Medically important Candida spp. identification: an era beyond traditional methods.

Background: Candida infections are gaining more attention for the last few decades so diagnostic tools are very important for early diagnosis. Conventional identification of yeasts is time-consuming, molecular methods are more complicated and relatively expensive gold-standard methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was put into the market due to its speed and high accuracy.

[A case with fever of unknown origin during treatment for malaria: multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi infection].

Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease caused by Salmonella serotype Typhi, leading to endemic or epidemic outbreaks in tropical/ subtropical countries (especially in India, Southeast Asia, Central and South Africa). In this report, a 27 years old male patient with malaria has been presented. The patient was diagnosed to have malaria while working in Afghanistan, and received malaria treatment since one month.

Fungal colonization and infection in children with acute leukemia and lymphoma during induction therapy.

Background: Fungal infection represents a growing problem in children with hematologic malignancies. During chemotherapy induced neutropenia, colonization with fungi is considered a major risk factor for subsequent fungal infection. The rates and risk factors for mycotic infections in pediatric oncology patients is undetermined, particularly for centers in developing countries.

[Activities of microorganisms isolated from clinical material from dermatophytoses].

Hundred and nine dermatophytes, 14 yeast, 3 bacteria, 11 saprophyte mold were isolated from hair, skin and nail examples of 225 cases. Among isolated dermatophytes, T. rubrum and among yeast species, C.

[Comparative evaluation of the isolation of dermatophytes by direct laboratory evidence and MSDA with MDTM culture media].

In this study, the hair, skin and nail examples taken from 225 patients suspected dermatophytoses clinically were investigated with direct microscopic examination and cultivated methods. Direct microscopic examination were positive in 135 examples (60%) and dermatophytes were isolated from 109 samples (48.4%).

[Prevalence of G. vaginalis, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, T. vaginalis, yeast, N. gonorrhoeae and other bacteria in women with vaginal discharge].

Vaginal discharge of 118 women attended to outdoor clinics of obstetrics and gynaecology at Medical Faculty of Ankara University (A.U.T.

[Isolation of beta-hemolytic streptococci from throat and nasal swabs and their antibiotic susceptibility].

1218 throat and 888 nasal swabs were collected from non hospitalized patients were examined for beta haemolytic streptococci. The samples were cultured on blood agar. To facilitate the isolation of beta haemolytic streptococci the samples were also cultured on biologically anaerobic sheep blood agar.