Evaluation of pulmonary bacterial infections in people exposed to mustard gas

Farzam Fathi¹ Zahra Nasirzadeh² Saeid Ferdousmakan³ Helia Khodabakhsh⁴ Afshin Souri⁵ Seyed Mohammad Ghorbani Dazmiri⁶ Seyed Amir Hosseini⁷

Abstract :
Mustard gas (MG) exposure can cause several injuries including organs impairment and alter the normal functions of biological systems. In this study, we have studied the pulmonary bacterial infections (PBI) of Iranian people who exposed to MG. One hundred and one patients who were exposed to MG and 110 healthy controls were included in the study. Direct smear from the lung specimens was prepared and stained with different staining methods. To culture the specimens, the routine culture media were used. PCR was carrying out for some of specimens suspected to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Of 101 patients and 110 controls, 45.54% and 19.09% were positive for PBI, respectively. Two patients were also infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis that was proven by PCR. These findings indicate a high prevalence of PBI in patients exposed to MG, suggesting that these patients are more susceptible to opportunistic bacterial infection and precautions should be applied to these people
Keywords : PCR, Mustard gas, Pulmonary bacterial infections

زبان مقاله : انگلیسی
محور مقاله : مهندسی ژنتیک و اصلاح نباتات
محل انتشار : ششمین کنفرانس بین المللی پژوهش های کاربردی در علوم و مهندسی - آلمان
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ارسال کننده : هومن حنیفه پور
کد IOI مقاله : XEAK-GDEHA
لینک مستقیم مقاله : https://isnac.ir/XEAK-GDEHA