Which family physician should I choose? The analytic hierarchy process approach for ranking of criteria in the selection of a family physician.

Background: Choosing the most appropriate family physician (FP) for the individual, plays a fundamental role in primary care. The aim of this study is to determine the selection criteria for the patients in choosing their family doctors and priority ranking of these criteria by using the multi-criteria decision-making method of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model.

Methods: The study was planned and conducted in two phases.

[Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in a Patient with Interstitial Lung Disease].

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) is an opportunistic pulmonary infection that occurs in immunocompromised patients. Here, a 49-year-old female patient who was admitted to our hospital with respiratuary distress and whose bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid specimens had P.

[Investigation of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in patients with pulmonary diseases].

Objective: The detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii or its DNA in respiratory samples from individuals who do not have signs or symptoms of pneumonia has been defined as colonization. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of P. jirovecii colonization in patients with various lung diseases.

[Acute appendicitis and coinfection with enterobiasis and taeniasis: a case report].

Parasites are rarely associated with inflammation of the appendix. Generally, parasites cause acute abdominal pain via blocking the gut lumen. In this article, we presented a case of appendicitis where Enterobius vermicularis was detected in the surgical specimen and Taenia was detected in the stool.

[Pemphigoid gestationis: light microscopic and direct immunofluorescense findings].

Pemphigoid gestationis is a rare vesiculobullous dermatosis of pregnancy and puerperium. It is commonly seen in second or third trimester. Skin lesions are characterized by pruritic, urticarial plaques with the development of tense vesicles and bullae.

A novel mutation in a mother and a son with Aarskog-Scott syndrome.

Aarskog-Scott syndrome, also termed as faciogenital dysplasia, is an X-linked disorder consisting of short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism, shawl scrotum, cryptorchidism, and interdigital webbing. Cardiac and central nervous system abnormalities and behavioral disorders can also be detected. The gene responsible for the syndrome is called FGD1, located at Xp11.

[Investigation of the cases presenting to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital with tick bites].

Objective: Determination of the properties of ticks, which are the vectors of many infectious diseases and the patients with tick bites are important for the prevention of these diseases. For tist reason, the purpose of this study is to determine the important properties of the cases presenting with tick bites to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital and of the removed ticks from the cases.

Methods: Two hundred seventy three of 294 patients, who presented with tick bites to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, Izmir, were included in the study.

[Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Cells in Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: One-year Follow-up Results].

Purpose: To evaluate the 1-year follow-up results of cultivated limbal epithelial cell (CLEC) transplantation in unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).

Material And Method: One-year follow-up results of five unilateral LSCD patients who had undergone CLEC transplantation were evaluated. Parameters for this evaluation were: fluorescein staining of ocular surface, corneal vascularization and status of epithelium with slit lamp, and visual acuity.

[The epidemiology research of Blastocystis hominis in the Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty Hospital between 2005 and 2009].

Objective: An investigation of Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) prevalance in 17756 patients with gastrointestinal system complaints who presented at the parasitology laboratory of the Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty Hospital between January 2005 and December 2009 was carried out.

Methods: Fecal samples of all patients were examined using the native-Lugol and trichrome and Kinyoun acid-fast staining method after sedimentation in fecal concentration tubes.

[Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment criteria for bacterial rhinosinusitis among primary health care physicians].

Objectives: This study was planned to determine the evaluation criteria for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS) among primary health care physicians.

Patients And Methods: This study was conducted with face-to-face survey method between April 2009 and June 2009. The physicians were asked to answer the prespecified questions about the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment criteria for ABRS by grading from 1 to 5.

[Coronary invasive procedures in women].

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common etiology in women deaths worldwide. Despite this fact, coronary artery disease is usually known as a disease of men, and its importance in women health is not emphasized so much. In many registries, it has been shown that, female patients are opposed to less coronary invasive procedures than men.

[Three step MIRU-VNTR for routine mycobacteriology laboratory practice].

Several methods are available for the molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates. The results of the recent research demonstrated that Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit (MIRU)-Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR) method has high discriminatory power and reproducibility, is easy to perform, and available for multi-center studies and automation. However, there is insufficient data about the MIRU-VNTR profiles in Turkey.

[Microsporidium spp. infection in an immunocompromised child diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction].

Microsporidium spp. may lead to a variety of clinical pictures like sinusitis, keratoconjunctivitis, hepatitis, myositis, peritonitis, nephritis, encephalitis and pneumonia in case of immune deficiencies. In this report, a case of diarrhea due to Microsporidium spp.

[Inappropriately ordered tests from hepatitis B vaccinated subjects].

Laboratory testing for viral hepatitis B constitutes a vast burden regarding the cost and the workload for health care system for many countries including ours. There are several reports stating that the cost in question is not always necessary. As a consequence of larger scale vaccination programmes, an increase in unnecessary hepatitis B testing is expected in vaccinated individuals.

[Effects of social inequalities on coronary heart disease risk factors: a population-based, cross-sectional study in Izmir].

Objective: Aim of the study was to determine effects of social inequalities on coronary heart disease risk factors in individuals living in an urban district of Izmir; namely Balçova.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, no sampling was done and it was aimed to reach all residents living in that area aged 30 years and over (n=4409). Dependent variables were smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia where social inequality was the independent variable.

[The distribution of intestinal parasites detected in The Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty Hospital between 2005 and 2008.].

A retrospective evaluation of the data from 14,246 patients with gastrointestinal complaints who presented at the parasitology laboratory of the Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty Hospital between January 2005 and December 2008 was carried out. Fecal samples of all patients were examined using native-Lugol and the trichrome and Kinyoun acid-fast staining method after sedimentation in fecal concentration tubes. One or more parasites were detected in 1320 (9.

[Quality assurance in tuberculosis laboratories].

The laboratory has always played a critical role in diagnosis of tuberculosis and monitoring treatment. The basic aim in tuberculosis laboratory is to generate accurate and reliable test results for clinicians. This aim can be achieved by using quality assurance programs.

[Comparison of different antifungal treatment regimens for experimental Candida endophthalmitis in rabbit models].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment options of experimental in-vivo Candida endophthalmitis. For inoculation, a 0.1 ml of suspension of Candida albicans was injected into the vitreous of the right eye of each New Zealand rabbit.

[Pneumocystis pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient].

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic infection caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) in humans. We reported a 23 year-old male patient who developed pneumonia after renal transplantation.

[Neuralgic amyotrophy as the primary cause of shoulder pain in a patient with rotator cuff tear].

A 66-year-old woman with no history of trauma presented with severe shoulder pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed rupture of the supraspinatus tendon, for which surgical treatment was considered. However, it was noted that shoulder pain was accompanied by weakness in the shoulder muscles, and the patient underwent electroneuromyographic examination, which revealed neuralgic amyotrophy.

[The rate of inducible clindamycin resistance and susceptibilities to other antimicrobial agents in staphylococci].

Staphylococci are one of the most common pathogens isolated from nosocomial and community acquired infections. Antibiotics used by oral route such as erythromycin, clindamycin, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and quinolones are of value especially in the treatment of community acquired infections and resistance to those antibiotics may lead to therapeutic failure. Therefore in this study, susceptibility of staphylococci to TMP-SMX, rifampin, tetracycline, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and vancomycin and the presence of inducible clindamycin resistance were investigated in two distinct university hospitals in Turkey.

Hyperuricemia and its related factors in an urban population, Izmir, Turkey.

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of hyperuricemia and its associated factors in an urban area of Izmir, located in western Turkey. Our study group was selected by computerized sampling from the participants of a larger population-based study searching for the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Balcova and Narlidere districts of Izmir. A total of 132 subjects (69 women and 63 men) were included in this study.

[The ability of 67Ga scintigraphy to detect Trichinella spiralis].

To assess the value of (67) Ga scintigraphy in the lesions of Trichinella spiralis, an animal model was developed. Three infected and five healthy animals were enrolled in this study. After the injection of 7.

[Physical therapy and rehabilitation in chondral lesions].

Although most patients with articular cartilage defects are asymptomatic, some may have symptoms such as pain, effusion, muscle weakness, and limited range of motion. The goals of rehabilitation in chondral lesions are to relieve clinical symptoms, obtain painless full range of motion and muscle strength, and improve function. The key point in the rehabilitation program is to improve sensorimotor function and decrease pain and disability without increasing cartilage degeneration.