Original Article
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, AUGUST 2019
Bilgehan Aygen and others
About 170-200 million people are known to be infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection carries risks of hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (1-4). Chronic HCV infection is an important health problem in Turkey (5-10). In Turkey, among HCV infections, genotype 1b was reported to be the most common one (90%), while [...] Read More
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019
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
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019
Anna-Arbana Makina and others
Over the last two decades, the rates of carbapenem-resistant (CR) pathogens have increased dramatically in Greek hospitals, with Klebsiella pneumoniae as the most worrisome representative (1). According to the recent European Annual Surveillance Report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Greece ranks first in Europe, with the highest percentage of (...) Read More
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019
Berna Özer and others
Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most pathogenic nosocomial infection agents because of its extreme resistance to almost all known antibiotics and host immune responses . The emergence of colistin-resistance in A. baumannii has been reported throughout the world. Read More
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019
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
Original Article
/ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019
Yusuf Kuzukıran and others
Job satisfaction refers to fulfillment of the employees’ expectations of their work, the physical environment and the working atmosphere. On the grounds that it is an emotional concept, its perception may differ individually. However, it can still be evaluated with specifically designed (...) Read More