Early oral colonization of streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli species in infants: Investigating the relationship with maternal and environmental factors, from birth through the sixth month.

Objective: To assess the presence of () and species () of newborn-mother pairs using the real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).

Method: Subjects were selected from the patients followed in the Neonatology Clinic of Akdeniz University's Faculty of Medicine between the years 2017-2018. First samples collected within 48 hours after birth, and second samples were at six months.

Comparative evaluation of the clinical success of 3D-printed space maintainers and band-loop space maintainers.

Background: Exploring the integration of 3D-printing technology in space maintainer (SM) manufacturing could offer innovative solutions and insights for enhancing SMs.

Aim: To compare the clinical success, retention, and periodontal effect of traditional band-loop (TBL) SMs with 3D-printed SMs.

Design: Seventy children (mean age: 6.

Therapeutic Effects of Plasmapheresis on Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection.

Objective In this study, we aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of plasmapheresis therapy in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) infection. Methods We selected 48 patients with acute exacerbation of CHB infection who were treated by plasmapheresis in our intensive care unit between 2009 and 2016. The patients' demographic characteristics and biochemical and hematological parameters, which were recorded before and after plasmapheresis, were assessed, and the effect of plasmapheresis on the course of patients' treatment was examined.

Effect of macular edema in the premature period on refraction in infants screened and treated for retinopathy of prematurity.

Background: To determine the effect of macular edema on refraction in infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) at the ages of one, two and three years using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

Methods: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed to detect and categorize edema in 280 eyes of 280 premature infants. The cross-sectional spectral domain OCT imaging of the macular region was performed between weeks 36 and 42 to assess macular development.

A mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy with intestinal pseudo-obstruction resulted from a novel splice site mutation.

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by gastrointestinal dysmotility, cachexia, ptosis, peripheral neuropathy and leukoencephalopathy. The diagnosis is often not made until 5-10 years after the onset of symptoms. MNGIE is caused by mutations in thymidine phosphorylase gene TYMP.

Optical coherence tomography angiography for screening of hydroxychloroquine-induced retinal alterations.

Background/aims: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the retinal and choroidal changes via optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).

Methods: Sixty eyes of 60 female patients who received HCQ were included in the study. Patients were categorized into two groups as high-risk (≥ 5 years) and low-risk (< 5 years) in terms of HCQ-induced retinal toxicity.

Evaluation of optical coherence tomography angiographic findings in Alzheimer's type dementia.

Background/aims: To identify the retinal vascular pathologies in patients with Alzheimer's type dementia (ATD) through optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) imaging.

Methods: Our study included 26 patients in the patient group, and age-matched and sex-matched 26 subjects in the control group. A detailed ophthalmological and neurological examination was performed for all subjects included in the study.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease following BCG vaccination and tuberculosis.

Introduction: To describe the characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of the first documented case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease following BCG vaccination (Patient 1) and the first documented case of both VKH disease and tuberculosis (Patient 2). Two patients were diagnosed with VKH disease and monitored using fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography (FA), spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).

Case Description: A 39-year-old patient (Patient 1) had bilateral granulomatous anterior uveitis and serous retinal detachment.

Intravitreal ranibizumab therapy for retinal arterial macroaneurysm.

Aim: To evaluate the anatomic and functional results of intravitreal ranibizumab injection for treatment of symptomatic retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM).

Materials And Methods: A series of seven patients (seven eyes) who had been diagnosed with symptomatic RAM were assessed by comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, fluorescein angiography (FA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). All patients were treated by intravitreal ranibizumab injection within one week of diagnosis and retreated upon evidence of persistent serous detachment or hemorrhage involving the macula on OCT.

Serous macular detachment, yellow macular deposits, and prominent middle limiting membrane in multiple myeloma.

Bone marrow-derived multiple myeloma is a type of plasma cell tumor that may be associated with ocular complications. A 52-year-old male patient was admitted to our eye clinic with the complaint of sudden visual loss and a visual acuity of 20/50 in the right eye and 20/800 in the left eye. Fundus examination revealed common flame-shaped hemorrhages, venous dilatation and tortuosity, Roth spots, serous macular detachment, and yellow macular deposits in both eyes.