Publications by authors named "Kobra Salimiyan Rizi"

Metal phosphides, especially aluminum phosphide, and phosphine (PH ) are widely used as insecticides and rodenticides for protection of grains during process of storage and transportation. The main reason of poisoning with this compound is related to the conscious ingestion of salts or accidental inhalation of PH . So the early and accurate diagnosis of poisoning can significantly help to the effective clinical treatment or recognition of death cause.

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An important issue in the prognosis of tuberculosis (TB) is a short period between correct diagnosis and start the suitable antibiotic therapy. So, a rapid and valid method for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) complex is considered as a necessity.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is referred to as a "consumption" or phthisis, which has been a fatal human disease for thousands of years. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) might have been responsible for the death of more humans than any other bacterial pathogens.

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Acute dysentery is a prevalent case of hospital admission in developing countries, whose most common cause is believed to be Shigella species. Treatment failure employing oral or intravenous antibiotics is an increasing problem among children with dysentery. This is a prospective descriptive study that aims to find the antibiotic resistance pattern of Shigella spp.

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Objective: The production of β-lactamase enzymes such as AmpC β-lactamases and extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) is among the main mechanisms for resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and molecular epidemiology of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta (β)-lactamase in ESBL co-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella spp.

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