Early Prediction of Bloodstream Infection with Complete Blood Count Parameters: an Ex-Vivo Human Whole Blood Model.

Background: Despite the advanced laboratory technologies available today, blood culture is the gold standard method in the diagnosis of bloodstream infections. Automated blood culture devices give blood culture results for laboratories approximately in 2 - 3 days up to 7 days. Moreover, some microorganisms like nonreproducible bacteria, fungi or viruses cannot be produced in culture.

Presepsin Levels in Experimental Sepsis and Massive Bowel Resection Models in Rats.

Background/aim: Presepsin is a useful biomarker for diagnosing sepsis. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between oxidative stress and presepsin levels in animal models.

Materials And Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were used for cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and to generate massive bowel resection (MBR) models.

Immature Platelet Count Levels as a Novel Quality Marker in Plateletpheresis.

The efficiency of plateletpheresis was improved owing to new developments in automated cell separators in the past decades. Nowadays multiple units of plateletpheresis products can be taken per collection from single donor and new parameters such as immature platelet fraction (IPF), immature platelet count (IPC) can be detected practically by automated hematology analyzers. Our aim is to find out a new quality parameter for evaluation of plateletpheresis by analyzing the platelet indices of donor and also to predict platelet recovery in recipients thereby preventing unnecessary platelet transfusion.

Shewanella algae in a chronic suppurative otitis media patient with cholesteatoma.

We present Shewanella algea infection in a chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) patient with cholesteatoma in terms of clinical course and treatment. This is the first time S. algea is found as solely pathogen in a CSOM patient without history of contact with seawater in Turkey.

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy: Spontaneous Fertilization.

Aim: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is the most common liver disease in pregnancy. Although it was shown that multiple pregnancy and hormone therapies increase the risk of ICP, there is limited information that compared spontaneous fertilization and fertilization (IVF) from the aspect of developing ICP. In our study, we investigated the potential relationship between ICP and IVF/ spontaneous pregnancy.

Frequency of antiseptic resistance genes in clinical staphycocci and enterococci isolates in Turkey.

Background: Disinfectants and antiseptics are biocides widely used in hospitals to prevent spread of pathogens. It has been reported that antiseptic resistance genes, 's, caused tolerance to a variety of biocidal agents, such as benzalkonium chloride (BAC) and chlorhexidine digluconate (CHDG) in . isolates.

Chryseobacterium indolegenes infection in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Chryseobacterium indolegenes is a rare pathogen that causes a variety of infections in inviduals who are mostly hospitalized with severe underlying diseases. Here we present a case of C. indolegenes in a 69-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulonary disease (COPD) who was admitted to the chest disease outpatient clinic with symptoms like cough, fever and sputum production and followed up on a suspicion of pneumonia.

[The prevalence of antiseptic resistance genes (qacA/B and smr) and antibiotic resistance in clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains].

Staphylococcus aureus is an organism of major medical importance, leading to skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremia, and endocarditis. S.aureus isolates are becoming increasingly resistant to numerous antimicrobial agents including antiseptics and disinfectants.