Case Report

Case Report / VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3, DECEMBER 2019

A Severe Sight-threatening Complication of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: Orbital Apex Syndrome

Sumru Onal and others

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is found in worldwide distribution and can lead to two distinct viral syndromes. Primary infection occurs as varicella and is a contagious and usually benign childhood disease. Herpes zoster (HZ) presents as unilateral pain in a dermatomal distribution accompanied by a vesicular rash. Herpes zoster generally occurs in older adults and results from the reactivation of latent VZV […] Read More

Case Report / VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019

Rhombencephalitis with Listeria monocytogenes

Aslıhan Yerlikaya and others

Listeriosis is a primarily foodborne but preventable disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes, a gram positive, facultative anaerobic and non-spore forming bacillus that is ubiquitous in soil and water. L. monocytogenes was isolated and described in laboratory pigs and rabbits by Murray for the first (...) Read More