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Salmonellosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to characterize a large collection of Salmonella isolates from different poultry sources in Iran. A total of 123 Salmonella isolates from different poultry sources were subjected to drug susceptibility test, hemolysin production, motility test, and plasmid profile [50 isolates]. Seventy-one resistance patterns were found to 29 antimicrobial agents among 123 Salmonella isolates, in which 81% of isolates were resistant to more than one antibacterial agent. The resistance patterns of 123 isolates to 10 commonly used antibacterials in Iranian poultry industry were also quite variable and included 31 patterns. Four different plasmid patterns were found among 50 Salmonella isolates. Fifty four percent of Salmonella isolates harbored one or three plasmids with approximate molecular size ranging from 2.3 to 68 kb. No plasmid was detected in 46% of isolates. A band of 68 kb size was detected in all isolates that harbored plasmid. All isolates were motile but no isolate showed hemolysin production. The frequency of resistance to antibacterial agents among avian Salmonella isolates is a major public health concern
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Background: many studies have investigated the effects of psychological factors on disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis [UC]. However, the number of studies that have assessed the correlation between immunologic markers of UC and psychological distress are few. Therefore, we designed a study to determine the association between two immuno-biological markers, peripheral/central anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies [c-ANCA and p-ANCA], and depressive symptoms, healthy anxiety and personality traits
Materials and Methods: a total of 108 patients with UC entered the study. P-ANCA and c-ANCA were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and reconfirmed by indirect immunofluorescence. Severity of UC was classified based on Truelove criteria. Depressive symptoms were measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression [CES-D] Scale, anxiety symptoms by the Hospital Anxiety Depression [HAD] Scale and personality traits were assessed by the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Pearson correlation was used to assess the relationship between p-ANCA/c-ANCA and psychological distress
Results : our results showed that 81.5% of the patients suffered from anxiety, 43.5% suffered from depression and 75% suffered from introvert personality. No patient was positive for p-ANCA. There were 16 patients [14.8%] who tested positive for c-ANCA; 85.2% were negative for c-ANCA. Anxiety was significantly higher in the c-ANCA negative patients
Conclusion: according to our results, only testing negative for c-ANCA correlated with anxiety. However, the high prevalence of anxiety, depression and introversion and their roles in the clinical course and outcomes of the UC shows the need for early psychological intervention in those patients
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Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare benign neoplasm that rarely involves mandible. In this case a chondromixoid fibroma was reported in the posterior region of the left mandible. The relevant clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features and treatment of this case are presented. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia with extra oral access and resection of the lesion from the mesial of canine to distal of the third molar and AO plaques was used to maintain space and for secondary reconstruction