Background Legionella pneumophila is the main cause for community-acquired pneumonia
especially in hospital environments. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we …

Introduction: Viral influenza is a seasonal infection associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. In the United States more than 35,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations are …

Background: Despite the clinical importance of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as
the most common nosocomial infection in ICU, there are few studies in Iran evaluating the …

The capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis gene, cpsA, is a useful marker in the detection of
S. pneumoniae, especially because it should be absent in other streptococci species (Park …

Objective In-time diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumonia) can play a
significant role in decreasing morbidity and mortality rate. Applying molecular methods has …

Background: Conventional laboratory culture-based methods for diagnosis of Streptococcus
pneumoniae are time-consuming and yield false negative results. Molecular methods …

Materials and Methods: In this study, 175 various clinical samples were collected from
admitted patients in Tehran hospitals during 3 years (2013-2015), and culture and PCR …

Abstract Background and Aims: Streptococcus pneumoniae is Gram-positive bacterium that
causes pneumonia, septicemia, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, bacteremia and …

Objective: In-time diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumonia) can play a
significant role in decreasing morbidity and mortality rate. Applying molecular methods has …

Objective: In-time diagnosis of pneumococcus can play a significant role in decreasing
morbidity and mortality rate. Applying molecular methods have gained popularity, since the …