Parasitic Infections
Oruç Numan Gökçe and others
Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused mainly by Echinococcus granulosus, is a parasitic disease common in Mediterranean countries such as Türkiye. Although it can occur anywhere in the body, it predominantly affects the liver. The disease is often asymptomatic; thus, cysts are often detected incidentally during imaging studies performed for other purposes. Read More
Oruç Numan Gökçe and others
Many parts of the world are affected by Echinococcus granulosus. This helminthic zoonosis leads to important public health and economic burdens in endemic regions. E. granulosus can even lead to death if complications occur. Dogs are the definitive hosts of E. granulosus, where the larval state, (...) Read More
Necati Mumcu and others
Although Fasciola hepatica infects sheep and cattle, it can sometimes be an accidental host in humans. Clinically, fever, abdominal pain, intermittent jaundice, intrahepatic cystic abscess, eosinophilic cholecystitis, and extrahepatic cholecystitis are seen most frequently. The diagnosis can be made by serology or by clinical improvement (...) Read More
Zehra Çağla Karakoç and others
Crusted scabies, also called Norwegian scabies, was first described in Norway in the middle of the 19th century. It is a highly contagious and rare form of scabies. Patients who are elderly, immunocompromised, malnourished, or have neurologic conditions that prevent them from itching are at greater risk. Read More
Ahmet Özbilgin and others
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a widespread infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system which is mostly caused by Leishmania infantum (L. infantum) and L. donovani in the Old World. The disease is endemic in many parts of the world, and estimated cases of VL have reached 300,000 globally with a high rate of HIV co-infection, and over Read More
Selda Sayın Kutlu and others
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the important life-threatening infectious diseases worldwide. The highest prevalence of VL is in Brazil, East Africa and in South-East Asia, with an estimate of 50,000 to 90,000 new cases each year. VL is an anthroponotic and zoonotic disease. While [...] Read More
Şadiye Kaplan Küçük and others
The genus Giardia includes six species based on the morphological features of trophozoite and cyst forms. Of these, Giardia varani is found from water monitor Varanus salvator, while Giardia agilis, Giardia ardeae and Giardia psittaci, Giardia microti and Giardia muris, and Giardia duodenalis from amphibians, birds, rodents, and mammals, respectively. Giardia duodenalis (...) Read More
Özgür Kurt and others
Dientamoeba fragilis is an intestinal protozoon classified among the flagellates inhabiting in the caecum and colonic lumen of humans. It has long been regarded as a commensal microorganism until when clinical reports indicate its association with gastrointestinal and dermatological case. Laboratory diagnosis of D. fragilis infections has long been limited to (...) Read More