[Retrospective evaluation of 15 cases with psoas abscesses].

Psoas abscesses are suppurative collections within the fascia surrounding the psoas and iliacus muscles. In this retrospective study it was aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings and treatment outcomes of 15 psoas abscess cases admitted to Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey during June 2003-January 2008 period. The mean age of the patients was 55.

[Retrospective evaluation of the cases with Candida famata fungemia in a burn unit].

The prevalence of fungemia due to non-albicans Candida species is increasing currently. However, there is no reported case of fungemia due to Candida famata in a burn unit. This retrospective study was aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcomes of seven burn patients with fungemia due to C.

Eleven cases of mucormycosis with atypical clinical manifestations in diabetic patients.

Objective: We retrospectively investigated 11 cases of mucormycosis with atypical clinical features accompanied by diabetes mellitus and discussed clinical features, results of laboratory investigations and radiological examinations and treatment outcomes of each case.

Methods: Eleven cases of mucormycosis presenting to our clinic between January 2002 and October 2006 were retrospectively investigated.

Results: We will present a total of 11 cases of mucormycosis, including 2 cases of mucormycosis with orbital apex syndrome as an initial sign, 2 cases of mucormycosis involving the carotid artery and cavernous sinus with the resultant fatal stroke, 1 case of disseminated mucormycosis with atypical clinical manifestations.

[Brucellosis: retrospective evaluation of the clinical, laboratory and epidemiological features of 151 cases].

The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics, complications and treatment oucomes of 151 brucellosis cases (age range: 15-79 years; 89 female), who were followed in our clinic between the period of January 2003-July 2005. Of them, 66.2% were diagnosed as acute, 23.

Abducens nerve palsy and optic neuritis as initial manifestation in brucellosis.

Cranial nerve involvement in brucellosis is rare. We present a case of brucellosis presenting with optic neuritis and abducens nerve palsy on the left side. Cerebrospinal fluid findings indicated Brucella meningitis with high protein count, low sugar level and pleocystosis.

Scintigraphic findings in osteoarticular brucellosis.

Aims: To describe the distribution of bone and joint involvement in 197 patients with brucellosis, and to detail a spectrum of findings on bone scintigraphy in 38 patients with brucellar spondylitis.

Methods: One hundred and ninety-seven patients (141 females, 56 males; age range, 5-77 years) with osteoarticular brucellosis were studied. Patients were classified into acute (62%) and chronic (38%) stages of the disease, and into age groups of less than 16 (1%), 16-30 (17%), 31-45 (29%), 46-60 (37%) and over 60 (16%) years.

Risk of tuberculous infection among healthcare workers in a tertiary-care hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

Objective: To determine risk factors for tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity among healthcare workers (HCWs).

Design: Two-step TST was performed in 2002.

Setting: Tertiary-care hospital in Ankara, Turkey.