Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that constitutes normal skin flora and is often read as a contaminant when isolated in blood cultures.In recent years S.lugdunensis has been increasingly recognized as a true pathogen causing a spectrum of infections from benign skin and soft tissue infections to bacteremia, b
Investigating the benefits and economic losses of the beneficiaries of Hamon International Wetland during the time of high water and drought in Sistan region
Introduction: In arid and semi-arid regions, the existence of wetlands is very important.The results obtained from various researches have shown that wetlands, in addition to environmental benefits, such as soil stabilization, temperature regulation, reducing air dryness, etc., also have economic benefits for local communities.As their livelihood d
Comparison of the diagnostic performance of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with suspected coronary artery disease
Abstract Background Diabetics have high prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD) with typical characteristics (diffuse disease, large calcifications).Although 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography has high diagnostic accuracy to detect CAD, its diagnostic performance in diabetics with suspected CAD is
Sex differences evident in elevated anxiety symptoms in multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis
IntroductionImmune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID), such as multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have high rates of elevated anxiety symptoms.This can may worsen functioning and increase IMID disease burden.The rate of and factors associated with elevated anxiety symptoms may Soup Ladle differ
Cell Membrane-Coated Halloysite Nanotubes for Target-Specific Nanocarrier for Cancer Phototherapy
Naturally-occurring halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) have many advantages for constructing target-specific delivery of phototherapeutic agents.Here, HNTs were labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and loaded with the type-II photosensitizer indocyanine green (ICG) for phototherapy.HNTs-FITC-ICG was structurally stable due to presence of HNTs as