Evaluation of Our Rabies Prevention Practices: Is Our Approach Correct?

Background: Rabies disease is zoonotic disease-causing encephalitis and resulting in death. It is possible to prevent the disease with suitable prophylaxis approaches. This study examined the compliance of post-exposure prophylaxis approaches with the guidelines and the reasons for non-compliance in contact cases at risk of rabies.

The Effects of Demographic, Training, and Specialization Differences of Physicians in COVID-19 Treatment in Turkey.

Introduction: The study aimed to determine how physicians' professional and institutional characteristics affect their treatment approaches for COVID-19 antiviral and supportive treatment, as well as their demographic characteristics and participation in COVID-19 trainings that may influence these orientations.

Methods: After researching the literature and conducting interviews with the experts, a questionnaire was prepared. The convenience sampling method was used to distribute the questionnaire online to 408 physicians across the nation in January 2021.

Contribution of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate to Predict Disease Severity and Outcome in COVID-19 Patients.

Aim: The use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to determine disease severity and prognosis is limited. This study aimed to interrogate the diagnostic and prognostic role of ESR compared to other acute-phase reactants.

Method: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 493 confirmed and hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients.

Kynurenine pathway in Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Potential role in prognosis.

Background: It is known that inflammatory responses play an important role in the pathophysiology of COVID-19.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to examine the role of kynurenine (KYN) metabolism on the severity of COVID-19 disease AQ5.

Materials & Methods: Seventy COVID-19 patients of varying severity and 30 controls were included in the study.

Two Imported Malaria Cases Caused by Plasmodium falciparum in A Week.

Malaria is a condition that threatens millions of people in many countries in spite of precautions. Sporadic cases have not been observed in our country since 2010, but imported malaria cases are still to be seen because of migration. In this study, two malaria cases are presented that appeared in a non-endemic region within 1 week.

Vertebral osteomyelitis: eight years' experience of 100 cases.

To evaluate the etiology and characteristics of vertebral osteomyelitis cases in our country, patients with vertebral osteomyelitis between January 2000 and December 2007 were included in this study. Clinical and laboratory data of the patients were collected from the medical records retrospectively. Of these 100 patients, 44 had pyogenic, 24 had brucellar, and 32 had tuberculous spondylodiscitis.

The sensitivity and specificity of Brucella agglutination tests.

Brucellosis is a systemic infectious disease caused by Gram-negative bacilli, the genus Brucella, and clinical features are diverse. Therefore, several infectious and non-infectious diseases are considered in its differential diagnosis. In this study, we aimed to determine the positivity rate of Brucella agglutination tests in the culture-positive brucellosis and in diseases mimicking brucellosis clinically.