Evaluation of mechanisms of colistin resistance in strains isolated from patients with urinary tract infection in ICU.

Background And Objectives: One of the major causes of urinary tract infections is Currently, few studies investigated the mechanisms of resistance to colistin in Iran. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of plasmid and chromosome-mediated resistance to colistin in isolates.

Materials And Methods: 177 urine samples were collected from patients with urinary tract infections hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) of hospitals in the city of Qazvin.

Frequency of Multi-Drug Resistance and Molecular Characteristics of Resistance to Colistin in Collected from Patients in Intensive Care Units with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.

Background: is one of the most common causes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients hospitalized in ICU. Multiple resistance has resulted in excessive use of Colistin antibiotic, which is the latest treatment option for this bacterium. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the abundance of multi-resistance and molecular characteristics of resistance to colistin among isolated from patients that are infected with VAP and hospitalized in ICU of "Qazvin" and "Masih Daneshvari" hospitals.

Metacognition and Body Image in Predicting Alexithymia in Substance Abusers.

Background: Substance dependency is one of the biggest problems and worries of the world. It stunts the growth of society and causes various problems such as reduction in public health, increase in mortality, rise in social and domestic traumas, loss of educational and occupational opportunities, involvement with the judicial system, and development of the substance-abuse cycle.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the role of metacognition and body image in predicting alexithymia in substance abusers.

Metacognition Beliefs and General Health in Predicting Alexithymia in Students.

Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the role of metacognition beliefs and general health in alexithymia in Iranian students.

Methods: This descriptive and correlational study included 200 participants of high schools students, selected randomly from students of two cities (Sari and Dargaz), Iran. Metacognitive Strategies Questionnaire (MCQ-30); the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Farsi Version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) were used for gathering the data.

Frequency of structural brain abnormalities among adult diagnosed with Attention - Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Although ADHD is known as a childhood disorder, it is prevalent among adults as well. Several studies have been conducted on the etiology of this disorder and its neurobiological and neuroanatomical manifestations in children, but the knowledge of adult ADHD is not enough. The present research was aimed at studying the structural brain abnormalities in adult ADHD cases.