Scrotal abscess caused by Candida glabrata in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure.

Candida glabrata is a yeast which incidence has increased in recent years and usually causes urogenital and bloodstream infections. Its resistance to fluconazole hinders C. glabrata infections treatment.

The Relationship Between HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS: An Educational Intervention Study.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of educational interventions on knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS, with the goal of reducing stigma.

Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted. This intervention study assessed knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS using a 5-point Likert scale.

Unusual presentation of cat scratch disease: case report.

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infection caused by Bartonella henselae, presents with non-specific symptoms like lymphadenopathy, fever, and fatigue. It can progress to disseminated disease, leading to complications such as liver and splenic micro abscesses, osteomyelitis, encephalitis, and uveitis. Diagnosis is challenging due to varied presentations and limited tests.

The effect of endoscopic renal and ureteral stone surgeries on renal blood flow in children: a prospective trial.

Aim: To assess the impact of endoscopic stone surgeries on renal perfusion and blood flow in children.

Materials And Methods: Children who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), ureterorenoscopy (URS), endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) were included to the study. Renal Doppler ultrasonography (RDUS) was performed one day before the operation, and on the postoperative 1st day and 1st month.

A Dangerous Relationship: A Case of Imported and Typhi Coinfection.

Malaria is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Although domestic malaria case notification in our country is not seen in World Health Organization records, cases originating from abroad are detected. Travelers to countries where malaria is endemic can become infected with the parasite.

The role of cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in pediatric epilepsy: A single-center experience.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in different age groups and genders in pediatric epilepsy, to determine the percentages of etiologic factors, and to evaluate the association between MRI positivity and treatment resistance.

Methods: Cranial MRIs of 359 patients with epilepsy aged 1 month to 18 years were retrospectively evaluated. Etiologic factors as an underlying cause of epilepsy were classified as previous parenchymal damage, hippocampal sclerosis, malformations of cortical development, tumor, neurocutaneous syndrome, myelination disorder, vascular anomaly, metabolic/genetic/neurodegenerative diseases, encephalitis, and an uncategorized "other" group.

Effects of methylphenidate on femoral bone growth in male rats.

The use of Methylphenidate (MP) can have adverse effects on bone growth and mineralization. This study aimed to investigate the underlying pathophysiology of MP-induced skeletal deficits in growing rats using stereological and immunohistochemical methods. Male rats, aged 4 weeks, were orally treated with MP through an 8-h/day water drinking protocol.

Management of acute metabolic crisis in TANGO2 deficiency: a case report.

Objectives: TANGO2 deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism, with distinct clinical features. The clinical presentations of TANGO2 deficiency are developmental delay, speech difficulties, intellectual disability, non-life-threatening paroxysmal neurologic episodes (TANGO2 spells), acute metabolic crises, cardiac crises, seizures and hypothyroidism. Patients may die in acute metabolic crises.

Successful Treatment of with Metronidazole in a Child: A Case Report.

is a zoonotic liver trematode that usually causes infection in cattle and sheep, and is transmitted to humans by consuming water and aquatic plants contaminated with metacercaria. The detection of eggs in stools, serological evaluation and radiological evaluation are essential for diagnosis. Triclabendazole is the first-line therapy for fascioliasis.

Evaluation of the quality, reliability and content of YouTube™ videos related to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Objective: The production, use, and sharing of information in health-related fields are increasing at an exponential rate in this age. Because they are so common today, social media platforms have a big impact on people's opinions, habits, and decisions. With this study, we aimed at testing the content, reliability, and quality of the videos about CCHF disease published on YouTube™ for patients and healthcare professionals, which people use for obtaining information.

Brain death in children: is computed tomography angiography reliable as an ancillary test?

Background: The diagnosis of brain death is primarily clinical. Sometimes ancillary tests are needed.

Objective: This study compared sensitivity and interobserver agreement of the 10-, 7- and 4-point CT angiography scoring systems for the diagnosis of brain death in children.

First afebrile seizures: Clinical and radiological view with emergent testing.

Background: The first afebrile seizures in children are an important and common reason for emergency department admissions. We aim to examine the presentation, laboratory/neurodiagnostic investigation, and emergency management of children with first afebrile seizures.

Methods: The retrospective study included 333 patients aged 1 month to 18 years admitted with a first afebrile seizure to the pediatric emergency department of Prof.

Silent anatomic variations of the pediatric chest: They might not be congenital.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of silent anatomic variations of the chest wall, to estimate frequency in different age groups, and to answer are these variations more prominent with age?

Materials And Methods: Thorax CT scans of 592 children were retrospectively reviewed. 82 children who underwent CT for evaluation of the suspected chest wall deformities, chest wall lesions, prominent scoliosis, and who had chest wall surgery, thoracotomy, or trauma causing chest wall or clavicular fracture were excluded from the study. The frequency of silent anatomic variations was evaluated and compared with age subgroups and sex.

Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum in children: Etiology, clinical and radiological features, and prognosis.

Objectives: Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) are secondary lesions associated with entities like infection manifested by restricted diffusion on diffusion-weighted cranial magnetic resonance imaging. Our objectives are to evaluate the clinic-radiological spectrum of pediatric patients with cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CC).

Methods: Children (0-18 years) admitted between February 2017 and May 2020 with splenial lesions showing diffusion restriction on MRI, either isolated or within involvement of other parts of the brain, were included retrospectively.

The role of goats as reservoir hosts for bovine herpes virus 1 under field conditions.

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV1) is the cause of economically significant viral infections in cattle. Respiratory symptoms associated with the infection are known as Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR). Sheep and goats are less sensitive to the infection although their role in inter-species viral transmission under field conditions is subject to controversy.

The first serological evidence for Rift Valley fever infection in the camel, goitered gazelle and Anatolian water buffaloes in Turkey.

Rift valley fever (RVF), a vector-borne zoonotic disease, is caused by a phlebovirus (family Bunyaviridae). The virus was initially characterized approximately 80 years ago in Kenya and disseminated to many countries in the continental Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. The infection has not been reported in Turkey.

Can Ratio of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Count and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Diabetic Foot Infecti on Predict Osteomyelitis and/or Amputation?

The aim of this study was to search for any relations between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the development of osteomyelitis and the need for amputation in patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI). All data included DFI patients who were hospitalized in our Infectious Diseases Clinic between 2012 and 2015 and who were classified according to International Classification Disease Code System. 75 patients were analyzed in the study.

Pedicled Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer Treats Lymphedema in Rat Hind Limb: A Simple Experimental Study Design.

Vascularized lymph node transfer is a new and promising technique for the physiologic treatment of lymphedema and several clinical and experimental studies have been conducted in recent years. However, the exact mechanism of vascularized lymph node transfer is still unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate treatment efficacy through the design of a simple and feasible experimental lymphedema model for testing a vascularized lymph node transfer technique.

Diagnostic value of additional 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging using a vaginal catheter in patients with paravaginal malignant lesions.

Background: In routine noncontrast-enhanced PET/computed tomography (CT) studies, the female pelvis is one of the most challenging anatomical regions to interpret. In surgically treated patients, it may be more difficult to determine the accurate location of paravaginal hypermetabolic lesions. In this study, the aim was to investigate the contribution of additional PET/CT imaging using a vaginal catheter in patients with pelvic malignant disease.

Early Response to Everolimus Therapy Detected on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in a Patient With Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor.

Everolimus is a mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor that has been recently approved for the treatment of patients with advanced progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Here, we present a case in which an early therapy response to everolimus was effectively demonstrated by Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT.

Penile degloving and dorsal dartos flap rotation approach for the management of isolated penile torsion.

Objective: Penile torsion is a counterclockwise rotational anomaly of the penile shaft or glans. We aimed to evaluate the outcomes of penile degloving and dorsal dartos flap rotation used for the repair of isolated penil torsion.

Material And Methods: During evaluation of the patients admitted to our polyclinic for circumcision between January 2013-December 2014, 5 cases of isolated penile torsion were determined.

Evaluation of febrile neutropenic episodes in adult patients with solid tumors.

The clinical use of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents has increased survival in cancer patients. However, treatment-associated bone marrow suppression and neutropenia often render patients prone to life-threatening infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate episodes of febrile neutropenia (FN) in patients with solid tumors, and identify the microorganisms and the factors affecting mortality.

Current radiological techniques used to evaluate unilateral partial ureteral obstruction: an experimental rabbit study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate functional and prognostic benefits of Doppler ultrasonography (DU), diuretic renal scintigraphy (DRS), and magnetic resonance urography (MRU) during diagnosis and follow-up of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) and to examine apoptosis rates caused by UPJO in an experimental rabbit model.

Method: Twenty-four rabbits were divided randomly into two groups. The left kidneys of 15 rabbits from the first group underwent Ulm-Miller surgery to create UPJO, whereas the left kidneys of nine rabbits from the second group underwent sham surgery.

Can we reduce secondary surgical interventions and length of hospitalization in percutaneous nephrolithotomy?

Purpose: To evaluate the success and complication rates of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) operations and to determine the effect of postoperative late removal of an open-end ureter catheter on hospital stay and on secondary interventions.

Materials And Methods: The records of 198 patients (97 female, 101 male) who had PNL between May 2009 and February 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. The open-end ureter catheter which was placed during the operation was removed at the end of the operation in the first 53 patients ( group 1) and 12 hours after the nephrostomy catheter in 145 patients ( group 2).