The Official Journal of the Turkish Society Of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK)

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Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3, MAY 2026

Diagnostic Performance of Combination Disk and CIM Tests for Carbapenemase Detection in Enterobacterales Compared with Real-Time Multiplex PCR

Aslı Çabuk and others

Enterobacterales are among the most important causative agents of both community-acquired and hospital-acquired infections. They are major causes of urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections, which are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In particular, the development of carbapenem resistance [...] Read More
Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3, MAY 2026

Upregulation of Serum microRNA-21 as a Noninvasive Biomarker in Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Duhok, Iraq

Nishteman Faysal Mohammad and Amir Hani Raziq

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most serious infectious diseases worldwide and continues to represent a major public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 10.6 million people developed TB globally in 2022, with an estimated 1.3 million deaths, making TB one of the leading causes [...] Read More
Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2, MARCH 2026

Modification of CLSI Recommended Colistin Agar Test for Enterobacterales to Handle Large Sample Load in a High-Throughput Laboratory

Prabhav Aggarwal and others

The uncontrolled and unmonitored overuse of antimicrobials in healthcare, agriculture, and animal husbandry has led to a global health crisis, resulting in resistance to both commonly used and reserve antibiotics. Gram-negative bacteria have developed resistance to higher-tier agents, posing [...] Read More
Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2, MARCH 2026

Clinical Course and Risk Factors Affecting Mortality in Patients with Solid Organ Malignancies and COVID-19 Infection: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

Tazegül Gül and others

Although case numbers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have declined since the virus first emerged on December 29, 2019, in Wuhan, China, it has caused significant morbidity and mortality world-wide. As of June 11, 2025, more than 7 [...] Read More
Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2, MARCH 2026

Retrospective Analysis of Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Laboratory Findings of Patients Diagnosed with Brucellosis and Review of the Literature

Yusuf Arslan and others

Brucellosis, also known as “Mediterranean fever,” “Malta fever,” and “undulant fever,” is one of the most important zoonotic infections worldwide (1). The disease is caused by Brucella spp., which are small, non-motile, non-spore-forming slow-growing, facultatively intracellular Gram-negative [...] Read More
Original Article / VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2026

Evaluation of Wound Infections after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes

Melike Törüyenler-Coşkunpınar and others

Natural disasters are catastrophic events that occur as part of the natural ecological system and may result in fatalities, traumatic injuries, secondary morbidity, and substantial economic losses. Among natural disasters causing human (...) Read More