conclusions tuberculosis was an important cause of cap in our region. hence, it should be considered in all patients admitted with a cap diagnosis. results among 120 patients with cap, the most common etiology was s. pneumoniae (24.4%), followed by mycobacterium tuberculosis (17.5%), s. aureus (6.7%), polymicrobial agents including anaerobes (4.2%), complicated hydatid cyst (2.5%), influenza a ...

i n a survey of pneumonia due to mycoplasma 282 out of 12168 ovine and caprine lung condemnation were collected (2.32%). mycoplasma spp. has been isolated from pneumonic cases in 4 sheep and 2 goats. pcr studies were confirmed the genus of mycoplasma although attempting for identification of strains m. mycoides, m. capricolum/caprine pleuropneumonia and m. arginin were in failure. the lesions i...

background: nosocomial pneumonia is a prevalent complication in patients admitted to intensive care units (icu). endotracheal suction is used in cleaning the airways of secretions in patients under mechanical ventilation. performing suction accurately is of great importance to prevent ventilation associated pneumonia. the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of open versus closed tra...

pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in young children worldwide. early diagnosis and empiric antibacterial therapy is an important strategy to improve outcome. the world health organization (who) has developed case management guidelines to reduce pneumonia-related deaths through early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment. for management purpose, pneumonia is subclassified by its severity....

most nosocomial infections have been attributed to nonfermenters, particularly acinetobacter baumannii which causes serious infections like pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis. the purpose of this study was to report our experience with five cases of a. baumannii-related pneumonia infections, seen in a regional hospital, karaj, iran. five cases were identified as having a. baumannii- related pneu...

there is a lack of large, prospective epidemiologic studies concerning acute lung injury (ali) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards) in pediatric population. to determine the different causes of respiratory distress in children, we prepared a retrospective study and included the whole 567 children with respiratory distress referred to 17-shahrivar hospital, rasht, guilan. using their m...

meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. the following article reports a case of pneumococcal meningitis that was detected early in a newborn in...