In May 23-29 2016, my colleague Dr. Gerard Parlevliet and myself, Prof. Dr. Willem van Leeuwen, were invited by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences to share information about microbiology and prevention of infections by performing workshops.

This paper describes the participatory development process of a web-based communication system focusing on disease management, particularly infection control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are becoming a major public health issue; they can have serious consequences …

Thermal injury destroys the physical skin barrier that normally prevents invasion of microorganisms. This and concomitant depression of local and systemic host cellular and humoral immune responses are important factors that contribute to colonization and infection of the burn wound. One of the most …

OBJECTIVE: Pre-eclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by systemic vascular dysfunction and pathological changes in placental arteries. Growing evidence of chronic infection as an aetiological factor in vascular diseases prompted us to study maternal periodontal disease in subjects with …

PURPOSE: We assessed the relationship between general joint hypermobility (GJH) and lower urinary tract symptoms presenting as nonneurogenic bladder sphincter dysfunction in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Parents of 89 children 5 to 12 years old who were diagnosed with GJH according to the Beighton …