Herpes Simplex Infection During Pregnancy, Results of a Tertiary Referral Center in Turkey.

Objective: The present study aimed to determine herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection during pregnancy, serologic status of symptomatic patients, and the frequency of PCR and culture positivity and neonatal disease in an obstetric population.

Materials And Methods: Sera of 1,690 women with genital lesions were tested for HSV IgM and/or HSV IgG between 2008 and 2017. All the patients were evaluated by PCR and viral culture to demonstrate genital herpes infection.

Antenatal Cytomegalovirus Infection Screening Results of 32,188 Patients in a Tertiary Referral Center: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: The present study aimed to determine cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence, low and high avidities, and the frequency of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity and neonatal disease in an obstetric population.

Materials And Methods: Sera of 32,188 women were tested for CMV IgM and/or CMV IgG between 2008 and 2017. Those with IgM were tested for antibody avidity.

The Prevalence of Anti-Rubella Antibodies in Pregnant Women of Turkey, Results of 94508 Patients in a Tertiary Referral Center.

Aim: To determine the seroprevalence of rubella in a tertiary referral center inAnkara,Turkey.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed from 2008 to 2017 at the outpatient clinic of Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Care, Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The study included 94508 pregnant women and the patients were evaluated in terms of IgG and IgM status, IgG avidity and amniotic fluid PCR testing if needed.

Effect of maternal cervical bacterial colonization on neonatal outcome in high-risk pregnancies: results from a tertiary maternity center in Turkey.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the morbidity and mortality of neonates born to pregnant women with positive and negative cervical cultures.

Materials And Methods: The demographic and clinical features of mothers included in this study, along with details of the microorganisms isolated on maternal cervical cultures and the number of days between a positive cervical culture and delivery were recorded. Neonates were stratified into two groups based on cervical culture results of their mothers--Group 1, positive cervical culture; Group 2, negative cervical culture.

Comparison of Lactobacillus reuteri and nystatin prophylaxis on Candida colonization and infection in very low birth weight infants.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of orally administered Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) versus nystatin in prevention of fungal colonization and invasive candidiasis in very low birth weight infants.

Methods: A prospective, randomized comparative study was conducted in preterm infants with a gestational age of ≤32 weeks and birth weight of ≤1500 g.

Does cervical ureaplasma/mycoplasma colonization increase the lower uterine segment bleeding risk during cesarean section among patients with placenta previa? A cross-sectional study.

Objective: The underlying inflammation of endometrium may impede normal implantation of placenta during pregnancy. Our objective is to show cervical colonization of ureaplasma and/or mycoplasma as a marker of endometritis in pregnancies complicated with placenta previa that can be a risk factor for placenta accreta and peripartum hemorrhage.

Patients And Methods: Cervical cultures for ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma genitalium have been taken from the endocervical region of the cervix of the patients.

Medical errors: an important indicator of quality of care and patient safety.

This study aimed to determine nurses' tendency toward medical errors and identify the types of medical errors made. This article examined medical error trends of nurses with a survey. It is recommended that medical errors be recorded, various training activities be offered, and standards regarding nursing care and patient safety be determined.

Prophylactic Saccharomyces boulardii versus nystatin for the prevention of fungal colonization and invasive fungal infection in premature infants.

Aim: This study aims to compare the efficacy of orally administered Saccharomyces boulardii versus nystatin in prevention of fungal colonization and invasive fungal infections in very low birth weight infants.

Method: A prospective, randomized comparative study was conducted in preterm infants with a gestational age of ≤ 32 weeks and birth weight of ≤ 1,500 g. They were randomized into two groups, to receive S.

Rapidly progressing A/H1N1 (09) pandemic influenza virus infection in pregnancy.

We presented a pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection in two pregnant women who were referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a rapidly progressive disease course. Both women had unremarkable past medical history. The first woman had the symptoms of fever, cough, dyspnea and tachypnea lasting for four days.

Clarithromycin in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in Ureaplasma urealyticum-positive preterm infants.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of clarithromycin treatment in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in Ureaplasma urealyticum-positive preterm infants.

Patients And Methods: Nasopharyngeal swabs for U urealyticum culture were taken from infants with a birth weight between 750 and 1250 g in the first 3 postnatal days. Infants with a positive culture for U urealyticum were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups to receive either intravenous clarithromycin or placebo.

[Acinetobacter baumannii: an important pathogen with multidrug resistance in newborns].

Nosocomial sepsis agents with multidrug resistance have led to higher morbidity and mortality in premature infants in the recent years. Acinetobacter baumannii has become a leading cause of nosocomial sepsis in several neonatal intensive care units. In this study, the demographic, clinic, microbiologic characteristics and risk factors of 21 premature infants hospitalized in newborn intensive care unit between January 2010-February 2011 and developed A.

Pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 virus infection in pregnancy in Turkey.

Objectives: To describe the clinical characteristics of the pregnant women who were hospitalized in a tertiary referral hospital with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 virus infection and neonatal outcomes from October 2009 to December 2009 during which the pandemic influenza cases peaked in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five pregnant women who were hospitalized with influenza-like illness and who had laboratory confirmation for pandemic influenza H1N1 virus infection were evaluated prospectively.

Results: Of the 25 patients, 4 (16%) were in the first trimester, 8 (32%) were in the second trimester, and 13 (52%) were in the third trimester.

[A case of neonatal meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2b].

Listeria monocytogenes, although an uncommon cause of illness in the general population, is an important pathogen in pregnants, neonates, elderly and immunocompromised patients. Neonatal listeriosis is classified as early (< 5 days) and late (? 5 days) according to the onset of the symptoms and findings of the infection. The most encountered serotypes in early neonatal listeriosis are 1a and 1b, while serotype 4a is more prevalent in the late form.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria and antibacterial susceptibility patterns in an obstetric population.

Introduction. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), occurring in 2-11% of pregnancies, is a major predisposition to the development of pyelonephritis, which is associated with obstetrical complications, such as preterm labor and low birth weight infants. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of ASB, the antibacterial susceptibilities of the isolated microorganisms and the associated risk factors in an outpatient clinical setting in Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

Randomised controlled trial of prophylactic fluconazole versus nystatin for the prevention of fungal colonisation and invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants.

Background: Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. The authors conducted the first prospective, randomised controlled trial of nystatin compared with fluconazole for the prevention of fungal colonisation and invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates.

Methods: During a 12-month period, all VLBW neonates were assigned randomly to receive nystatin (1 ml suspension, 100 000 U/ml, every 8 h), fluconazole (3 mg/kg body weight, every third day) or placebo from birth until day 30 of life (day 45 for neonates weighing <1000 g at birth).