Publications by authors named "Ozlem Suvak"
Susceptibility of the homecare patient to vaccine preventable infections and their complications is high. Hospitalization of this patient group increases costs to the healthcare system. Therefore vaccination services are of great importance for protecting these patients from complications and hospitalization.
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- Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is linked to serious liver conditions like cirrhosis and liver cancer, and the relationship between brucellosis and HDV has not been well studied.
- A study analyzed 96 patients with delta hepatitis and 117 control subjects, revealing that 9% of delta hepatitis patients had active brucellosis, significantly higher than the control group (9 vs. 2 patients).
- The findings suggest that patients with chronic hepatitis D-related cirrhosis are at increased risk for brucellosis, particularly those with more severe liver disease, indicating the need for further research to understand this connection.
Objectives: Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped, urease-producing bacterium with multiple unipolar flagella. Humans are a major reservoir for H. pylori; however, there are no data on the prevalence of H.
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