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Table 1 and Table 2

Table1: Primers used for confirmation of S. Pneumonia and their typing

NO

Primer name

Sequence primer

Size primer

(bp(

1

CpsA      F

GCAGTACAGCAGTTTGTTGGACTGACC

27

2

CpsA      R

GAATATTTTCATTATCAGTCCCAGTC

26

3

1             F

CTCTATAGAATGGAGTATATAAACTATGGTTA

32

4

Serological Response to Measles Revaccination in a Small Population After a Mass Measles Revaccination Program

Background: In spite of vaccination, outbreaks of measles occur in many countries, and
measles remains the most frequent cause of death among vaccine preventable diseases.
Objectives: To compare anti-measles antibody titer between revaccinated and non-revaccinated
medical students 2 years after the National MR (Measles, Rubella) Vaccination

The Value of Renal Scintigraphy With DMSA for Assessing Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children With Suspected Urinary Tract Infection

Background: Renal scintigraphy with technetium 99m labeled dimercaptosuccinic acid
(99mTc-DMSA) is a traditional imaging technique commonly used to detect renal scar in
patients with probable vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and/or urinary tract infection (UTIs).
We determined whether normal results of DMSA renal scan obviate the need for voiding
cystourethrography (VCUG) in evaluating children with UTIs.

Estimation of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in High-Risk Neonates by PCR and Standard Culture

Background: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) (Streptococcus agalactiae) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality of newborn infants
considered a leading factor causing septicemia after birth. The standard method for the diagnosis of GBS colonization is culture in a

Four-Month-Old Boy With Fever, Hepatosplenomegaly and Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrations

The (bacille Calmette-Gue´rin) BCG is widely practiced in many countries in pediatric group and is a part of routine vaccination program at birth in IR. IRAN for prophylaxis against tuberculosis, but its efficacy is a matter of debate in different geographic and ethnic regions.

The Role of CD14 and CTLA4 Gene Polymorphisms in Risk of Celiac Disease among Patients of Iranian Ethnicity

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The Prevalence and Etiology of Ophthalmia Neonatorum among Hospital-Born Babies in Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT
Background: To determine the prevalence rate of ophthalmia neonatorum and its bacterial and chlamydial causes among hospital-born babies in three medical centers in Tehran, during 2001–2002.

The involvement of the HLA-DQB1 alleles in the risk and the severity of Iranian coeliac disease patients

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Study subclinical hepatitis A infection in ambulatory patients, with nonspecific abdominal complaints in Mofid hospital of Tehran Iran

Abstract

Estimation of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in High-Risk Neonates by PCR and Standard Culture

Background: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) (Streptococcus agalactiae) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality of newborn infants
considered as a leading factor causing septicemia after birth. The standard method for the diagnosis of GBS colonization is culture in a