The evaluation of individuals under the age of 18 working at Şahinbey automotive industrial site in Gaziantep province.

Introduction: Child labor is an important issue of public health in both developed and developing countries. This is a cross-sectional-descriptive study.

Methods: 418 individuals under the age of 18 were enrolled in the study.

The adaptation of Turkish health literacy scale for literate Syrian adult refugees living in Turkey: a reliability-validity study.

Background: Turkey hosts the world's largest refugee population of whom 3.5 million are Syrians and this population has been continuously growing since the year 2011. This situation causes various problems, mainly while receiving health-care services.

Effect of Ramadan fasting on glycaemic parameters & body mass index in type II diabetic patients: A meta-analysis.

Background & Objectives: There has been an ongoing debate about the impact of Ramadan fasting (RF) on the health of these individuals who fast during Ramadan. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the relationship between RF and glycaemic parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.

Methods: Search terms were decided and databases such as MEDLINE EBSCO, Google Scholar and EMBASE were searched for eligible studies.

Nematode-Associated Bacteria: Production of Antimicrobial Agent as a Presumptive Nominee for Curing Endodontic Infections Caused by .

and/or bacteria produce antibacterial metabolites to protect insect cadavers against food competitors allowing them to survive in nature with their nematode host. The effects of culture supernatant produced by and spp. were investigated against the multidrug-resistant dental root canal pathogen The efficacy of seven different cell-free supernatants of and species against was assessed with overlay bioassay and serial dilution techniques.

Waist to height ratio as a screening tool for identifying childhood obesity and associated factors.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of obesity and associated factors during childhood in Southeastern Turkey. Another objective was to determine the cut-off points of Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) values for defining obesity/abdominal obesity.

Methods: The community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Gaziantep Turkey between November 2011 and December 2011 with 2718 primary school/high schools students aged 6-17 years.

[HBV pol/S gene mutations in chronic hepatitis B patients receiving nucleoside/nucleotide analogues treatment].

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is an important public health problem affecting over 240 million people all around the world. The aim of the treatment in chronic hepatitis B is to prevent progression to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Interferons (standard and peginterferon) (Peg-IFN) and nucleoside/nucleotide analogues (NAs) are widely used in the treatment of CHB.

[Investigation of antinuclear antibodies in chronic hepatitis B patients].

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) facilitate the diagnosis and evaluation of patients in many systemic autoimmune conditions. Besides, ANA may also be detected in chronic infectious diseases. Although a number of investigations associated with autoantibody positivity in patients with chronic hepatitis C were reported, autoantibody positivity in patients with chronic hepatitis B remain rarely addressed in the literature.

Serum sCTLA-4 levels and clinical manifestations in ankylosing spondylitis patients.

Objective: T cell abnormal activation is thought to have a main role in the etiology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). While cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated molecule-4 (CTLA-4) is suppressing the immune system, in previous studies serum soluble CTLA-4 (sCTLA-4) was detected at high amounts in autoimmune disorders. We sought to evaluate the association between soluble CTLA-4 in serum and disease activity in AS patients.

Dynamics of HCV epidemiology in Aydin province of Turkey and the associated factors.

This paper gives an update on the local distributions of HCV genotypes in Aydin province of Turkey, provides a comparison with the previous records, and discusses the potential causal reasons shaping the evolving genotype profiles. Patient files from 2011 to 2016 were retrospectively analyzed, and newly detected cases were documented. Out of 286 patients, male and female ratios were determined to remain nearly the same (~50%).

[Atypical serological profiles in hepatitis B infections: investigation of S gene mutations in cases with concurrently positive for HBsAg and anti-HBs].

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes different clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to fulminant or chronic hepatitis. Serological tests are widely used for the diagnosis of HBV infections to detect viral markers. However, facing with atypical serological profiles in some patients leads to problems in interpreting of the results and management of the patients.

The prevalence of autoantibody and its relationship with genotypes of hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

The prevalence of autoantibody in the patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, and the relationship between the autoantibodies and HCV genotypes were investigated in this study. One hundred and eight anti-HCV positive and 86 anti-HCV negative patients were included in the study. Anti-HCV were studied by enzyme immunassay (EIA).

[The use of polymerase chain reaction in laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytosis].

Dermatophytes are among the common causes of fungal infections in the community. Classical diagnostic tests for dermatophytosis have some disadvantages such as failure of direct microscopy in species differentiation and culture methods being time consuming and having low sensitivity. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the identification of dermatophytes directly from the clinical samples and the cultures.

[Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana in blood donors in Aydin province, Turkey].

Bartonella species cause several diseases in humans such as cat stratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, endocarditis, Carrion disease and trench fever. Cat scratch disease and bacillary angiomatosis cases have already been reported in Turkey. Studies from our region, namely Aydin (a province located at Western Anatolia, Turkey) indicated that mean Bartonella henselae IgG seropositivity rate is 11.

Vaccination coverage of children aged 12-23 months in Gaziantep, Turkey: comparative results of two studies carried out by lot quality technique: what changed after family medicine?

Background: Health care systems in many countries are changing for a variety of reasons. Monitoring of community-based services, especially vaccination coverage, is important during transition periods to ensure program effectiveness. In 2005, Turkey began a transformation from a "socialization of health services" system to a "family medicine" system.

Epidemiological study of self-reported sleep problems in Turkish high school adolescents.

Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency and correlates of a variety of sleep problems in adolescents.

Methods: A representative school-based sample of 3485 8th-12th graders was selected according to the cluster sampling technique. A sleep questionnaire and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire were completed by the students along with their parents.

Global Health Professions Student Survey--Turkey: second-hand smoke exposure and opinions of medical students on anti-tobacco law.

Aim: This study, as a part of "the Global Health Professions Student Survey" (GHPSS), aimed to assess medical students' tobacco use, exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS), and opinions as well as smoking policies at medical faculties in Turkey.

Methods: The study was conducted in 2010 as a school-based survey of third-year students in 12 medical schools. GHPSS uses a standardised methodology for selecting schools (probability proportional to student enrolment size) and data processing.

Elevated red blood cell distribution width and inflammation in printing workers.

Background: The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of exposure to chemical compounds on systemic biochemical inflammatory markers in printing industry workers.

Material/methods: Fifty-eight printing workers from 19 different small- and medium-sized enterprises in the printing sector were investigated. For comparison, 80 healthy workers not subjected to workplace chemicals served as control subjects.

[Investigation of Coxiella burnetii prevalence in women who had miscarriage and their spouses by serological and molecular methods].

Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of the common zoonotic disease known as Q fever. Human infection is mostly maintained by inhalation of contaminated aerosols that originate from infected birth products, milk and urine. Sexual transmission has also been reported.

Comparison of metabolic syndrome with growing epidemic syndrome Z in terms of risk factors and gender differences.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare metabolic syndrome with syndrome Z growing epidemic in terms of risk factors, demographic variables, and gender differences in our large cohort at southeastern area in Turkey.

Methods: Data of patients admitted to sleep clinic in University of Gaziantep from January 2006 to January 2011 were retrospectively evaluated. ATP III and JNC 7 were used for defining metabolic syndrome and hypertension.

[Blastoschizomyces capitatus fungemia: three case reports and review of the literature].

Blastoschizomyces capitatus is a rare fungal pathogen that may lead to fatal infections especially in immunosuppressive individuals. In this report, three cases of B.capitatus were presented.

Understanding sleep habits and associated factors can help to improve sleep in high school adolescents.

We aimed to describe the sleep profiles and associated factors of poor sleep in adolescents. We gave a sleep questionnaire and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to 3,441 high school adolescents (15-18 years) in Gaziantep, Turkey. Adolescents reported a requirement of 10.

[Investigation of antifungal susceptibilities and some virulence factors of Candida strains isolated from blood cultures and genotyping by RAPD-PCR].

Candidemia is a serious clinical picture with a rather high mortality. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is crucial in this picture especially in immunocompromised cases. The aims of this retrospective study were to investigate the antifungal susceptibility patterns and to detect the presence of phospholipase, esterase and biofilm production which are excepted as virulence factors of Candida spp.