Monitoring of antibody levels in healthcare workers after inactivated coronavirus disease 19 vaccination.

Objective: Because of the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic, studies on vaccination are being conducted in our country as well as across the world. In this study, the antibody levels in healthcare workers vaccinated with two doses of inactivated vaccine and the factors affecting these levels were investigated.

Methods: Randomly selected volunteers from healthcare workers, who had been vaccinated with two doses of inactivated vaccine in January to February 2021, were included in the study.

Clinical Presentation, Electrocardiographic Findings, and Factors Related to the Hospitalization In Mad-Honey Intoxication.

Objectives: Mad-honey intoxication (MHI) often presents with all kinds of bradyarrhythmias. Despite numerous publications focused on clinical findings, we aim to evaluate poor prognostic implications, ischemia likely electrocardiography (ECG) changes, and detailed ECG findings of MHI in the largest series.

Methods: This is a retrospective single-center study of 117 MHI patients admitted to emergency service.

Threat in water for drinking and domestic use: Nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Objective: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been recognized as a diverse group of organisms that are ubiquitous in environmental sources. In most regions of the world, NTM are not reportable as a public health disease, so epidemiological data are not easily available. However, data in published studies note increasing trends at the rate of NTM isolation from different geographic regions of the world.

Comparison of Clinical, Laboratory and Demographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 as Symptomatic and Atypical Symptoms.

Background: Clinical findings of COVID-19 have been observed with a wide spectrum ranging from asymptomatic disease and mild upper respiratory tract infection to severe viral pneumonia resulting in mortality. While clinical symptoms present in some COVID-19 patients, others have been incidentally identified. The objective of this study was to examine the clinical and laboratory features of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were symptomatic or had atypical symptoms and to make a contribution to the literature.

Seroprevalence of hantavirus and Borrelia burgdorferi in Düzce (Turkey) forest villages and the relationship with sociodemographic features.

Background/aim: Hantavirus and Borrelia burgdorferi are two zoonotic agents that pose a great risk especially for people living in forest areas. This study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of hantavirus and B. burgdorferi in forest villages of Düzce and its relationship with sociodemographic features.

The effect of melatonin on antifungal susceptibility in planktonic and biofilm forms of Candida strains isolated from clinical samples.

In recent years, the significant increase in the isolation of antifungal resistant Candida species in presence of biofilm, have made it necessary to develop alternative agents for the treatment of these infections. In this study, the effect of antifungal susceptibility of melatonin were investigated in planktonic and biofilm forms of Candida strains isolated from the clinical samples sent to our laboratory. Biofilm formation was determined by modified microplate method.

[Investigation of Mycobacterium bovis subsp. bovis among the strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated in Düzce Province, Turkey].

Throughout the history of mankind, tuberculosis (TB) has caused serious illness and still continues to do so. Archaeobiological studies indicated that TB in humans dates back to 4000-8000 BC, and cases were shown to be due to Mycobacterium bovis subsp.bovis rather than Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

[A rare case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a small child].

Unlike Hymenolepis nana that transmits directly from person to person, the transmission of Hymenolepis diminuta to human is via accidentally ingesting of arthropods carrying cysticercoid larvae as intermediate host. In places with poor hygienic conditions, this cestod may cause seldom infections especially in children. Studies carried out on various populations have reported the prevalence rate of H.

Hand carriage of Candida occurs at lesser rates in hospital personnel who use antimicrobial hand disinfectant.

Background: The hands of hospital personnel are considered to be important for colonization and infection of patients with Candida spp. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different hand disinfectants in reducing the carriage of Candida species on the hands of hospital personnel.

Methods: A controlled study was conducted at Duzce University School of Medicine Hospital.

Primary echinococcus cyst of the thyroid: a case report.

Echinococcosis, although eradicated in many countries, is still widespread in communities where agriculture is dominant. Cystic hydatidosis is a significant public health problem in the regions with endemic echinococcosis. The hydatid cysts tend to form in the liver or lung, but may also be found in other organs of the body such as brain, heart, and bone, while thyroid gland involvement is rather rare.

Prevalence of toenail onychomycosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and evaluation of risk factors.

Background: we sought to determine the frequency of toenail onychomycosis in diabetic patients, to identify the causative agents, and to evaluate the epidemiologic risk factors.

Methods: data regarding patients' diabetic characteristics were recorded by the attending internal medicine clinician. Clinical examinations of patients' toenails were performed by a dermatologist, and specimens were collected from the nails to establish the onycomycotic abnormality.

An outbreak of oropharyngeal tularemia with cervical adenopathy predominantly in the left side.

Purpose: We describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics and the efficacy of a delayed initiation to therapy in an oropharyngeal tularemia outbreak in Duzce, Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Between March and June 2000, 22 patients with tularemia were diagnosed by microagglutination tests.

Results: Oropharyngeal and ulceroglandular forms of the disease were discovered.

Phospholipase and proteinase activities in different Candida species isolated from anatomically distinct sites of healthy adults.

The aim of the present study was to determine in vitro phospholipase and protease activities in 122 Candida spp. isolated from several anatomically distinct sites of healthy adults. C.

[Vancomycin and high-level aminoglycoside resistant Enterococcus carriage and the risk factors related to resistance in hospitalized patients].

The aims of this study were to detect the prevalence of fecal vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization with high-level resistance to aminoglycoside and other antibiotics and, the risk factors related to resistance in hospitalized patients in Düzce Medical Faculty Hospital, Turkey. A total of 105 patients (61 from internal medicine, 44 from surgery clinics; 54.3% female, mean age: 47.

Hand carriage of Candida species and risk factors in hospital personnel.

The hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered to be important for colonisation and infection of Candida spp. The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of Candida carriage on the hands of the hospital personnel the potential risk factors. Samples were collected from the hands of 214 (139 female and 75 male) hospital personnel working at Duzce Medical Faculty Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A in dialysis patients.

Background: Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) was recently described as a new marker of cardiovascular events and of inflammation in uremic patients. The aim of this study was to determine levels of PAPP-A in chronic dialysis patients and its possible relationships with renal osteodystrophy.

Methods: A total of 99 adult chronic hemodialysis patients, 14 peritoneal dialysis patients and 41 control subjects were included in the study.

Prevalance and risk factors for yeast colonization in adult diabetic patients.

The aim of this study is to describe the associations between various host characteristics and yeast colonization; biofilm and phospholipase production in diabetic patients. The study was conducted between January 2003 and June 2003 in Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey. One hundred and fourty five diabetic patients were included to the study.

Compliance and efficacy of hand rubbing during in-hospital practice.

Objective: To compare alcohol-based hand rubbing with hand washing using antimicrobial soap regarding antimicrobial efficacy and compliance with routine practice in hospital and intensive care units.

Subjects And Methods: From February to June 2003, 35 nurses were randomly selected from a nursing staff of 141 and divided into two groups: hand rubbing and hand washing groups. Hand cultures were obtained before and after health care procedures.

Dermatophytoses in forestry workers and farmers.

To assess the frequency of superficial mycoses in forestry workers and farmers in the rural region of Duzce, a total of 467 residents of the rural region were examined for dermatomycosis infection. Of these, 349 were forestry workers and 118 farmers. All specimens collected were analysed by direct microscopy and culture.

Biliary infection and bacteremia caused by beta-lactamase-positive, ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in a diabetic patient.

We report the case of a 73-year-old female patient with diabetic nephropathy and cholelithiasis. She was admitted to our hospital with right upper abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient had visited an outpatient clinic with the same complaints 2 days earlier, and had been prescribed antibiotics empirically (two doses ofloxacin orally).

Dermatophytes in the rural area of Duzce, Turkey.

A total of 227 subjects (112 were male and 115 female), who were residents of the rural region of Duzce, were examined for dermatomycosis. A total of 120 samples (47 nail fragments, 73 skin scales) were collected from 81 patients for mycological analysis on the basis of the results of clinical evaluation. All specimens collected were analysed by direct microscopy and culture.

Assessment of HAV and HEV seroprevalence in children living in post-earthquake camps from Düzce, Turkey.

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalance of enterically transmitted hepatitis among children living in post-earthquake camps, and to assess the efficacy of the measurements during and after the disaster in Düzce and Golyaka. In the second half of 1999, North-western Turkey, was struck by two massive earthquakes in less than 3 months. The first, on 17 August 1999, involving Golyaka, was struck, measuring between 7.

Massive gastrointestinal tuberculosis in a young patient without immunosuppression.

Although the lung is the major site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, gastrointestinal involvement can be present as part of multiorgan disease process or, less commonly, can be seen as primary gastrointestinal tuberculosis. In the cases where the culture is negative, it can be difficult to differentiate tuberculosis from Crohn's disease based on both the clinical and histological features. When side effects of classic antimycobacteria are encountered, we can initially add ciprofloxacin to the treatment of tuberculosis.