Case Report
Case Report
/ VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022
Süda Tekin and others
Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) can present in various clinical forms, ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to pseudomembranous colitis (PMC), and are recognized as one of the leading causes of diarrhea in healthcare centers. C. difficile-associated PMC is a life-threatening inflammatory bowel disease and may result in (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022
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
Case Report
/ VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022
Özlem Akdoğan and others
Leptospirosis is one of the zoonotic infections seen in Turkey. Most cases demonstrate a mild clinical course, and the disease is self-limiting. Complaints such as fever, headache, myalgia, nausea, and vomiting are the most common reasons for presentation. Severe cases can have polymyositis, liver involvement, icterus and (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022
Suzan Şahin and Şirin Menekşe
Central nervous system nocardiosis is rare but has high morbidity and mortality. Nocardia is found in soil, decomposing vegetation, and other organic matter, as well as in water as saprophytes. The infection usually occurs through direct inoculation of the microorganism from a skin injury or via inhalation. The pulmonary form (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2023
Emine Coşkun and others
With the reports of patients with mpox (formerly monkeypox) outside Africa in April 2022, a second epidemic fear emerged around the world following the coronavirus disease 2019. From the onset of the mpox outbreak as of December 25, 2022, (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2023
Fatihan Pınarlık and others
Fascioliasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by liver flukes, Fasciola hepatica or Fasciola gigantica, and affects at least 2.4 million people worldwide, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates (1). Sheep and cattle are the natural definitive hosts of F. hepatica infection; therefore, fascioliasis is common in sheep-raising (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2023
Amanda J. Bastien and others
Introduction Respiratory illness from an acute infection remains the most common etiology for inpatient pediatric hospitalization. Imminent respiratory arrest from prolonged hypoxemia may lead to bradycardia and subsequent cardiac collapse. As such, apnea (or respiratory distress) followed then by bradycardia is the classic modus operandi seen at the bedside, especially in neonates (...) Read More
Case Report
/ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2023
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