Infective endocarditis (IE) is an important clinical disease in children with a mortality rate of 11.6%. Prophylaxis with antibiotics is one of the most commonly used methods in children at risk of IE; therefore, the evaluation of antibiotic resistance seems necessary in view of its increasing trend. This study aimed to determine the antibiotic sus...

By Morva Moudi, Nilgoon Pasdar, Kazem Babazadeh, Zahra Shahandeh, Farahnaz Sadighian

Asthma and allergic disorders can affect the outcome of pregnancy. Asthma and allergies are common comorbidities during pregnancy and exacerbations are the major clinical problem. Results are not consistent between studies .Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of asthma and allergic disease during pregnancy. This prospect...

By Nasrin Fazel, Asghar Kazemzadeh, Mojtaba Abdizadeh, Erika Jensem-Jarolim, Shohreh Shahrouyan, Sina Shahrooyan

It is of particular importance to use validated questionnaires to remove fear of needles and blood collection, as this public health problem has been observed in a large number of patients and may inadequately affect medical healthcare. The aim of the study was to conduct a research on the reliability of the questionnaire on the fear of blood sampl...

By Suzana Milutinović, Ana Stanković, Sunčica Ivanović, Sanja Trgovčević, Tatjana Kilibarda

The infectious factor is etiological in the caries development. Early colonization of S. mutans is considered as a key point; another important caries-associated microorganism is Lactobacillus, which colonizes carious lesions later. Ecological shifts in the dental plaques against the background of weakened local immunity increase their cariogenicit...

By Loban' Andriivna, Faustova Oleksiivna, Chereda Volodymyrivna, Ananieva Mykolaivna

Caring for COVID-19 patients at home is a global challenge. This study aimed to review recommendations put forward on home care for patients with suspected COVID-19 presenting with mild clinical features. This is a review of the scientific literature covering COVID-19 and home care from the medical electronic databases such as PubMed, ProQuest, Goo...

By Javad Dehghannezhad, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Damanabad Heydarpoor, Hadi Hassankhani, Malcolm Boyle, Abbas Dadashzadeh

The apprehensiveness for the knowledge vacuum on existential threat of nasal carriage of pvl+ healthcare-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) strains amongst subjects in hospitals have led us to pursue a grasp on the constellation of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types and pvl gene among mecA positive MRSA...

By Adeiza Suleiman, Onaolapo Ademola, Olayinka Olalekan

Aluminum phosphide, known as "rice tablet" (RT), is a common cause of suicide in adult women in Iran, with a high rate of lethal outcome. We report a patient with RT toxicity, with a complex syndrome of hepatic failure, renal failure, Brugada electrocardiography (ECG) patterns, and pleuropericardial effusion. The patient received conventional manag...

By Feridoun Sabzi, Aghigh Heydari, Reza Moghaddam, Mohammad Rouzbahani, Atefeh Asadmobini

In late December 2019, Wuhan, China, became the center of an unknown outbreak of pneumonia that spread rapidly throughout China and around the world, including Iran, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel disease a public health emergency with global concern. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many studies have been performed on epide...

By Zhilla Damanabad, Leila Valizadeh, Sadollah Yeghanedoost, Fariborz Roshangar

Here we present the first case of Aerococcus urinae isolated from urine sample of a 5-year-old boy from Vojvodina province (Serbia). The patient had predisposing factors related to the susceptibility of genitourinary system to infection. Thus, he reported no complaints related to active urinary infections. Eradication of infection was achieved afte...

By Gordana Smieško, Pavle Banović, Vera Gusman, Biljana Milosavljević, Deana Medić, Tamara Bulajić, Milica Pejaković-Budinski, Svetlana Golocorbin-Kon

The outcome of diabetes treatments can and should be evaluated through the patients' treatment satisfaction. The aim of this study was to examine the patients' satisfaction with the therapy with human insulin analogues compared with previous treatment with human insulin. We evaluated patient satisfaction in patients with T1DM in our institution who...

By Saša Radenković, Milena Velojić-Golubović, Danijela Radojković, Vojislav Ćirić, Radivoj Kocić