Inferior Spear-like Lens Opacity as a Sign of Keratoconus.

Purpose: To report 21 cases of typical inferior feather-shape lens opacity associated with keratoconus.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated the association of keratoconus with inferior feather-shape lens opacity in refractive surgery candidates. Visual acuity, demographic, refractive, and topographic characteristics of 26 eyes of 21 patients with inferior feather-shape lens opacity were evaluated in detail.

Investigating the association of polymorphisms of and with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in Iranian population.

Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurological disability in which immune cells attack the myelin sheaths that protect nerve fibers. The pathogenesis of the disease involves both complex genetic effects as well as multifaceted gene-environment interactions. In the present study, we examined the association of two Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in (rs6859219) and (rs3748816) with MS in the Iranian population.

Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from southwest of Iran using spa and SCCmec typing methods.

Staphylococcus aureus remains a major cause of nosocomial infection worldwide. Characterization of S. aureus isolates circulating in the southwest of Iran will contribute to understand and control the spread of the strains in this area.

High frequency of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with SCCmec type III and Spa types t037 and t631 isolated from burn patients in southwest of Iran.

Methicilin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are the major challenges in hospitals, especially in the burn units. The use of molecular typing methods is essential for tracking the spread of S. aureus infection and epidemiological investigations.