Vol 4, No 3 (2009)

summer 2009

Table of Contents

Editorial

The spectrum of CMV disease in solid organ transplant recipients PDF
Masoud Mardani 125-127

Original (Research) Article

Effect of vegetation size on the outcome of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users Abstract PDF
Ashraf Tavanaii Sani, Maryam Mojtabavi, Reza Bolandnazar 129-134
Association between cigarette smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis in men: A case-control study in Mazandaran, Iran Abstract PDF
Roya Ghasemian, Narges Najafi*, Davood Yadegarinia, Shahriar Alian 135-141
Antibiotic susceptibility pattern among Staphylococcus spp. with emphasis on detection of mecA gene in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates Abstract PDF
Fateh Rahimi*, Majid Bouzari, Zohreh Maleki, Fermisk Rahimi 143-150
Frequency of Cryptosporidium and risk factors related to cryptosporidiosis in under 5–year old hospitalized children due to diarrhea Abstract PDF
Bahman Khalili*, Masoud Mardani 151-155
Intra familial transmission of hepatitis C virus infection in Iran Abstract PDF
Ali Fani, Masoomeh Sofian*, Majid Fathollahi, Poorya Adeli, Parisa Fani 157-161
Evaluation of a PCR based approach to study the relatedness among Shigella sonnei strains Abstract PDF
Reza Ranjbar*, Nourkhoda Sadeghifard, Mohammad Mahdi Soltan Dallal, Shohreh Farshad 163-166
Comparison between induced-sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis Abstract PDF
Abbas Fadaii*, Hamid Sohrabpoor, Bahador Bagheri 167-170

Brief Report

Immunosuppressive effect of purified pyocyanine pigment on T-lymphocytes viability against experimental infection with hydatid cyst protoscolices Abstract PDF
Adel Talib Al-Saeed*, Ahmed Mohammad Salih, Zaman A.A. Ibrahim 171-175
Ventilator-associated pneumonia among ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation and prophylaxis of gastrointestinal bleeding Abstract PDF
Mehrdad Solouki*, Seyed Mehran Mar'ashian, Mehran Koochak, Amirahmad Nasiri, Majid Mokhtari, Anahita Amirpour 177-180

Case Report

Aggressive Kaposi sarcoma in a new case of HIV;case report and review of the literature Abstract PDF
Zohreh Aminzadeh*, Maysam Yousefi, Soheila Nasiri 181-184
A 17 years old girl with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) and severe leukopenia Abstract PDF
Sorour Asadi, Amir Roudgari*, Mohsen Moghadami 185-188

Review Article

Ten years after the beginning of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Iran: A promising report PDF
Batool Sharifi-Mood, Roya Alavi-Naini, Maliheh Metanat 189-193