Infectious Diseases
Mustafa Deniz and others
Eosinophilic cellulitis (EC) is a rare inflammatory skin condition with fewer than 200 documented cases in the medical literature. There are only a limited number of case reports available from our country. The prevalence and incidence of EC are unknown. The disease is characterized by pruritic, non-purulent, erythematous plaques (...) Read More
Hatun Öztürk-Çerik and others
Brucellosis is a widespread zoonosis transmitted to humans, mainly through direct or indirect contact with infected animals. The main endemic areas are the Mediterranean region, Middle East, Central Asia, China, India, sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and South America. Brucellosis is a systemic infection with a broad clinical spectrum (...) Read More
Uğur Önal and others
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is the most common vector-borne disease in Europe and North America, caused by the spirochete Borrelia species, which can be transmitted through the bite of an infected black-legged tick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data on Lyme disease in the United States showed (...) Read More
Hinpetch Daungsupawong and Viroj Wiwanitkit
Tunçer et al. brought us interesting observations from the study “How Reliable is ChatGPT as a Novel Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology?”. In conclusion, 200 questions about infectious diseases from different platforms were used in the study, along with recommendations from reliable sources. The replies were predicated on (...) Read More
Mervenur Demir and others
The global increase in the rate of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections in recent years is an important public health problem that limits the therapeutic options. The issue becomes particularly critical in cases of bloodstream infections (BSI) in which delay is associated with high mortality rates. Bacteria grown in blood cultures (BC) must be subcultured on the solid media (...) Read More
Muhammed Fatih Karaşın and others
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, spread rapidly around the world and was defined as a pandemic on March 12, 2020, by the World Health Organization. As of June 2023, more than 767 million cases were confirmed globally, along with 6.9 million deaths. Read More
Pınar Korkmaz and Neşe Demirtürk
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains a major threat to global public health, affecting 296 million people worldwide. CHB increases the risk of cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma, causing liver-related morbidity and mortality. All these risks can be prevented with antiviral treatment. Although there is no curative treatment for CHB today the virus can be effectively controlled with existing (...) Read More