Multicenter Cryptococcal Antigen Screening of HIV-Infected Patients in Iran.

Early diagnosis and targeted preemptive antifungal treatment are crucial in reducing cryptococcal meningitis (CM)-related mortality in individuals living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The present study was performed to determine cryptococcal antigenemia and outcomes among HIV-infected patients in Iran. This multicenter prospective study was conducted between October 2016 and December 2018.

Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility profiles of clinical species complex.

Limited data regarding the epidemiology and susceptibility profiles of cryptococcosis are available in the Middle East. Our study aimed to evaluate the molecular diversity, mating types and antifungal susceptibility pattern of species (=14) isolated from 320 suspected patients with cryptococcosis. The gene was subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysis.

Comparison of azithromycin vs doxycycline prophylaxis in leptospirosis, A randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial.

Introduction: Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease in paddy field with 29.5% prevalence rate in Mazandaran province and 4% to 52% mortality rate among hospitalized patients. Prevention is an important strategy for the control of this disease.

Anaplasma Infection in Ticks, Livestock and Human in Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

Background: Anaplasmosis is an important issue for animal breeders in terms of economic losses as well as a health concern to human. Ticks are considered as the main vector of this disease. Lack of documented information about Anaplasma species in Iran was the scope of this study to determine the population of ticks and the presence of Anaplasma in ticks, domestic ruminants and also human beings in northern Iran.

Increased cefepime MIC for enterobacteriacae clinical isolates.

Unlabelled: Background : Cefepime was used as empirical treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) induced by gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of cefepime against microorganism causing VAP in Mazandaran, North of Iran.

Methods: This study was performed on VAP patients diagnosed with clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) scores in ICU of two hospitals.

First molecular detection of Theileria ovis in Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick in Iran.

Objective: To determine tick infestation of domestic ruminants and their infection to ovine theileriosis in northern Iran.

Methods: About 425 domestic ruminants in Ghaemshahr city in northern Iran were inspected for tick infestations. Twenty tick specimens (13 females and 7 males) of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (R.