b ackground : one of the main mechanisms of resistance to carbapenems is potential of klebsiella pneumoniae to produce k . pneumoniae carbapenemase (kpc). kpc is an important type of carbapenemase, which can hydrolyze carbapenems and other beta-lactam antibiotics. modified hodge test (mht) and  use  of  boronic  acid  as  a  kpc  inhibitor  are  two  types  of  phenotypic methods, which are use...

conclusions: in neonates and infants with primary diagnosis of sepsis, hsv infection should be considered especially if the clinical condition does not improve after 48 hours of antibiotic therapy, and sepsis still exists with elevated liver enzymes. results: among 150 neonates and infants younger than 3 months old with sepsis, the pcr results for detecting the hsv dna, were positive in 6 sampl...

conclusions findings of this study showed that integron can have a limited frequency in s. aureus isolated from clinical sample in tehran. results among the 200 samples, 1% of the strains (two isolates) contained the class 1 integron gene. the results of this study showed that the highest frequency of the obtained samples belonged to males and the isolates occurred mostly in individuals aged 51...

introduction : haemophilus influenzae is a gram-negative bacterium causing a variety of respiratory infections in developing countries, especially in children. nasopharynx carriers of h. influenzae are the prominent source and transitional vectors of invasive diseases. as very limited information on h. influenzae carriage rate in iran was available, an evaluation on prevalence of this bacterium...

background and aims: this research aimed to study a possible link between endometriosis and polymorphism of the progesterone receptor gene. materials and methods: the control group consisted of 86 women without endometriosis and the case group comprised 86 patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis by laparoscopy. genotypes for alu insertion polymorphisms (a1/a1, a1/a2 and a2/a2) were described...

purpose : to report a patient with orbital tuberculosis (tb) without any history of systemic involvement case report : a 41-year-old afghani man who presented with progressive painless swelling in lateral side of the left upper eyelid and diplopia. he did not have history of fever or pulmonary disease. histopathology revealed a granulomatous inflammation with caseation necrosis. microbiological...

the last two decades have seen a massive growth in the application of dna technology in histocompatibility and immunogenetics. this review summarises the history and application of dna methods in this area.

conclusions performing only culture method led to missed false negative carriers. therefore, it is recommended that both the pcr assay and conventional culture method be routinely performed to detect gbs in pregnant women accurately. pcr diagnosis demonstrated a shorter turnaround time when compared with the time consuming culture method. results the prevalence of gbs in the 203 collected sampl...

conclusions torghabeh - shandiz district with a rural texture is endemic for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl). further studies are recommended to discover the vectors and probable reservoirs in these areas. results of 164 samples obtained from the skin lesions of the patients referred to the torghabe - shandiz health centers, leishmania dna was isolated from 136 smears by pcr method....

conclusions evidence of t. gondii occurrence in sheep and camels was provided in the provinces under study. there is a need to investigate the potential risk factors of zoonotic infections. furthermore, animal health and production losses caused by the parasite; and associated zoonotic implications in the area under study need to be explored. materials and methods animals in the field and those...