The Official Journal of the Turkish Society Of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK)
Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a rare zoonotic infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), an enveloped DNA virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. MPXV is closely (...) Read More
Chikungunya fever, caused by chikungunya virus, is characterized by acute high-grade fever, rash, myalgia, joint pain, and polyarthralgia. Although its symptoms resemble those of dengue infection, the two diseases differ in prognosis and clinical manifestation. Chikungunya fever is typically self-limiting, lasting for 2–6 days; however, joint pain may persist for more than two years (...) Read More
Bloodstream infections remain a common and life-threatening complication among patients with hematological malignancies. These individuals are prone to bacteremia due to cytotoxic chemotherapy, prolonged and severe neutropenia, and mucosal barrier injury (...) Read More
Aerobic, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive bacilli of the Corynebacterium genus are frequently regarded as contaminants when isolated from blood cultures, as they are part of the normal skin and mucosal flora. Among these, Corynebacterium striatum, a coryneform bacterium commonly isolated in clinical microbiology laboratories, has recently been identified as a potential pathogen in both (...) Read More