Background: Several virulence factors have been described in pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus strains. Staphylococcal Enterotoxins(SEs) that is one of the most factors, are belonging to important members of bacterial superantigens. Superantigens are defined by their ability to stimulate cytokine release from both T cells and macrophages. 13 different SEs are known that their function is no...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. The HCV genotype has a geographic distribution and an important role in clinical and histological outcomes. This study determined HCV genotypes and their related risk factors among patients from Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 223 pat...

Neutropenia following chemotherapy regimens in leukemia patients is of major concern since it makes these patients vulnerable to infections. If we can identify which germs are causing these infections, they can be annihilated or, at least, the most appropriate antibiotic therapy can be started immediately, even before we have the results of the culture. This retrospective multi-center study too...

Jafar Fattahi-asl, Milad Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi1, Mojtaba Karbalae1, Hamid Reza Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi2, Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh3 Departments of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, 3Departments of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ahwaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Khuzestan, 1Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Me...

nowadays, development of any society depends on the health of the organization. a healthy organization is where people love the work and are proud to be part of that organization. this study investigated the relationship between organizational health and organizational commitment of personnel in selected hospitals affiliated with ahwaz jundishapur university of medical sciences in 2011. this st...

the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety and phobia during pregnancy in ahwaz. for this purpose, 360 pregnant and 60 nonpregnant women, who were referred to the public hospitals and private out-patient clinics were selected through cluster sampling. all of the subjects completed the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi). data were analyzed by des...

INTRODUCTION Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common head and neck malignancy. Smoking, alcohol consumption, viral infections, exposure, oral hygiene, and dietary, genetic, and occupational factors are the most important etiologic factors. The aim of this study was determining the incidence of etiologic factors in head and neck SCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional sur...