Publications by authors named "S Alacam"
Background: Hepatitis A infections continue to be a major global public health problem. The epidemiology and seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) have important public health implications. This study aimed to retrospectively examine the hepatitis A cases and hepatitis A seroprevalence in our region in our hospital with the highest number of inpatient and outpatient cases in Istanbul.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Measles cases are increasing remarkably in our country as well as all over the world. In this study, it was aimed to examine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of measles cases detected in our hospital, as well as the measles seroprevalence in our region.
Methods: A total of 7,452 individuals whose measles IgG and/or IgM antibodies were studied between December 2021 and March 2023 in the Medical Virology Laboratory in Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital were included in this retrospective study.
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) can lead to both recurrent seasonal epidemic outbreaks and devastating pandemics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiologic characteristics and pathogen spectrum of RTIs using a multiplex RT-PCR panel. A total of 9354 cases with suspected RTIs between February 2021 and July 2023 were included in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrospective analysis of respiratory virus infections in adults with hematologic malignancies.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
November 2023
Objective: The study aimed to evaluate respiratory virus infections in adult patients with hematological malignancies (HM).
Patients And Methods: The medical records of patients who were followed up by the hematology clinic at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital between March 2021 and March 2023 with a diagnosis of HM and who underwent real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal specimens taken with suspected respiratory tract infection constituted the study data.
Results: Infections were symptomatic in 64.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the effectiveness of pooling nasopharyngeal swab samples in groups of 5 and 10 for SARS-CoV-2 screening using 720 samples, with 72 positive cases identified.
- The results showed that 5-sample pooling had a sensitivity of 77.8%, while 10-sample pooling had a sensitivity of 75%, with false-negative rates of 22.2% and 25%, respectively.
- The findings suggest that pooling strategies are beneficial for detecting individuals with medium and high viral loads, aiding early detection and public health interventions in areas with low SARS-CoV-2 prevalence.