This study aimed to investigate the effect of ambroxol on the concentration of cefotaxime in the bronchioalveolar lavage fluid of rats with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. A total of 54 Wistar male rats were randomly divided into three groups, namely the normal control group, model group and ambroxol group. On experimental day 0, the rats were intratracheally instilled with bleomycin (5 m...

occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is an important hazard for health care workers, which places them at a high risk for blood-borne infections including hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus and human immunodeficiency virus and results in psychological and emotional stresses. several preventive measures have been proposed including pre-exposure ( e.g. , education, use of standard pre...

Ample evidence is available that body fluids other than serum contain antibodies (Coleman and Appleman, 1953; Kanter and Appleton, 1940; Klauder and Kolmer, 1921). Occasionally (Biro, 1947) these fluids reveal antibodies more frequently and sooner after infection of the bone marrow in syphilis. Plasma also has an antibody content (Addis, 1912; Cowie, 1909; Gurd, 1912), although some anti-coagul...

BACKGROUND Invasive candidiasis is an important nosocomial infection associated with high mortality among immunosuppressive or critically ill patients. We described the incidence of invasive candidiasis in our hospital over 6 years and showed the antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of the isolated yeast. METHOD The yeast species were isolated on CHROMagar Candida medium and identified usi...