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Differences in characteristics between Afghani and Iranian patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Mehdi Seyed Mirsaeidi; Payam Tabarsi; Kaveh Khoshnood; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar; Omid Radpour; Parisa Farnia; Golnaz Ebrahimi; Davood Mansouri; Majid Amiri; Zarnaz Bagheri; Ali Akbar Velayati (2007-03-01)

The significant differences between Iranian and Afghani Tuberculosis (TB) patients in terms of patient age, income, time were studied. The study was conducted in a tertiary TB center in Iran on all Iranian and Afghani ...

Comparison of Nramp1 gene polymorphism among TB health care workers and recently infected cases; assessment of host susceptibility

Parisa Farnia; Omid Pajand; Saber Anoosheh; Payam Tabarsi; Payam Tabarsi; Mehdi Kazampour Dizaji; Forozan Mohammadi; Forozan Mohammadi; Mohammad Varahram; Parvaneh Baghaei; Moslem Bahadori; Mohammad Reza Masjedi; Ali Akbar Velayati (2008-10-24)

Background: A link between polymorphisms in the natural resistance - associated macrophage protein gene 1 (Nramp) and susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) has been demonstrated worldwide. This study aimed to investigat e ...

Treatment of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Iran

Seyed Mehdi Mirsaeidi; Seyed Mehdi Mirsaeidi; Payam Tabarsi; Kaveh Khoshnood; Majid Valiollah Pooramiri; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar; Seyed Davood Mansoori; Heydar Masjedi; Soheyla Zahirifard; Foroozan Mohammadi; Parisa Farnia; Mohammad Reza Masjedi; Ali Akbar Velayati (2005-11-01)

Setting: Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 2000-2002. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment for the first time in Iran. Design: All cases of MDR-TB with ...

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Iran: A case series of seven patients

Mohammad R. Masjedi; Payam Tabarsi; Parvaneh Baghaei; Sara Jalali; Parisa Farnia; Ehsan Chitsaz; Majid Amiri; Davood Mansouri; Ali A. Velayati (2010-05-01)

Background: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has recently been identified as a major threat to global health. XDR-TB poses a risk of higher failure rates and death during TB treatment. We report herein the ...

Impact of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis on treatment outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients with standardized regimen: Report from Iran

Payam Tabarsi; Ehsan Chitsaz; Parvaneh Baghaei; Masoud Shamaei; Parisa Farnia; Majid Marjani; Mehdi Kazempour; Majid Amiri; Davood Mansouri; Mohammad R. Masjedi; Ali A. Velayati; Jose A. Caminero; Jose A. Caminero (2010-03-01)

The limited experience in treating patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) shows a therapeutic success rate under 50-60% and there are no publications regarding the outcome of these patients treated ...

Incidence, clinical and epidemiological risk factors, and outcome of drug-induced hepatitis due to antituberculous agents in new tuberculosis cases

Parvaneh Baghaei; Payam Tabarsi; Ehsan Chitsaz; Masoumeh Saleh; Majid Marjani; Shahrzad Shemirani; Majid Valiollah Pooramiri; Mehdi Kazempour; Parisa Farnia; Fanak Fahimi; Davood Mansouri; Mohammadreza Masjedi (2010-01-01)

Drug-induced hepatitis (DIH) is an important issue in tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We intend to assess the incidence, risk factors, and outcome of hepatitis due to anti-TB drugs. The study is carried out at the national ...

Management of MDR-TB: Review of Iran's experience

Mohammad Reza Masjedi; Payam Tabarsi; Payam Tabarsi; Majid Marjani; Parvaneh Baghaei Shiva; Mahshid Nasehi; Mohammad M. Mehdi Gooya; Parisa Farnia; Ali Akbar Velayati (2013-05-20)

Utility of gastric lavage for diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients who are unable to expectorate sputum

Parvaneh Baghaei; Payam Tabarsi; Parisa Farnia; Amir Hoseyn Radaei; Mehdi Kazempour; Yazdan Ali Faghani; Mehdi Mirsaeidi; Atieh Novin; Ehsan Chitsaz; Davoud Mansouri; Mohammad Reza Masjedi; Ali Akbar Velayati (2011-10-01)

Background: There are number of patients who are unable to expectorate sputum specimens. In this study, we used gastric lavage (GL) test for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in patients who were unable to produce sputum. ...

Lethal tuberculosis in a previously healthy adult with IL-12 receptor deficiency

Payam Tabarsi; Majid Marjani; Nahal Mansouri; Nahal Mansouri; Parisa Farnia; Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis; Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis; Jacinta Bustamante; Laurent Abel; Laurent Abel; Parisa Adimi; Jean Laurent Casanova; Jean Laurent Casanova; Davood Mansouri (2011-08-01)

A 33-year-old man was admitted in hospital due to fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. He had a history of anti-tuberculosis treatment in the previous 3 years. Despite normal chest radiograph, a ...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria among patients who are suspected for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Need for earlier identification of nontuberculosis mycobacteria

Payam Tabarsi; Payam Tabarsi; Parvaneh Baghaei; Parisa Farnia; Nahal Mansouri; Ehsan Chitsaz; Fatemeh Sheikholeslam; Majid Marjani; Nima Rouhani; Mehdi Mirsaeidi; Narges Alipanah; Majid Amiri; Mohammad R. Masjedi; Davood Mansouri (2009-03-01)

BACKGROUND: In this study, we intended to find the prevalence of nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) among patients who are referred as suspected multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases to the only referral center ...