current mainstay of treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients is highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) but little is known about the long-term clinical outcome for hiv-infected patients who have received haart. determining factors associated with longterm survival in the course of treatment may allow modification to be made for patients who are at a greater risk ...

because of inappropriate use of antibiotics and prevalence of resistant bacteria, there is urgentneed for antibacterial drugs that have fewer side effects than antibiotics. myrtus communis is amedicinal plant which had many uses in traditional medicine. in this study, ethanol leave extractof this plant is tested on acinetobacter baumannii. in the case of antimicrobial evaluation ofplants, one o...

background: stem cell therapy is a new treatment option for different diseases. the aim of this systematic review is assessing the articles that focus on sct in iran and evaluate the amount of their success, failure and complication. methods: systematic search was conducted for finding english and persian papers (controlled trials and cohort studies with follow up) published before march 2015. ...

development of evidence-based clinical guidelines to raising standards of medical care in diabetes is a core element of coping with the global diabetes epidemic. the purpose of this study was to develop a systematic clinical diabetes guideline from the latest scientific evidences and also to localize its recommendations according to regional and cultural needs of our society. searches were cond...

adverse effects of antituberculosis agents such as hepatotoxicity may reduce treatment effectiveness, because they significantly contribute to nonadherence and eventually result in treatment failure, relapse or the emergence of drug resistance. garlic is an ancient herbal substance, which its effectiveness on isoniazid and rifampicin-induced hepatic injury in animal models has been demonstrated...

background: initial symptoms of multiple sclerosis (ms) may be varied and nonspecific. we tried to find the frequency distribution of the first clinical symptoms in iranian patients with ms. methods: in a case series study, 1130 patients with definite diagnosis of ms who had been referred to three referral university hospitals of tehran, iran, were enrolled. the patients' medical records were r...

background: according to some provincial reports, prevalence of hepatitis a has had a decreasing trend during the past decade in iran. we aimed to overview clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of iranian pediatric patients diagnosed with hepatitis a infection. materials and methods: this retrospective study was performed on 162 consecutive pediatric cases of hepatitis a infection. da...

conclusions it is concluded that cryptosporidium spp. should be considered in immunocompromised diarrheal patients and elisa must be chosen for detection of this parasite. modified acid fast staining and cassette kit techniques could be performed if elisa is not available. the single use of the cassette kit will be inadequate for the diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis. background cryptosporidiosis ...

castleman disease (cd) is a rare, lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain etiology. we are reporting on two cases of castleman disease. both patients were female. this disease can be found wherever lymph nodes are present. we have reported two unusual cases of castleman disease. a 29- year old woman was referred for evaluation because of a cervical lymph node, weight loss and night sweats. th...

how to cite this article : sabzehei mk, basiri b, bazmamoun h. the etiology, clinical type, and short outcome of seizures in newborns hospitalized in besat hospital/ hamadan/iran. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):24-28. objective seizures in neonates are very different from those of older children and adults. the aim of this study was to determine the etiology, clinical presentation, and o...