Bibliometric analysis of publications on pediatric epilepsy between 1980 and 2018.

Background/objective: Childhood epilepsy is one of the disease groups with the highest disease burden in society. This study aimed to guide researchers for new studies by determining the most compelling studies and current issues through a bibliometric analysis of scientific outputs about childhood epilepsy between 1980 and 2018.

Methods: The literature review was conducted using the Web of Science (WoS) database.

Posterior fossa horns; a new calvarial finding of mucopolysaccharidoses with well-known cranial MRI features.

Background/aim: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of hereditary metabolic diseases. The aim of this study was to share the previously unreported calvarial finding of internal hypertrophy of the occipitomastoid sutures (IHOMS) together with some other well-known cranial MRI findings in this patient series.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective evaluation was conducted of 80 cranial MRIs of patients who had been diagnosed and followed up with MPS from 2008 to 2019 in our center.

A rare case of primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency due to COQ9 mutation.

Background Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) serves as a shuttle for electrons from complexes I and II to complex III in the respiratory chain, and has important functions within the mitochondria. Primary CoQ10 deficiency is a mitochondrial disorder which has devastating effects, and which may be partially treated with exogenous CoQ10 supplementation. Case presentation A 9-month-old girl patient was referred to our clinic due to growth retardation, microcephaly and seizures.

Does Helicobacter pylori play a role in the pathogenesis of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis?

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether Helicobacter pylori plays a role in the pathogenesis and severity of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and its relationship with gastroesophageal reflux (GER).

Methods: Forty-one patients and 16 controls between 5 and 18 years of age were enrolled. H.

An Unusual Manifestation of Q Fever: Peritonitis.

Q fever has rarely been reported and can be difficult to diagnose, especially in immunocompromised patients. In the present report, we describe an unusual case of Q fever that presented as peritonitis and was treated with long-term combination therapy with doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and rifampicin for five weeks in a patient who had been on peritoneal dialysis for six years due to hypertensive nephropathy.

Transient sinus bradycardia during the course of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in children.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute tick-borne viral zoonotic disease which is endemic in Turkey. Bradycardia has been reported among pediatric and adult patients with CCHF. But, it remains unclear, whether bradycardia is associated with ribavirin treatment or the severity of CCHF.

Neurobrucellosis in children: Case series from Turkey.

Background: Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. Neurobrucellosis is an uncommon and serious complication of pediatric brucellosis.

Methods: We describe seven cases of neurobrucellosis.

A case of brucellosis mimicking Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Brucella spp. that is transmitted to humans by the ingestion of unpasteurized milk and other dairy products from infected animals or through close contact with secretions. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans by ixoid tick bites, contact with blood and tissue of infected animals or contact with infected humans.

High postoperative serum levels of surfactant type B as novel prognostic markers for congenital heart surgery.

Objective: Congenital heart diseases are observed in 5 to 8 of every 1000 live births. The presence of a valuable biomarker during the surgical periods may aid the clinician in a more accurate prognosis during treatment.

Methods: For this reason, surfactant protein B plasma levels may help to evaluate patients with cardiac problems diminishing the alveolocapillary membrane stability.

Coexistence of liver hydatid cyst and brucellosis in an adolescent.

A 15-year-old girl, who was evaluated for arthralgia of knees, was diagnosed as having brucellosis by serum agglutination and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay tests. Physical examination of the patient revealed massive hepatomegaly. Abdominal ultrasonography and computerised tomography showed a single large cystic lesion of the liver.

Nosocomial infections in the general pediatric wards of a hospital in Turkey.

The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence, type, and clinical features of nosocomial infections (NIs), their etiological distribution, and the antibiotic resistance patterns of causative organisms in the general pediatric wards of a hospital in Turkey over a 3-year period. The Hospital Infection Control Committee NI surveillance reports were used as a database. NIs were detected in 171 (2.