conclusions in this investigation, the prevalence of hpv infection was relatively substantial. totally, 17 different hpv genotypes were detected and the most frequently detected genotypes were hpv6, hpv11, hpv16, hpv18 and hpv52, respectively. the data from this study is essential for planning future public health strategies including hpv vaccination programs. results no statistical association...

objective: this study was conducted in order to assess the prevalence of different cervicovaginal infections during pregnancy. materials and methods: totally 110 healthy pregnant women with complaints of vaginal symptoms in their third trimester of pregnancy were checked for vaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, vaginal trichomoniasis, streptococcus β hemoliticus, gonorrhea, syphilis, and i...

procalcitonin (pct) is a prohormone that has been used as a marker for the diagnosis of bacterial infections. the aim of this study was to survey pct levels in patients with cirrhosis. sixty-four patients with hepatic cirrhosis and 32 healthy blood donors were enrolled in this study. serum pct levels was detected using immunoluminometric assay. the rate of positive pct was higher in patients wi...

to retrospectively evaluate the treated cases with odontogenic abscess and identify the outcome of odontogenic infections, their characteristics and treatment modalities.this retrospective study was performed by collecting data from 310 patient records at the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of taleghani hospital, tehran, iran from january 2001 to january 2011. the variables were age, ...

bcg (bacille calmette–guérin) vaccine is administered worldwide to prevent severe forms of tuberculosis. it is considered to be safe; however, occasional complications are seen. the most serious complication is bcgosis. we report a case of bcgosis with granulomatous hepatitis and acid-fast bacilli in liver and spleen. we treated the patient with antituberculosis drugs without any response to tr...

a small clinical and serological survey to determine the prevalence and severity of trachoma was conducted in 11 iranian villages located in the dezful and kazerun areas. no evidence of severe active disease or severe squeal was found among the 389 individuals examined. seventy-seven per cent of those examined were more than 12 years of age. the prevalence of active trachoma by clinical examina...

fungal elements of urinary tract were investigated in two groups of the individuals, either with major underlying illnesses, or without any diseases. diabetes mellitus was recognized as the most important underlying diseases in this study and candida glabrata was the commonest species occurring in high numbers in urine specimens of debilitated patients.