A laboratory study was carried out on 44 sera of typhoid patients (age: 15-45 years, 24 females and 20 males) with positive blood culture for S. typhi, 41 sera non typhoid febrile patients (age: 16-51 years, 17 females & 24 males) with negative blood culture and negative Widal test, 136 sera of healthy persons as normal controls (age: 20-49 years, 95 females & 41 males). The basic principle of ...

introduction : human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) is able to go into latency and is the most common cause of congenital infections in humans. its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic forms to severe fetal damage, and in rare cases, fetal death due to abortion. this prospective cross-sectional study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of hcmv infection in pregnant women attending a...

Background: Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease, characterized by the presence of antibodies directed to TSH receptor or nearby regions as well as antibodies to double strands DNA (dsDNA) anticardiolipin and nuclear antibodies. This study evaluated anticardiolipin and rheumatoid factor, such as IgA and IgM antibodies in patients with Graves’ disease. Patients and methods: Anticardiolipin a...

BACKGROUND With society's rapidly increasing mobility, patients infected with severe viral infections can become seriously ill at any place in Europe and elsewhere. Improving the diagnostics of these infections is the most important step in detecting the pathogens and dealing with them, and for this purpose, quality control measures are essential tools. OBJECTIVES To assess the diagnostic rea...

Congenital toxoplasmosis is associated with important morbidity and mortality. Since vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii can occur in acute cases, antenatal screening for recent infections is vital. Accurate determination of acute toxoplasmosis requires a combination of immunoassays, usually not routinely applied for screening purposes. This study evaluated the anti-T. gondii (IgG+IgM)/I...

otitis media with effusion (ome) is very common in pediatric patients. immune reactions in serum and middle ear system play roles in the etiology, pathogenesis and prevention of otitis media. immunologically active antigens interact with immunocompetent cells in the lamina propria of the middle ear to produce a local immune response. in this investigation, 32 sera and 50 middle ear fluid sample...

background and aims: toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease which may cause some laboratory symptoms in infected individuals. one of the main ways of transmition this organism is placenta to fetus pathway. if this transmission occurs in the 3th month of pregnancy, the abortion, central nerve system and ocular disorder will happen. because of this issue, the precise technique for detection of toxo...