objective due to the high prevalence of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (siadh). this study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence and relevant parameters of siadh in children with septic and aseptic memingitis hospitalized at kashan shahid beheshti hospital between 1996 and 2006. materials & methods this descriptive study was conducted on 230 patients with meningit...

Pine wilt is a disease of pine (Pinus spp.) caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. However, the pathogenic mechanism of pine wilt disease (PWD) remains unclear. Although the PWN was thought to be the only pathogenic agent associated with this disease, a potential role for bacterial symbionts in the disease process was recently proposed. Studies have indicated that a...

objective this study aimed at investigating seasonal variation, clinical symptoms, and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) changes in patients with aseptic meningitis admitted in mofid hospital between 1995 and 1996. materials & methods a total of 63 children with aseptic meningitis were enrolled in the study. their age, gender, season of the disease, etiology, clinical symptoms, csf changes, and treatme...

Aseptic loosening is a major cause of revision surgery of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Only few host factors affecting aseptic loosening have been identified until now, although they are urgently needed to identify and possibly treat those patients at higher risk for aseptic loosening. To determine whether the functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) c.-938C>A (rs2279115), located in th...

This article reviews current industry practices and regulatory expectations for the aseptic processing of sterile drugs. It provides comparisons and outlines points of tension between curent manufacturing technology and capabilities with regulatory “requirements” for this important activity. n 1988, the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) published a position paper on aseptic processing in respon...

background aseptic meningitis is the most common type of meningitis and is characterized by meningeal inflammation that is not linked to identifiable bacterial pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid (csf). objectives this study aimed to evaluate the frequency of aseptic meningitis caused by herpesviruses, namely herpes simplex types i and ii (hsv-1, hsv-2), epstein-barr virus (ebv), cytomegalovirus (...