Evaluation of clinical and laboratory findings in severe group COVID-19 pregnants without comorbidity.

Background: COVID - 19 disease may be seen with different clinical presentations in pregnant women. Comorbid diseases are important factors affecting the progression of this disease. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings in pregnant women with COVID - 19 who had no comorbid disease.

Vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents: An international ID-IRI survey.

Introduction: Although vaccines are the safest and most effective means to prevent and control infectious diseases, the increasing rate of vaccine hesitancy and refusal (VHR) has become a worldwide concern. We aimed to find opinions of parents on vaccinating their children and contribute to available literature in order to support the fight against vaccine refusal by investigating the reasons for VHR on a global scale.

Methodology: In this international cross-sectional multicenter study conducted by the Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI), a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions was used to determine parents' attitudes towards vaccination of their children.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) /Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Co-infected Patients: A case series and review of the literature.

Objective: We aimed to determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection affects liver function and the outcome of the disease.

Methods: One hundred fifty-six laboratories confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive patients were followed up between 1 July and 31 December 2020 and analysed retrospectively. Continuous variables were compared with the independent samples t-test.

Serum TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 levels in chronic HBV-infected patients.

Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the serum levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 in chronic HBV-infected patients.

Methods: The present study was a single centre, prospective and randomised controlled trial. Twenty healthy volunteers and thirty HBeAg-negative patients with planned liver biopsy and treatment-naive diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were included in the study.

HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV seroprevalence among blood donors in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, 2011-2015.

Transmission of infections through blood and blood product transfusion is a serious healthcare problem. There are insufficient up-to-date data about seroprevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV ½ among healthy blood donors in Turkey. We aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV ½ in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey.

Risk factors for central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Our study aimed to identify the risk factors playing a role in central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) in a tertiary large volume university hospital. The current prospective clinical trial was conducted in a university hospital with 1400 beds. All demographic data, length of hospital stay, coexisting diseases, features of catheters used, invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and all antibiotics used in patients with CVCs were recorded.

Cytopenia in adult brucellosis patients.

Background & Objectives: Brucellosis can lead to haematological abnormalities including cytopenia confusing with haematological malignancies. The aim of this study was to compare the main characteristics of brucellosis patients without cytopenia (Group 1) and with cytopenia (Group 2).

Methods: This five-year period study which was performed in two referral hospitals in Turkey, included all adult brucellosis patients.

Comparison of culture and PCR methods in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

Our aim in this study is to compare the standard culture method with the multiplex PCR and the Speed-Oligo Bacterial Meningitis Test (SO-BMT) - a hybridization-based molecular test method - during the CSF examination of the patients with the pre-diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis. For the purposes of this study, patients with acute bacterial meningitis treated at the Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic between December 2009 and April 2012 were retrospectively evaluated. The diagnosis of bacterial meningitis was made based on the clinical findings, laboratory test anomalies, CSF analysis results, and the radiological images.

Cutaneous anthrax in Southeast Anatolia of Turkey.

Context: Anthrax is a rare disease cause by Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive, rod-shaped endospore-forming capsuled bacterium. Anthrax is manifest in three primary forms: cutaneous, respiratory, and gastrointestinal. Cutaneous anthrax accounts for approximately 95% of all cases of anthrax in humans.