Does the course of laboratory parameters help us to predict the outcome of CCHF?

Background/aim: This study was performed to identify the characteristics distinguishing fatal and nonfatal cases of patients diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).

Materials And Methods: A total of 92 patients with confirmed diagnosis of CCHF in 2009-2013 were included in the study.

Results: A high level of urea and aPTT on the third day of hospital stay, diarrhea, somnolence, and the interval from the beginning of the symptoms to hospital admission were independently associated with fatality.

Emergence of multidrug resistant isolates and mortality predictors in patients with solid tumors or hematological malignancies.

Introduction: Infections are an important preventable cause of death in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to clarify the epidemiologic characteristics and resistance patterns of causative isolates and mortality predictors in infections of cancer patients.

Methodology: Patients with sterile site infections were evaluated in a retrospective cohort study.

[Evaluation of tularemia cases originated from Central Anatolia, Turkey].

Tularemia is an infection caused by Francisella tularensis with a worldwide distribution and diverse clinical manifestations. In recent years, tularemia cases are increasing in Turkey, with a special attention to Marmara, western Blacksea and Central Anatolia regions. The aim of this study was to evaluate tularemia cases admitted to our hospital during an outbreak emerged at Central Anatolia between December 2009 and September 2010, making a point for the disease.

Effect of oral ribavirin treatment on the viral load and disease progression in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Objectives: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease. There is currently no specific antiviral therapy for CCHF approved for use in humans. In this study we aimed to investigate the effect of oral ribavirin treatment on the viral load and disease progression in CCHF.

Viral load as a predictor of outcome in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal disease affecting multiple organ systems. To determine the association between viral load and severity of CCHF infection, quantitative measurement of CCHF virus was performed using 1-step reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for 36 patients with CCHF infection. Viral loads ranged from 1.

Fever of unknown origin: analysis of 71 consecutive cases.

Background: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is still an important problem in clinical practice. Evaluation of patient characteristics may clarify the utility of diagnostic tests and etiologies of FUO.

Methods: Fever of unknown origin in 71 patients was investigated at Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital in Turkey between February 2001 and December 2004.

Risk factors for ICU-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen that causes severe morbidity and mortality in many hospitals worldwide, and MRSA infections are frequent in intensive care units (ICUs).

Objective: A prospective study was implemented to investigate the risk factors for ICU-acquired MRSA infections.

Methods: This study was conducted in surgical and neurologic ICUs from May to November 2003.

A complication of brucellosis: epididymoorchitis.

Background: Epididymoorchitis is the most frequent genitourinary complication of brucellosis.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted between February 2001 and January 2004, prospectively. Male patients diagnosed with brucellosis were included in this study and evaluated for testicular involvement.