Is the quality of life different in patients with active and inactive tuberculosis?

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in outpatients with active and inactive tuberculosis, and to study the relations between QOL and demographic and socio-cultural chracteristics and variables concerning the disease and depression.

Material And Methods: Included in the present study were 196 active and 108 inactive cases who attended Dispensary for Tuberculosis within a one year period, plus 196 healthy controls. In this study, questionnaire form, SF 36 quality of life scale and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used.

Activity of propolis in an experimental model of pneumocystosis.

Objective: To investigate the anti Pneumocystis effects of propolis on Pneumocystis carinii P. carinii in rat model.

Methods: Rats were obtained, and the study was taken in to place in Erciyes University Clinical and Experimental Research Center, Kayseri, Turkey, in June 2007.

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the oropharynx of healthy preschool children and identification of risk factors.

To determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the oropharynx of healthy children, throat swabs were obtained from 683 children and cultured. The disk diffusion method and the E test were used to test the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolated organisms. Twenty-nine children (4.

Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy preschool children.

To evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus carriage among healthy preschool children in our region, nasal swabs were collected from 5- to 7-year-old healthy children who were attending a day care center. Sociodemographic features and the data related with risk factors were obtained from the children's parents. Of the 200 children, S.

Carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae among preschool children in Turkey.

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of healthy Haemophilus influenzae carriers in a random sample of the preschool population in Kayseri, Turkey. The lack of H. influenzae type b (Hib) disease surveillance and epidemiological data on the throat carriage of Turkish children has caused a delay in the introduction of conjugated Hib vaccination into proposed national vaccination programs.

The effect of spasticity, sense and walking aids in falls of people after chronic stroke.

Objective: To study the effects of spasticity, sensory impairment, and type of walking aid on falls in community dwellers with chronic stroke.

Methods: Functional Independence Measure (FIM) Instrument, Joint Position Sense Evaluation (JPS), the Rivermead motor assessment scale (RMA), Ashworth Scale, Tinetti Assessment Tool were used to assess 100 cases.

Results: Fifty-three of the cases were grouped as nonfallers, 36 as one-time fallers and 11 as repeat fallers.

Erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation in the erythrocyte membrane of stainless-steel welders exposed to welding fumes and gases.

The erythrocyte antioxidant system (superoxide dismutase, SOD; catalase, CAT) and lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde, MDA) in the erythrocyte membrane were studied in workers continously exposed to welding fumes and gases, which are thought to be oxidant pollutants. Thirty-five welders using the manual metal arc method on stainless steel and 30 controls were studied. Plasma chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), and cupper (Cu) levels were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS).

Balance performance in three forms of multiple sclerosis.

Objectives: To compare and document balance performance between patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy control subjects and balance performance among patients with different MS forms using a set of clinical balance tests.

Material And Methods: Twenty eight primary progressive (PPMS), 34 secondary progressive (SPMS), and 62 relapsing remitting (RRMS), totalling 124 MS patients were included in the present study. Results from patients were compared with those of 31 healthy control subjects matching in age, gender, weight and height.

The relationship between fatigue and depression, and event-related potentials in epileptics.

The aim of the present study was to establish the rate of fatigue and the relationship between fatigue, depression, and P300 in people with epilepsy. We compared Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and event-related potentials (ERPs) of people with epilepsy (n=73) with those of controls (n=31). The rate of fatigue was found to be 42.