Microbial seafood safety assessment following a marine mucilage disaster in the Sea of Marmara.

Marine mucilage disasters, primarily caused by global warming and marine pollution, threaten food security and the sustainability of marine food resources. This study assessed the microbial risks to public health in common sole, deep-water rose shrimp, European anchovy, Atlantic horse mackerel and Mediterranean mussel following the mucilage disaster in the Sea of Marmara in 2021. The total viable count, total Enterobacteriaceae count and the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp.

Thermal survival patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in sous vide seabream treated with quince leaf extract.

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of gastroenteritis, commonly associated with the consumption of food contaminated at any stage of the food supply chain. Sous vide seafood has the potential to be a vehicle for the spread of S. aureus and enterotoxins due to low temperature cooking.

Innovative Pathogen Reduction in Exported Sea Bass Through Atmospheric Cold Plasma Technology.

The safety of sea bass is critical for the global food trade. This study evaluated the effectiveness of atmospheric cold plasma in reducing food safety risks posed by Enteritidis and , which can contaminate sea bass post harvest. Cold plasma was applied to inoculated sea bass for 2 to 18 min, achieving a maximum reduction of 1.

Evaluation of biotoxins and toxic metal risks in mussels from the Sea of Marmara following marine mucilage.

The mucilage phenomenon observed in the Sea of Marmara in 2021, has raised public concern about seafood safety. Mediterranean mussels serve as a vehicle in food chain, enabling the transfer of pollutants. Farmed and wild mussels were collected from 4 different stations throughout the fishing season.

Evaluation of Health Risks Attributed to Toxic Trace Elements and Selenium in Farmed Mediterranean Mussels from Türkiye and Bulgaria.

Farmed mussels accumulate contaminants from their production environment rather than releasing them into water. This study reveals potential health risks associated with selenium, cadmium, mercury, and lead resulting from the consumption of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) cultured along the coasts of Türkiye and Bulgaria. The concentrations of Se and toxic trace metals were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Assessment of health risks due to toxic metals in demersal fish captured from Saros and Edremit Bays, Northern Aegean Sea.

Bays are vulnerable ecosystems generally located near densely populated areas where toxic metals tend to accumulate and stay longer, affecting marine life. This study aimed to investigate the age-based health risks arising from Hg, Cd, Pb, and As in demersal fish captured from two major bays in the Aegean Sea. For this purpose, red mullet, whiting, piper gurnard, and tub gurnard, frequently consumed species, were caught from Saros and Edremit Bays.

Laparoscopy ıs a defınıtıve dıagnostıc method for auto-amputated ovary ın ınfants.

Purpose: Antenatal auto-amputation of the ovary is an extremely rare event, and its diagnosis is difficult. We aimed to retrospectively review the cases with antenatal auto-amputation, where the diagnosis was made based on detection of free-floating cyst during surgery.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with auto-amputated ovary during the surgery between 2012 and 2021 were included in the study.

Increased thermal sensitivity of Listeria monocytogenes in sous-vide salmon by oregano essential oil and citric acid.

Inadequate cooking during sous-vide processing may cause foodborne diseases in case the food is contaminated with pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes. In this study, thermal inactivation of L. monocytogenes in sous-vide processed salmon was investigated.

Double purse-string suturing: An easy plication technique in thoracoscopic repair of diaphragmatic eventration.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe a new double purse-string suturing plication method that was developed to minimize difficulties experienced in thoracoscopic plication in pediatric patients.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients that underwent diaphragmatic eventration repair with new technique developed in our clinic. In this technique, we perform diaphragm plication with continuous double layer purse-string suturing.

Transanal endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease: experience with 50 patients.

Introduction: Transanal endorectal pull-through (TEPT) is the latest advancement in the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease (HD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of TEPT as a definitive treatment for patients with HD.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 50 patients who underwent TEPT at Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey, between June 2001 and April 2012 was conducted.

Very Low Birth Weight Infant Necessitating Nissen Fundoplication for Weaning off the Mechanical Ventilator.

Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) is one of the common problems of neonatal intensive care units. Although this condition does not always need to be treated, it occasionally causes clinically serious consequences. Initial management is medical; however, in some cases surgery might be required.

Comparison of the effectiveness and side-effects of tolterodine and oxybutynin in children with detrusor instability.

Background: Treatment with anticholinergic agents is the mainstay of therapy for detrusor instability (DI), a chronic and morbid condition characterized by urge urinary incontinence. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of tolterodine and oxybutynin in children with DI.

Methods: A total of 60 children with DI were enrolled, 30 (14 male, 16 female, mean age 7.

Severe hypospadias associated with Robertsonian translocation.

In this study, we report a 3-year-old boy with severe scrotal hypospadias with Robertsonian translocation [45,XY,t(13q;14q)]. The patient was born at term with a low birth weight and hypospadias. There was no endocrinological abnormality.

Indirect computed tomography sign of renal artery injury: retrograde filling of the renal vein.

Computed tomography is a very useful diagnostic tool in children's trauma. In the present case report, retrograde filling of the renal vein during computerized tomographic examination of a patient with renal trauma is presented. This is an indirect sign of traumatic renal artery injury.

The effectiveness of early primary realignment in children with posterior urethral injury.

Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the results of delayed repair and early primary realignments in patients with posterior urethral injury.

Methods: From 1990 to 2003, 20 children were admitted to the Medical Faculty of Uluday University, Bursa, Turkey, for posterior urethral injuries. Traffic accidents were the most common cause of injury (n = 17).

Esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal fistula in a patient with Digeorge syndrome.

DiGeorge Syndrome (DGS) is a congenital disorder that affects the thymus, parathyroid glands, and heart and brain. Thymus involvement in DGS may vary between absence/hypoplasia of thymus to various forms of reduced T cell function. TBX1 deficiency causes a number of distinct vascular and heart defects, suggesting multiple roles in cardiovascular development, specifically, formation and growth of the pharyngeal arch arteries, growth and septation of the outflow tract of the heart, interventricular septation, and conal alignment.

A very rare cause of intestinal atresia: intrauterine intussusception due to Meckel's diverticulum.

Unlabelled: Intrauterine intussusception is one of the rare causes of intestinal atresia.

Conclusion: A case of ileal atresia due to intrauterine intussusception caused by Meckel's diverticulum is reported.

Management of thoracic empyema in children.

The effectiveness of fibrinolytic treatment has been shown in cases of thoracic empyema in adults. In pediatric patients experience is, however, very limited. The aim of this study was to determine the success and complication rates of fibrinolytic treatment in thoracic empyema in children.

Oromandibular limb hypogenesis and gastroschisis.

The oromandibular limb hypogenesis syndromes (OLHS), which are congenital malformations involving the tongue, mandible, and the limbs are extremely rare with a few sporadic cases reported in the literature. In this report, the authors report a case of OLHS with gastroschisis, that has not been described previously according to the medline search.

Urodynamic findings in the tethered spinal cord: the effect of tethered cord division on lower urinary tract functions.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of division of the tethered spinal cord urodynamically in spinal dysraphic cases.

Methods: Between 1995-1997, 20 cases (11 males, 9 females) aged from 5 months to 13 years with TSC were investigated. 13 cases (65%) were classed as belonging to the myelomeningocele group and 5 cases (35%) to the spina bifida occulta group.

Quantitation of defecation function using radionuclide artificial stool in children with chronic constipation.

We aimed to investigate the value of scintigraphically determined evacuation fraction (EVF) as an objective follow-up criterion in medically treated children with chronic constipation, and to evaluate the relation between patients' symptoms and rectal emptying rate. Thirty children (m: 22, f: 8, mean age: 8.9 +/- 0.

Rabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree.

Rabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree is one of the rare causes of biliary tract obstruction in childhood. Nevertheless it is the most common cause of obstructive jaundice due to neoplastic biliary obstruction. We present a two-year-old child with obstructive jaundice secondary to an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree.