Furuncular Myiasis Caused by Dermatobia hominis in a Traveler Returning from the Amazon Jungle.

A 39-year-old man who was returning from the Amazon Jungle and had no medical history presented with a furuncular lesion on his right parietal scalp. Despite receiving appropriate antimicrobial treatment, his lesion did not heal. After surgical intervention, a Dermatobia hominis larva was extracted.

[Four malaria-import patterns: sporadic region].

Malaria, as it has been during history, is an important parasitic infectious health problem nowadays. In Turkey, the most common kind of malaria is Plasmodium vivax, and P. falciparum is rarely observed in import events.

[A tinea incognito case caused by Trichophyton rubrum with clinical and mycological cure and review of the literature].

Tinea incognito is the result of lack of diagnosis of dermatophyte infection of the glabrous skin and the misuse of steroids or calcineurin inhibitors. In this case report a 20-years-old female patient diagnosed as tinea incognito and Trichophyton rubrum isolated from her skin lesions, was presented. The patient suffered from an itchy skin lesion on her neck and right breast.

[Investigation of tinea pedis and toenail onychomycosis prevalence in patients with psoriasis].

The data about the prevalence of onychomycosis in patients with psoriasis is contradictory. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of onychomycosis and tinea pedis in patients with psoriasis compared to control group. A total of 60 patients with psoriasis (27 male, 33 female; mean age: 40.

[Investigation of the presence of Cryptococcus spp. in eucalyptus trees by using sedimentation and swabbing methods].

Yeasts of the genus Cryptococcus are life-threatening microorganisms that cause cryptococcosis in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent humans and animals worldwide. In the nature, Cryptococcus species exist in eucalyptus trees and other species of trees as well as in the soil contaminated with pigeon droppings. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Cryptococcus spp.

[Incidence of Mycoplasma and group B streptococci in the genitourinary system of pregnant women and their effect on pregnancy].

This study included 59 pregnant women and their mature infants born in term in order to establish the incidence of potential microorganisms that may transmit through the birth canal to infant and the evidence for vertical transmission in pregnancy. Using isolation studies based on selective methods, it was found that U.urealyticum had the highest incidence with 26 (44%) and Diphtheroid was isolated from 19 (32.