Pleurisy due to brucellosis.

Any system or organ involvement can be seen in brucellosis, which is still a significant public health problem in developing countries. The rate of respiratory system involvement is lower than that of other systems and which is also difficult to document. Brucellosis-associated pleurisy is a rare complication even in endemic regions.

Assessment and feedback of the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on physicians' day-to-day practices: good knowledge may not predict good behavior.

The importance of doctors' knowledge and awareness of infectious diseases was felt worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of the long and dynamic pandemic process on resident physicians' knowledge and protective behaviors for infection control in a tertiary hospital setting and protective behaviors for infection control in a tertiary hospital setting. The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of assistant physicians working at Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital.

A novel id-iri score: development and internal validation of the multivariable community acquired sepsis clinical risk prediction model.

We aimed to develop a scoring system for predicting in-hospital mortality of community-acquired (CA) sepsis patients. This was a prospective, observational multicenter study performed to analyze CA sepsis among adult patients through ID-IRI (Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative) at 32 centers in 10 countries between December 1, 2015, and May 15, 2016. After baseline evaluation, we used univariate analysis at the second and logistic regression analysis at the third phase.

Hepatitis C reinfection with protease inhibitor-resistant hepatitis C virus in an HIV-coinfected MSM.

There is an ongoing global hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic mainly related to high-risk behaviour in persons who inject drugs (PWID) and in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) which continues to fuel the HCV epidemic. Treatment of HCV infection with direct antiviral therapy (DAA) has been very successful in the last decade. Main obstacles for HCV elimination are HCV reinfections observed in PWID and HIV-infected MSM.

Scalable Quantum Integrated Circuits on Superconducting Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Platform.

To form a coherent quantum transport in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor (S-Sm) junctions, the formation of a homogeneous and barrier-free interface between two different materials is necessary. The S-Sm junction with high interface transparency will then facilitate the observation of the induced hard superconducting gap, which is the key requirement to access the topological phases (TPs) and observation of exotic quasiparticles such as Majorana zero modes (MZM) in hybrid systems. A material platform that can support observation of TPs and allows the realization of complex and branched geometries is therefore highly demanding in quantum processing and computing science and technology.

Risk factors for rectal colonization of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary care hospital: a case-control study from Turkey.

Background/aim: This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors of patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted between January 2010 and March 2016. The colonized group consisted of patients who had a CRE strain in their rectal swab cultures, whereas patients with negative rectal surveillance cultures for CRE who were concurrently hospitalized in the same units with the colonized group patients were included in the control group.

Dynamics of viral load in Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonotic disease with high mortality rate. There are only a few studies on viral load in CCHF. In our study, we revealed the dynamics of viral load and its relationship with mortality in early phase of the disease.

On-Chip Andreev Devices: Hard Superconducting Gap and Quantum Transport in Ballistic Nb-In Ga As-Quantum-Well-Nb Josephson Junctions.

A superconducting hard gap in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor devices has been found to be necessary to access topological superconductivity that hosts Majorana modes (non-Abelian excitation). This requires the formation of homogeneous and barrier-free interfaces between the superconductor and semiconductor. Here, a new platform is reported for topological superconductivity based on hybrid Nb-In Ga As-quantum-well-Nb that results in hard superconducting gap detection in symmetric, planar, and ballistic Josephson junctions.

[Bacteremia caused by ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella serotype Kentucky: a case report and the review of literature].

Salmonella infections can be seen in four clinical types, namely gastroenteritis, bacteremia/sepsis, enteric fever and carriage. These infections can result in uncomplicated diarrhea in most cases, but can lead to invasive disease requiring antimicrobial therapy and can be life-threatening in elderly or immunocomprimised patients. Broad-spectrum cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones are crucial options in the treatment of the invasive infections.

Risk factors for infection with colistin-resistant gram-negative microorganisms: a multicenter study.

Background: Knowing risk factors for colistin resistance is important since colistin is the only remaining choice for the treatment of infections caused by multi-drug resistant microorganisms.

Objective: Evaluate risk factors associated with infection by colistin-resistant microorganisms.

Design: Retrospective study.

A retrospective controlled study of thiol disulfide homeostasis as a novel marker in Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Objectives: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the second most common hemorrhagic fever worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the oxidant-antioxidant balance of patients with CCHF by detecting dynamic thiol disulfide homeostasis (TDH), which is a novel oxidative stress marker, and other molecules, including paraoxonase (PON), arylesterase (ARES), ceruloplasmin (CLP), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and catalase.

Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled study, which involved patients with CCHF and healthy volunteers, measured dynamic TDH using a novel automated method developed by Erel.

Pregnancy physical activity questionnaire (PPAQ): reliability and validity of Turkish version.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to translate the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire into Turkish and test its reliability and validity among Turkish pregnant women. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 204 healthy, single pregnant women between the ages 18 and 40 who volunteered to participate in this study. Reliability was evaluated by measuring the one-week test-retest reliability with the intraclass correlation coefficient and Pearson's correlation analysis.

Crucial parameter of the outcome in Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever: Viral load.

Background: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a fatal disease with a mortality rate of 5-30%. CCHF can be asymptomatic or it may progress with bleeding and cause mortality.

Objectives: To evaluate relation of viral load with mortality, clinical and laboratory findings in CCHF.

Colistin alone or combined with sulbactam or carbapenem against A. baumannii in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Introduction: Colistin use has increased over the last ten years because of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and microbiological efficacy of colistin alone or in combination with sulbactam or carbapenem in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant (XDR) A. baumannii.

Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists.

Background: The initial purpose of this study was to perform a linguistic and cultural translation of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists into the Turkish language. Following the translation process the primary purpose of the study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists.

Materials And Methods: A survey study design was used.

Is ribavirin prophylaxis effective for nosocomial transmission of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever?

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonotic disease that is transmitted primarily through contact with ticks. Nosocomial cases and outbreaks of CCHF have been reported from many countries. Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of exposure to CCHF.

Tularemia during pregnancy: three cases.

Limited knowledge is available regarding tularemia in pregnancy. A total of seven tularemia cases in pregnant women have been published in the literature. This report presents three new cases.

[P. falciparum malaria related with travel: four cases].

Malaria is still an important public health problem in the world. Although the number of malaria cases in Turkey has been declining in recent years, the febrile patients with a history of travel to the endemic regions should raise the suspicion of malaria. P.

Clinical and microbiological efficacy and toxicity of colistin in patients infected with multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens.

Polymyxins have recently again become important because of multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and microbiological efficacy and toxicity of different dosages of colistin in patients infected with MDR microorganisms that were sensitive only to colistin. The study was conducted in the 1,200-bed Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital.

Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in chronic renal failure without diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) without diabetes mellitus by using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: Sixty-six eyes of 33 patients with CRF were evaluated. Eighteen patients have been treated with hemodialysis (group 1) and 15 patients have been treated with peritoneal dialysis (group 2).