conclusions with regard to the ease of urine sample preparation and the 100% specificity the pcr method, performing urine pcr could be used as a diagnostic aid in ptb cases obtaining sputum samples is problematic. results results of the current study indicated that 48 (62.3%) patients out of 77 had a positive sputum culture. urine cultures and acid-fast smears were negative. urine pcr-tb was po...

conclusions in type ii diabetes, the increased susceptibility of ldl to oxidation is related to hyperglycemia and low aop. background type ii diabetes mellitus is a complex heterogeneous group of metabolic conditions characterized by an increased level of blood glucose, due to impairment in insulin action and/or insulin secretion. hyperglycemia is a major factor in the pathogenesis of atheroscl...

background and aims. although wearing a white coat is an accepted part of medical and dental practice, it is a potential source of cross-infection. the objective of this study was to determine the level and type of microbial contamination present on the white coats of dental interns, graduate students and faculty in a dental clinic. materials and methods. questionnaire and cross-sectional surve...

background and aims: the world is threatened by disease outbreak that reaches a public health emergency of international concern, studies to inform public and agencies for effective containment strategy are necessary. several studies provided vital information of the dynamics and control of ebola epidemic outbreak in west africa. methodologies and techniques in those researches have to be revie...

introduction: p. aeruginosa is an important multi-drug resistant (mdr) opportunistic pathogen in hospital-acquired infections. several methods based on dna analysis have been used for investigating genetic diversity of p. aeruginosa isolates. among them, rep‑pcr typing has been introduced as a rapid, low cost method with high discriminatory power. the aims of this study were to investigate geno...

background: the present study assesses independent predictors of clinically important traumatic brain injury (citbi) in order to design a prognostic rule for identification of high risk children with mild head injury. materials and methods: in a retrospective cross-sectional study, 3,199 children with mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) brought to emergency ward of three hospitals in tehran, iran...

we assessed the lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) in prostatic cancer patients and investigated the sensitivity and specificity of international prostate symptom score (ipss) in the screening of these patients. a total number of 132 prostatic cancer patients as the case group who were confirmed by the pathologists and 101 noncancerous men as the control group, aged 50 or older, responded to a...

purpose : the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adjuvant treatments on contrast sensitivity in patients with clinically significant macular edema (csme) treated with macular photocoagulation (mpc). methods : forty eight eyes from 30 patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (npdr) and csme were included in a prospective randomized clinical trial between august 2008 and ...

purpose : contrast sensitivity (cs) evaluation by sv–1000e chart in all spatial frequencies after micro incision cataract surgery (mics) and its comparison between two thin lenses after optical correction in natural and glare conditions methods : in this cross sectional study, 100 eyes having mics with dodick arc phacolaser system were evaluated. 50 thinoptx lenses and 50 acrismart lenses were ...