When Escherichia coli was incubated at the growth-refractory temperatures of 48 and 54 degrees C, expression of the cel operon was demonstrated by phospho-beta-glucosidase activity. This enzyme activity was also detected at the growth-refractory temperatures in Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thermotolerant and mesothermophilic mutants of E. coli, S. typhimurium, and P. aerug...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, karimzadeh p, torabian s, damadi s, khaje a. comparison of intravenous midazolam drip with intermittent intravenous diazepam in the treatment of refractory serial seizures in children. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3): 15-19.   objective serial seizures occur commonly in inpatient epileptic children. this type ofseizure due to its characteristics has a signifi...

abstract- the syndrome of diabetes mellitus, sensorineural deafness and megaloblastic anemia dose not result from thiamine deficiency. the previous reported patients had no sign of beriberi, had normal nutrition, and had no evidence of malabsorption. the features of this syndrome with apparent inheritance of autosomal recessive trait may define this puzzling syndrome as a true thiamine dependen...

background: tramadol, an analgesic drug abused by opioid addicts, is also abused accidentally or for suicidal purposes. tramadol poisoning can induce cns depression, seizures, coma, and ultimately death. case: in this report, a 30-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department due to suicidal attempt with ingestion of 14000 mg (140 tablet 100 mg) of tramadol. he had history of suicidal ...

background the x-linked cyclin-dependent kinase like 5 (cdkl5/stk9) gene has been shown to be responsible for a severe encephalopathy condition characterized by early onset of epilepsy and severe developmental delay. cdkl5 mutations have been shown to be more frequent among female patients. results here we report a 6- month male patient, second child of a healthy non consanguineous in the irani...

The Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Energy Dis­ persive Spectroscopy (EDS) were used to determine morphology and elemental composition of a variety of freshly emitted soot par­ ticles (acetylene flame, candle flame, kerosene flame, diesel exhaust, electric arc, plastic burning, styrofoam burning, wood burning [white oak and pine bark], and rice straw burning), which can be possible c...

Twelve women with vaginal Candida krusei infection were evaluated. In vitro antifungal susceptibility testing and molecular typing were performed. Patients infected with C. krusei frequently had refractory vulvovaginal signs and symptoms that were otherwise indistinguishable from vaginitis due to other yeasts. Patients were 32-63 years old and had previously received multiple courses of antimyc...

how to cite this article: mollamohammadi m, tonekaboni sh, pirzadeh z, vahedian m . pregabalin in childhood epilepsy: a clinical trialiran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 62-65. abstract objective the prevalence of active epilepsy is about 0.5–1%, and approximately 70% of patients are cured with first anti-epileptic drugs and the remaining patients need multiple drugs. pregabalin as an add-on...

BACKGROUND Corticosteroids have been used for refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and have beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to identify the biomarkers for predicting refractory M. pneumoniae pneumonia in a timely fashion to initiate steroid therapy. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of children with M. pneumoniae pneumonia admitted to the Children's Hospital of F...