BACKGROUND Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus is a rare infection in humans associated with contact with horses or consumption of unpasteurized milk products. On October 23, 2003, the National Public Health Institute was alerted that within one week three persons had been admitted to Tampere University Central Hospital (TaYS) because of S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus septicaemia. All had...

brucella melitensis and brucella abortus are of the most important causes of brucellosis, an infectious disease which is transmitted either directly or indirectly including consuming unpasteurized dairy products. both strains are considered endemic in iran. common diagnostic methods such as bacteriologic cultures are difficult and time consuming regarding the bacteria. the aim of this study was...

brucellosis is a zoonotic disease mostly transmitted to humans through consumption of unpasteurized dairy products and can lead to a systemic disease with any organ involvement. in this report, we describe a case of brucellosis-induced avascular necrosis of the hip. brucellosis was diagnosed through serological tests, and avascular necrosis of the femoral head was confirmed by pelvic mri. the p...

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) includes M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG, the vaccine strain), M. africanum, and M. microti. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases in humans; however, in several regions of the world, especially in a country with high prevalence of HIV infection, human TB caused by M. bovis may be...

background : listeria monocytogenes is of major concern to the food industry in general and the dairy industry in particular. little is known about incidence of this pathogenic bacterium in dairy products in iran. methods: a survey was made from 23 september 2006 to 22 june 2007 for listeria species in ninety samples of tradi­tional and industrial cheeses, in milk and surface where the cheeses ...

OBJECTIVES Numerous studies have reported the epidemiological and clinical features of Malta fever incidence in Iran. Review and synthesis of the related literature through meta-analysis can provide an appropriate measurement for aforementioned indices. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of people with Malta fever in Iran. METHODS The req...

and cattle is caused by Brucella abortus, a bacterium introduced to the US via European livestock. B abortus was first detected in bison in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) in 1917 (Cheville et al. 1998), and in elk as early as 1930. In wildlife and cattle, uninfected animals contract the disease primarily by licking birth exudates of infected herd members; however, bacteria localize in a variet...

An increasing number of health-conscious consumers are seeking natural, unprocessed foods, including fresh, locally grown produce, eggs, poultry, and meats. Concomitant with this consumer interest, the US Department of Agriculture created Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food and the Farmers Market Promotion Program [1, 2]. These governmental programs seek to improve nutritional choices made by Amer...

background: brucellosis as a zoonosis is still a public health problem in many countries such as iran. to perform preventive, control, and eradication policies about the disease, we need the exact epidemiologic information and patterns of brucellosis in the country. in this study, we investigated the epidemiological, clinical, and treatment aspects of diseases in patients who had a record in sh...