndrome was highly predictive of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in older persons with normal baseline cognition and higher levels of education. We interpreted these findings as the depression being an early noncognitive manifestation of AD in persons with more cognitive reserve. The present study examines whether s...

background and objective: it is presumed that human herpes virus 8 (hhv-8) is the necessary cause of all different forms of kaposi’s sarcoma which is the most common neoplasm in hiv-infected persons. in this study, we wanted to determine the prevalence of hhv8 infection in all the available isfahan (central iran) hiv positive individuals in comparison with healthy blood donor, and also investig...

Echinostome eggs were detected in 22 (1.1%) of 2,074 people residing in riparian villages along the Mekong River in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR. In order to recover the adult flukes, 9 persons were treated with praziquantel and purged with magnesium salts. A total of 55 echinostome specimens (4 species) were recovered from the 9 persons. Echinostoma revolutum (8 specimens) was recovered from 3...

metallo-β-lactamase in a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST648 isolate recovered from a patient in the United NDM-4 metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity from Escherichia coli.semination of an NDM-2–producing Aci-netobacter baumannii clone in an Israeli rehabilitation center.ciation of the emerging carbapenemase NDM-1 with a bleomycin resistance protein in Enterobacteri...