Intestinal amebiasis has a worldwide distribution and is common in tropical and subtropical areas. [n this prospective 7-month study, we studied the main clinical findings in patients with acute amebic proctocolitis and the efficacy of Saccharomyces boulardii (SB) treatment of these patients.Initially, 57 cases with acute amebic proctocolitis were selected. The maximum occurrence of infecti...

background in patients with chronic hepatitis c, triple drug regimens containing a protease inhibitor, peginterferon and ribavirin were found to significantly increase sustained virologic response rates compared to dual drug regimen containing pegylated interferon and ribavirin, especially in genotype 1. objectives in turkey, telaprevir has been used since march 2013. we aimed to evaluate resul...

background: intrauterine insemination (iui) is a primary, simple and effective method of infertility treatment. the aim of this study was to determine the success rate of iui and some related male and female factors. materials and methods: this quasi - experimental study was done on 500 infertile couples from 2006 to 2008. either clomiphene or human menopausal gonadotropin (hmg) alone or clomip...

Introduction: Persistent postinfectious cough (PPC) is a cough that persists longer than 3 weeks or perhaps for many months after a common cold or an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). PPC has poor response to routine treatment modalities, so it can be a vexing problem for the patient and the physician alike. Our hypothesis was that honey and/or coffee have some beneficial effects in th...

background: helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) infection causes multiple upper gastrointestinal diseases but optimal therapeutic regimen which can eradicate infection in all the cases has not yet been defined. this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of triple levofloxacin-based versus clarithromycin-based therapy. methods: in this open-label randomized clinical trial study 120 patients who...

Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment is the gold standard of care for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). To strike a balance between burden and vision improvement, treat-and-extend (T&E) regimen preferred approach to administer anti-VEGF treatment. To facilitate implementation T&E nAMD in Hong Kong, panel retinal experts, with support Bayer Healthcare,...

abstract background: triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, clarithromycin and amoxicillin and quadruple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, bismuth citrate, metronidazole and amoxicillin have been proposed in maastricht 2000 as the optimal treatment of helicobacter pylori infection. we aimed to compare these two regimens in iranian pediatric patients. methods: a randomized clinical tri...

Clinical observations have linked antiretroviral nonadherence to treatment regimen fatigue in persons living with HIV (PLWH). Although nonadherence appears to be a consequence of treatment regimen fatigue, little is known about the onset, course, and duration of this construct. Our study developed and evaluated psychometric properties of a measure of treatment regimen fatigue for PLWH. Based on...