Reviewing the reliability of revised Melbourne Cerebral Palsy Hip Classification System across different medical specialties.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the reliability of the expanded and revised Melbourne Cerebral Palsy Hip Classification System (r-MCPHCS) across different medical specialties.

Patients And Methods: Anteroposterior pelvic radiographs of a total of 44 patients (20 males, 24 females; median 16.7 years; range, 12 to 32 years) with cerebral palsy (CP) were analyzed between January 2005 and December 2020.

The Radiolabeling of [161Tb]-PSMA-617 by a Novel Radiolabeling Method and Preclinical Evaluation by In Vitro/In Vivo Methods.

Background: Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common type of cancer in elderly men, with a positive correlation with age. As resistance to treatment has developed, particularly in the progressive stage of the disease and in the presence of microfocal multiple bone metastases, new generation radionuclide therapies have emerged. Recently, [Tb], a radiolanthanide introduced for treating micrometastatic foci, has shown great promise for treating prostate cancer.

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Process on the Incidence of Intestinal Parasites; Aydın Province Example.

Objective: The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in our country in March 2020, has caused a sudden and dramatic change in our habits. As a result of the pandemic measures directly effective in the transmission of parasites, it has become important to investigate the possible effect of the COVID-19 pandemic process on the incidence of intestinal parasites.

Methods: In order to examine the situation before and after the pandemic, all stool and cellophane tape test results examined from March 11, 2018 to March 11, 2022 in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Parasitology Laboratory were evaluated retrospectively.

[An In Vitro Study on Sonodynamic Therapy of Leishmania tropica Using Curcumin].

Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that is transmitted by Phlebotomus, 400 thousand new cases appearing every year, and approximately 350 million people are at risk, and accepted by the World Health Organization as one of the six important tropical diseases. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a disease that occurs on exposed areas of the body and is characterized by long-term non-healing skin lesions. Although the treatment methods applied today vary according to the clinical picture of the patient, the immune system of the person and the causative agent Leishmania species, there is still no standard treatment scheme that has few side effects and can be used in the treatment of leishmaniasis.

Arthroscopic evaluation of failed primary type II SLAP lesion repair in patients with high physical activity over 40 years of age and the outcomes of tenotomy.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to examine patients over 40 years of age who underwent failed primary isolated type 2 superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) repair arthroscopically and to evaluate the outcomes of tenotomy.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2011 and December 2019, a total of 32 patients (19 males, 13 females; median age: 55.1 years; range, 41 to 59 years) who underwent primary repair for SLAP due to high activity levels and in whom the treatment failed were retrospectively analyzed.

Investigation of Frequency in Faecal Samples of Patients with Infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Objective: () is a flagellated protozoan with an amoeba-like morphology, located in the gastrointestinal tract. The hypothesis was that the parasite was transported by () eggs. This study aimed to determine the association of and with the genotypes of the identified strain of .

The Retrospective Analysis of spp. Results in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Hospital Parasitology Laboratory.

Objective: spp. is one of the most common ectoparasites in humans. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the positivity of spp.

Retrospective Analysis of Cystic Echinococcosis Results in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Training and Research Hospital Parasitology Laboratory Between 2005 and 2017.

Objective: is the causative helminth of cystic echinococcosis (CE). The parasite is known to form fluid-filled cysts that grow slowly in the internal organs, particularly the liver and/or lungs. This disease is still important in terms of public health and economically in Turkey and other countries where animal husbandry is widespread.

Anti-interleukin-1 treatment among patients with familial Mediterranean fever resistant to colchicine treatment. Retrospective analysis.

Background: Up to 5% of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) cases are unresponsive to colchicine, through resistance, side effects and toxicity. Anakinra is an alternative treatment for FMF patients whose disease remains uncontrolled with colchicine. We aimed to evaluate anti-interleukin-1 treatment regarding clinical findings, laboratory parameters and quality of life (QoL) among FMF patients presenting resistance and toxicity towards colchicine.

Retrospective Analysis of Serology Results from Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Parasitology Laboratory from 2007 to 2017.

Objective: is a common apicomplexan parasite of humans and can cause significant morbidity and mortality due to congenital transmission and in patients with immune deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate serology results of 11 years and to determine compatibility of serologic diagnosis methods.

Methods: The study was conducted between 2007 and 2017, and anti- IgG antibodies were investigated by an in-house Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Indirect Fluorescence Antibody (IFA) methods.

Survival after cardiopulmonary arrest in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey.

Background: Despite significant improvements in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) over the past 40 years, disparate survival rates are reported after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). Few studies have addressed the effect of comorbid conditions on survival after IHCA.

Objective: Examine IHCAs over a two-year period, determine survival rates, and assess the effects of comorbid diseases on survival after IHCA.

Investigation of the Applicability of a Rapid Diagnosis Test in the Diagnosis of Cystic Echinococcosis.

Objective: Echinococcus granulosus, the etiological agent of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans and livestock, is a widely distributed zoonotic pathogen tapeworm. The infection is transmitted to humans by the ingestion of E. granulosus eggs released in the feces of definitive hosts such as dogs.

Evaluation of In vitro and In vivo Drug Efficacy Over Leishmania tropica: A Pilot Study.

Objective: Two pentavalent antimonials, meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime®, France) and sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam®, England), are used to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Turkey. The present study, serving as a guidebook for young researchers, aims to provide basis for conducting drug resistance tests and active ingredient scanning in in vitro and in vivo models.

Methods: A CL isolate kept in liquid nitrogen was initially thawed and genotyped by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using ITS1 prob.

Validation of the DSM-5 Alternative Model Personality Disorder Diagnoses in Turkey, Part 1: LEAD Validity and Reliability of the Personality Functioning Ratings.

This study addresses longitudinal, expert, all data (LEAD) validity and reliability of the personality functioning ratings in Turkey, which are essential in assessing Criterion A for the entire DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) diagnoses. A total of 120 consenting patients recruited at a university psychiatry clinic were rated by individual clinicians with respect to DSM-III-R and AMPD criteria. Subsequently, a LEAD panel consisting of 3 senior clinicians convened to reach a consensus personality disorder diagnosis for each participant.

Determination of Trichomonas vaginalis Genotypes Using PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP).

Objective: Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic protozoon and the most common non-viral sexually transmitted pathogen. The present study was designed to determine the genotypes of T. vaginalis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism of actin gene.

Criteria sets for primary Sjogren's syndrome are not adequate for those presenting with extraglandular organ involvements as their dominant clinical features.

Patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) may go undiagnosed or be misclassified due to the insidious nature and wide spectrum of the disease. The available several classification criteria emphasize glandular findings. We aimed to analyze the efficiency of various classification criteria sets in patients diagnosed on the clinical basis by expert opinion and to compare those pSS patients who fulfilled these criteria with those who did not.

The Clinical Characteristics of ADHD and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Comorbidity.

To investigate the clinical implications of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and ADHD comorbidity in adults. The OCD patients who had and had no diagnosis of adulthood ADHD were compared in terms of several demographic and clinical variables. The mean number of obsessions and compulsions; hoarding, symmetry, and miscellaneous obsessions; ordering/arranging and hoarding compulsions; total, attentional, and motor subscale scores of Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS)-11 were more frequent among the patients with OCD-ADHD.

[Research to investigate human cystic echinococcosis with ultrasound and serologic methods and educational studies in different provinces of Aydın/Turkey].

Objective: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is particularly prevalent in rural areas where domestic animal breeding is common. We planned to investigate the CE among the 7-88 years old inhabitants of (n=209) four villages in the Aydın district, by a portable ultrasound scanner (US) and with serologic methods.

Methods: Participants were assessed by ultrasound and sera samples were tested for anti-E.

[Investigation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM antibodies in beta-thalassemia major patients in Aydın province].

Objective: Blood transfusion therapy for Thalassaemia patients may cause transmission of some infectious agents to the recipients. As Toxoplasma gondii is a transfusion-transmitted parasite, we aimed to investigate anti-Toxoplasma antibodies.

Methods: We arranged two groups: patients and controls.

[Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with wet mount and culture methods for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis].

Objective: Wet mount, culture and staining methods are generally used in the diagnosis of trichomoniasis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods with different primer pairs have been tested and used for research in recent years.

Methods: In this study, T.

The protection of the myocardium by amifostine against mitoxantrone-induced acute cardiotoxicity in rats.

Objective: Amifostine (AMI) has been used for the prevention of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in several experimental and a few clinical studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of AMI on lipid peroxidation, protective enzymes, and mitoxantrone (MITO)-induced acute cardiotoxicity in the rat heart using biochemical tests and histopathological examinations.

Methods: Thirty-six rats were divided into six groups (n=6 in each).

[Case report: Acanthamoeba keratitis].

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is an opportunistic protozoan infection caused by the pathogenic Acanthamoeba and associated with soft contact lens wear. If untreated, it can cause serious visual disability. A 23 year-old female wearing soft contact lenses applied to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Aydin Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, with symptoms of redness, pain and blurred vision of both eyes.

[The effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Blastocystis hominis infection].

The aim of this study was to investigate clinical findings and the effects of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in cases of blastocystosis. A total of 37 cases whose stool specimens were sent to the parasitology laboratory from the outpatient clinics of our hospital for various reasons were included in the study. Only five or more Blastocystis hominis were found during examination with direct wet mount using the 40x objective.

[Investigation of the clonality and Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin among nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains].

Methicillin-resistant Stapyhlococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. This study was aimed to investigate the clonality of the MRSA strains isolated from patients with nosocomial infection and also to determine the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) toxin in these isolates. A total of 37 samples (31 isolated from surgical wound samples, 2 them from abscess and 4 from drainage samples) obtained from patients hospitalized at surgery, internal medicine and intensive care units, were included to the study.