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HPV Genotype Trends in Iran: Necessity for a Reevaluation of Prevention Strategies

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping is critical for preventing and managing HPV-related health issues, including cancers. This study re-evaluates HPV genotype trends in Iran to inform prevention strategies.
Maryam Shahi, Azam Shafaei, Mohamad Ghodsi, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Mahdi Moradi Marjaneh   +4 more
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Bone Marrow Culture Vs Blood Culture in FUO

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2009
Introduction:Bone marrow culture is considered superior to blood culture in evaluation of FUO. The aim of this study was to compare the usefulness of these two cultures. Methods:A one year prospective cross sectional study was conducted to fi nd out the
Abhimanyu Jha, R Sarda, A Gupta, O P Talwar   +3 more
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Pilot Testing of the “Turbidimeter”, a Simple, Universal Reader Intended to Complement and Enhance Bacterial Growth Detection in Manual Blood Culture Systems in Low-Resource Settings

Diagnostics, 2022
Bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance are an increasing problem in low-income countries. There is a clear need for adapted diagnostic tools.
Barbara Barbé, Ellen Corsmit, Jasper Jans, Kamalpreet Kaur, Roel Baets, Jan Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy   +6 more
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Bacteriological profile and antibiogram of blood culture isolates from patients of rural tertiary care hospital [PDF]

, 2016
Microbial invasion of blood stream is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Identification of bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria isolated from blood culture would guide the antibiotics treatment for patients with ...
S. Oza Sweta, G. Oza Sunil, J. Mehta Sanjay, M. Kunjan Kikani   +3 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative: Implementing a Standardized Education Protocol to Improve the Blood Culture Collection Process in a Rural Hospital Setting [paper] [PDF]

, 2023
Blood culture contamination represents a deviation from the quality standard of care and has financial ramifications for hospital organizations. Skoglund et al.
Heredia, Edward R.
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The challenge of HTLV-1 therapeutics: lessons from anti-protease approaches

New Microbes and New Infections
The human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is an oncogenic retrovirus responsible for severe diseases, including adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Despite its significant
Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht, Raheleh Miri, Seyed Khosrow Shamsian, Arman Mosavat, Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee   +4 more
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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-1) Infection among Iranian Blood Donors: First Case-Control Study on the Risk Factors

Viruses, 2015
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is an endemic condition in Northeast Iran and, as such, identification of risk factors associated with the infection in this region seems to be a necessity.
Mohammad Reza Hedayati-Moghaddam, Farahnaz Tehranian, Maryam Bayati   +2 more
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Guidelines on Blood Cultures

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2010
Just over one-third of sepsis patients have positive blood cultures, mainly due to inadequate sampling volumes (50% of adults have < 1.0 CFU/mL blood) and the prior use of antibiotics. However, 20-30% of sepsis patients are given inappropriate empirical antibiotics.
Towns, Michael Lloyd, Jarvis, William Robert, Hsueh, Po-Ren   +2 more
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Tenofovir and fibrosis improvement in chronic hepatitis B: insights from a case series

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Background Tenofovir is a primary treatment for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infections. While hepatic fibrosis regression during antiviral therapy has been documented, data on the effects of prolonged tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) treatment on ...
Hamid Ghorbani, Saina Adib Amin, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Mohammad Reza Hadizadeh, Raheleh Miri, Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht   +5 more
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Blood Culture–Negative Endocarditis, Morocco

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We investigated the microorganisms causing blood culture–negative endocarditis (BCNE) in Morocco. We tested 19 patients with BCNE by serologic methods, molecular methods, or both and identified Bartonella quintana, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus ...
Najma Boudebouch, M’hammed Sarih, Abdelfattah Chakib, Salma Fadili, Drissi Boumzebra, Zahira Zouizra, Badie Azamane Mahadji, Hamid Amarouch, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier   +9 more
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