Publications by authors named "G Bilgici Cengiz"
A 19-year-old male patient with phenylketonuria (PKU) was presented to our clinic with complaints of left hip pain and fever for one week. Physical examination and MRI examination showed findings compatible with pyogenic sacroiliitis and an abscess in the left iliopsoas muscle. The patient's clinical and radiological findings improved markedly with empirical antibiotic treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The study aimed to investigate and compare clinical features, disease activity, and the overall disease burden among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients across seven distinct geographic regions in Türkiye.
Patients And Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study involving 1,134 PsA patients from 25 referral centers across seven regions was conducted. Demographic and clinical characteristics, comorbidities, joint involvement, extra-articular manifestations, and disease activity measures were evaluated across regions.
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- The study aimed to examine how the Fc fragment of TNF inhibitors and RF titers affect treatment outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
- It retrospectively analyzed data from RA patients who started anti-TNF therapy between Jan 2017 and Mar 2020, focusing on those who continued treatment for at least six months.
- Findings indicated that while there was an initial difference in disease activity scores between patients with and without the Fc fragment at three months, RF titers were a more significant factor for the longevity of anti-TNF treatment.
Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus in humans. Emerging evidence suggests an intriguing inverse association between E. granulosus infection and the occurrence of cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vancomycin resistance encoded by the // genes in enterococci is clinically important because of the transmission of these genes between bacteria. While vancomycin resistance is determined by detecting only and genes by routine analyses, failure to detect resistance causes vancomycin resistance to be overlooked, and clinically appropriate treatment cannot be provided.
Aims: The study aimed to examine the presence of -positive enterococcal isolates in Ankara, Turkey, and to have detailed information about them with sequence analyses.