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Implementation of blood culture stewardship during a blood culture bottle shortage: a multicenter assessment [PDF]

open access: yesAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Objective: Assess clinical outcomes, knowledge, and attitudes about shortage mitigation interventions during a nationwide blood culture bottle shortage.
Kristen Sevilla   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Antiphospholipid antibodies and COVID-19 mortality and thrombotic events; A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yesReviews in Clinical Medicine, 2022
Introduction:Among various proposed pathologic mechanisms during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, overproduction of autoantibodies is not widely studied.
Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rate of occult hepatitis B virus infection among individuals with tuberculosis in northeastern Iran: A molecular epidemiological study

open access: yesJournal of Virus Eradication, 2023
One third of the world population has a history of exposure to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and two billion people are infected with latent tuberculosis (TB).
Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Updates on the Epidemiology of the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Infection in the Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization with Special Emphasis on the Situation in Iran

open access: yesViruses, 2022
Background: The epidemiology and prevalence of the Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection represent a recommended priority by global health agencies.
Mohammad Reza Hedayati-Moghaddam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Capillary blood cultures [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1974
The need for frequent blood cultures from small babies for the early detection of bacteraemia associated with internal prosthesis colonization led to the development of a method for capillary blood collection. Fingers, toes, or heels were sterilized as well as possible, the surface was coated with sterile petroleum jelly, and sufficient blood was ...
R J, Holt, C H, Frankcombe, R L, Newman
openaire   +2 more sources

Influence of sexually transmitted infections on the cervical cytological abnormalities among Iranian women: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine, 2023
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the world's most severe health challenges. The existence of STIs such as human papillomavirus (HPV) might cause cervical cell changes leading to cervical cancer.
Azam Shafaei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in northeast Iran

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the main etiology of invasive cervical cancer. Together HPV and viral hepatitis account for the cause of 25% of cancers in developing countries. To evaluate the association between population movements and the
Faezeh Sabet, PhD candidate   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of contamination of blood cultures in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

open access: yesSri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
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K. D. Namalie   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and direct quantification of viable Candida species in whole blood by use of immunomagnetic separation and solid-phase cytometry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Candida species are a common source of nosocomial bloodstream infections in critically ill patients. The sensitivity of the traditional diagnostic procedure based on blood culture is variable, and it usually takes 2 to 4 days before growth of Candida ...
Vanhee, Lies   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Patients with Major β-Thalassemia in Mashhad, Northeast Iran

open access: yesMiddle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered to be the major cause of post-transfusion hepatitis in patients with thalassemia. We aimed to determine the HCV prevalence, genotypes, and viral load among patients with major β-thalassemia in Mashhad ...
Sanaz Ahmadi-Ghezeldasht   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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