Clinical Findings, Bacterial Agents, and Antibiotic Resistance in Children with Spontaneous Peritonitis in Southern Iran: An Academic Tertiary Referral Center's Experience.

Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a fatal complication of ascites fluid infection. The causes of SBP in children differ from those in adults, and these bacteria are frequently resistant to antibiotics. Therefore, this study investigated the clinical findings, bacterial etiology, and antimicrobial resistance in children with SBP.

Importance of L. Infantum H2B Recombinant Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis.

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can lead to death in more than 95% of cases if left untreated. Accurate and early diagnosis has an important role in reducing mortality rate of this disease.

Objective: To express recombinant H2B antigen from an Iranian isolate of Leishmania Infantum and evaluate its efficacy in the diagnosis of VL.

Prevalence of colonization and mitochondrial large subunit rRNA mutation of among Iranian children.

Background And Objectives: is an important causative agent of pneumonia. During childhood, exposure to occurs and antibody was built in early childhood. The aim of this study was to describe the molecular epidemiology of in children without any respiratory syndrome and survey the distribution of different mitochondrial large subunit, ribosomal ribonucleic acid (mtLSU- rRNA) genotypes.

Viral etiology of aseptic meningitis among children in southern Iran.

Aseptic meningitis refers to a clinical syndrome of meningeal inflammation in which bacteria cannot be identified in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The viral etiology and the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of aseptic meningitis among children aged 2 months to 15 years in Shiraz, southern Iran were determined. From May 2007 to April 2008, 65 patients were admitted to the hospital with aseptic meningitis.

Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections among Iranian Hajj pilgrims, 2006.

Background: Every year more than 2 million pilgrims from different countries in the world including Iran participate in the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Respiratory diseases have been the most common cause of illnesses among Iranian pilgrims.

Methods: Direct fluorescent staining and viral culture were performed on nasal wash specimens of Iranian Hajj pilgrims with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections at Shiraz (a city in southern Iran) airport on return from the Hajj during December 2006 to January 2007.

Association of H. pylori virulence genes CagA, VacA and UreAB with ulcer and nonulcer diseases in Iranian population.

To evaluate the association of virulence genes CagA, VacA and UreAB of H. pylori with the development of different gastric disorders, polymerase chain reaction was performed on H. pylori organisms isolated from biopsy samples of stomach of patients with ulcerative disease and nonulcerative disease.

Detection of HCMV DNA in placenta, amniotic fluid and fetuses of seropositive women by nested PCR.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common viral cause of intrauterine infection throughout the world. Its distribution patterns in different clinical samples are poorly understood. This study was performed to determine the frequency of CMV DNA positivity in maternal/fetus sera, placentas and amniotic fluid, together with maternal/fetus serology.