Unpleasant Souvenir: Imported Malaria in Türkiye.

Objective: Each year, approximately 125 million people visit malaria-endemic countries. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of imported malaria infections in Türkiye.

Methods: The study included patients diagnosed with malaria between 1996 and 2022.

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Monitoring the Trends in Intestinal Parasite Frequencies; 2018 and 2022 Data.

Objective: Monitoring intestinal parasite frequencies is effective on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies to be developed against these parasites. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the parasite species and frequency data of stool samples in parasitology direct diagnosis laboratory.

Methods: Stool parasitological examination results were obtained retrospectively from our laboratory internal quality control data tables.

Biosafety Risk Assessment of a Routine Diagnostic Laboratory During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

In this study, we aimed to perform a biosafety risk assessment to determine measures to be taken against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the routine diagnostic parasitology laboratory of a tertiary health care center. The risk assessment template included in the supplement of the interim guidance of "WHO Laboratory Biosafety Guidance Related to COVID-19" was used for the risk assessment. Risk assessments were carried out for the "diagnosis of protozoan diseases in respiratory tract samples" and "diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases" processes.

Autochthonous transmission of Leishmania donovani and Leishmania major with all the components of infection cycle at Europe's doorstep.

Objectives: Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease and dogs may act as urban reservoirs. Turkey and most of the Mediterranean basin countries are endemic for leishmaniasis. In this study, it is aimed to report the autochthonous leishmaniasis cases, with all the components of the infection cycle (reservoir, vector, and the host) in a region close to Europe.

Evaluating the Glucantime Concentration for the Glial Cell Model of Antimony-resistant Amastigotes.

Objective: Because the protocols used in the treatment of leishmaniasis can be toxic and have many limitations, such as the development of resistance against such protocols, new treatment options are needed, especially against resistant patients. models may be a good source for evaluating new drug options for patients with antimony-resistant parasites. This study aimed to evaluate the Glucantime concentration for our glial cell amastigote model we had defined in previous work.

Comparison of Skin Scraping and Standard Superficial Skin Biopsy in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Scabies.

Objective: Scabies is diagnosed based on the presence of burrows on the skin, scabiei adult, egg, or scybala in skin scrapings. The laboratory diagnosis of scabies poses various challenges. We aimed to compare the analytical performance of skin scraping and standard superficial skin biopsy (SSSB) and to investigate the correlation with false negative results in the laboratory diagnosis of scabies.

Intestinal Protozoan Parasitic Infections in Immunocompromised Child Patients with Diarrhea.

Intestinal protozoan parasites are common causes of infectious diarrhea in children receiving anticancer therapy or undergoing transplantation. Additionally, immunosuppression therapy in such patients may exacerbate the symptoms related to these parasitic infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and diagnostic importance of parasitic protozoan infections in children treated for malignancies or undergoing transplantation, and to highlight the control of intestinal parasitic infections for immunosuppressed patients at a hospital in İzmir, Turkey.

Associated Broncho-Pulmonary Infection After Immunotherapy: A Case Report and A Smart-phone Based Video of Trophozoite.

The frequency of bronchopulmonary protozoan infections has raised due to increased number of immunosuppressed patients in recent years. One of them is which is a multi-flagellated protozoan parasite of termites and several cockroach species. The drug regimens commonly used in bronchopulmonary infections are not effective against .

The Prevalance of Blastocystosis among Patients with Gastrointestinal and Dermatologic Complaints and Effects of Blastocystis spp. Density on Symptomatology.

Objective: Blastocystosis has been linked with non-specific symptoms, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and distention. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between Blastocystis spp. with urticaria and intestinal symptoms.

Intestinal Protozoa in Hiv-Infected Patients: A Retrospective Analysis.

Objective: Intestinal parasitic infections are common in immunodeficient patients. In developing countries, the incidence of diarrhea due to parasitic infections in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)-positive individuals is reported to be over 90%. The present study aimed to investigate the presence of intestinal protozoa in HIV-positive patients with gastrointestinal complaints.

Human myiasis in patients with diabetic foot: 18 cases.

Background: Myiasis complication of diabetic foot ulcer has only been presented in a few case reports. Therefore, there is a need for additional data on this infestation.

Objective: Evaluate clinical characteristics of human myiasis in patients with diabetic foot.

[Infecting glial cells with antimony resistant Leishmania tropica: A new ex-vivo model].

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease that shows different clinical features like cutaneous, mucocutaneous, visceral and viscerotropic forms. The protocols used in the treatment of leishmaniasis are toxic and have many limitations during administration. One of the limitations of treatment is the resistance against the protocols in practice.

[The importance of the contribution of rapid test, serological and molecular methods in the diagnosis of two imported malaria cases with atypical microscopy].

Malaria is a widespread and life-threatening disease in tropical and subtropical regions. In patients with typical clinical symptoms, malaria is considered as a preliminary diagnosis if there is a travel history to malaria-endemic areas. The basis of the laboratory diagnosis of malaria is the microscopic examination of Giemsa stained smears.

[Comparison of polymerase chain reaction using kinetoplast DNA specific primers and other parasitological methods in the diagnosis of clinical samples of suspected patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Şanlıurfa].

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are seen endemically in Turkey and CL caused by Leishmania tropica is an important public health problem in southeastern as well as other regions of Turkey. The diagnosis has been usually made by clinical view of lesion and/or parasitologically using lesion aspiration smears. Histological examination does not, always reveal the parasite in the skin biopsy, particularly in chronic lesions.

[The comparison of microscopy and real time polymerase chain reaction methods for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia: evaluation of clinical parameters].

Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) causes serious infections, especially in patients with immunosuppressive diseases. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the results of samples obtained from PCP suspected patients using two different methods together with clinical data.

Materials And Methods: Microscopy and real time polymerase chain reaction (real time PCR) methods were performed with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples sended to Ege University Medical Faculty Direct Parasitology Diagnostic Laboratory between March 2009 and June 2010.

Incidence of Parasitic Diarrhea in Patients with Common Variable Immune Deficiency.

Objective: Parasites might cause atypical and severe infections in immunocompromised hosts. The prevalence of diarrhea among common variable immune deficiency (CVID) syndrome patients varies between 20% and 94%, which indicates that diarrhea and gastrointestinal system (GIS) complaints could be the second leading cause of morbidity in CVID patients after respiratory tract infections. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasites in CVID patients with GIS complaints and diarrhea.

[Co-occurence of visceral leishmaniasis and lymphoma].

Clinicians have usually considered malignancies during follow up of patients who have infectious diseases as a pre-diagnosis. However, malignancy and an infectious disease are seen together more rarely, with the exception of immunosuppressed patients. This presentation is a case report followed up for fever of unknown origin.

Pulmonary Strongyloides stercoralis infection.

The 17-year-old male patient presented with fever, weakness, dyspnea and weight loss. His chest radiography demonstrated diffuse reticulonodular density, and high-resolution lung tomography indicated diffuse micronodules and prevalent ground-glass pattern. The findings were consistent with miliary involvement.