Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Research Article

28/4/2014

Response to Various Treatments in the Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B; A Cross-Sectional Study

Mojgan Mamani, Mohammad Mehdi Majzoobi, Peyman Eini, Fariba Keramat

Editorial

28/4/2014

Antimicrobial Resistance in Microorganisms

Mohammad Reza Arabestani, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani

Review Article

28/4/2014

New Insights Into the Relationships Among Alcohol Consumption, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Masoud Sabouri Ghannad, Avid Mohammadi, Hamid Kazemian

Results: Excessive alcohol consumption among patients with chronic hepatitis C is likely to result in more severe hepatic injuries, promote pathologic progression to cirrhosis, and increase the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the exact mechanisms involved in the progression of chronic hepatitis C in alcoholic patients have not been definitely established, possible alcohol-induced enhancement of viral replication, iron overload, immunologic suppression, the role of NF-kappa B, and the signaling pathways involved in its activation, have been suggested. Significant correlations have been reported between hepatitis C virus RNA levels and the amount of alcohol consumed by an individual. Interferon therapy is less effective for alcohol patients, than non-alcoholic patients, even after a period of abstinence. The obtained data suggest that a hepatitis C virus infection is an important cofactor in the pathogenesis of liver disease among patients with an alcohol problem.

Letter

9/3/2014

Phenotypic and Molecular Properties of the Nocardia Species

Mehdi Fatahi Bafghi, Parvin Heidarieh, Shadi Habibnia, Masoumeh Rasouli Nasab, Davood Kalantar Neyestanaki, Seyyed Saeed Eshraghi, Davoud Afshar

Research Article

28/4/2014

Prevalence of Tuberculosis Infection Among Health-Care Workers in Hamadan, West of Iran

Seyyed Hamid Hashemi, Mojgan Mamani, Nargess Alizadeh, Mansour Nazari, Iraj Sedighi

Research Article

28/4/2014

Animal Bites in Borujerd: An Overview of Animal Bites in Iran

Masoud Sabouri Ghannad, Ghodratollah Roshanaei, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Pegah Alijani, Mahdi Ghanbari Sardari

Research Article

28/4/2014

Prevalence of Metallo-β-lactamases Encoding Genes Among Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated From the Bedridden Patients in the Intensive Care Units

Marzieh Safari, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Mohammad Reza Arabestani, Reza Kamali Kakhki, Rasool Jafari

Research Article

28/4/2014

The Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Infection Among Renal Transplanted Patients in Hamadan City, West of Iran

Rasool Jafari, Zahra Gharibi, Mohammad Fallah

Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection: May 2014, 1 (1), 8 articles.