Distribution of fungemia agents in five years and antifungal resistance.

Objective: Recent research has suggested that fungemia may demonstrate an epidemiologic shift in etiologic agents. This study focuses on the agents causing fungemia and antifungal resistance in a tertiary hospital.

Patients And Methods: We evaluated all-age fungemia cases admitted to Balikesir Ataturk City Hospital in 2017-2021.

[Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture and Drug Susceptibility Test Results and the Distribution of Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria from the Clinical Specimens].

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant public health problem worldwide. For mycobacteriology laboratories, it is important to be able to diagnose active cases and to make a differential diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). In this study, it was aimed to retrospectively evaluate the epidemiological status of the Mycobacterium [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and NTM] obtained from the clinical specimens of patients with TB suspicion, and the resistance rates of MTC isolates against anti-TB drugs.

Moxifloxacin-induced neutropenia in 26-year-old man.

Moxifloxacin is a fourth generation widely used fluoroquinolone antibiotic. There are three cases of moxifloxacin-induced neutropenia reported in the literature and we report the fourth case. A 26-year-old man with pneumonia was treated with moxifloxacin because of penicillin allergy.

Platelet-rich plasma as an additional therapeutic option for infected wounds with multi-drug resistant bacteria: in vitro antibacterial activity study.

Purpose: Infected wounds, such as diabetic foot infections, are mostly polymicrobial and microorganisms have high resistance rates to antimicrobials. Infected wounds in diabetic patients have high cost, morbidity, and mortality rates. Based on these facts, there is a need for supportive localized treatment options such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) implementations.

Genital region cleansing wipes: Effects on urine culture contamination.

Introduction: Urine culture is the gold standard test for revealing the microbial agent causing urinary tract infection (UTI). Culture results are affected by sampling techniques; improper sampling leads to contamination of urine and thus contamination of the culture with urogenital flora. We aimed to evaluate the effect of urogenital cleansing, performed with chlorhexidine-containing genital region cleansing wipes (GRCW) on contamination rates.