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

Bacterial Infections

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A Near Miss of a Retropharyngeal Abscess with MRSA in a 5-Week-Old Boy Due to an Unusual Presentation

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

Original Article / VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2023

Fournier’s Gangrene: Microbiological Profile and Risk Factors for Mortality: Review of 97 Cases

Aynur Atilla and others

Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is necrotizing fasciitis of genital or perianal areas. Typically, FG is an infection of polymicrobial origin and has higher mortality rates if treatment is not initiated earlier. The main etiological factors are colorectal (30%-50%) and genitourinary origins (20%-40%), including anorectal infections, (...) Read More

Case Report / VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2023

Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of Fasciola hepatica Infection

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 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022

A Rare Presentation of Leptospirosis: Dysarthria and Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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

A Case of Clostridioides difficile Infection of a Pregnant Woman Treated with Colectomy

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

Original Article / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2022

Gardnerella vaginalis: Is it an Underestimated Cause of Urinary Symptoms in Males?

Mert Kılıç and others

Gardnerella vaginalis is an anaerobic, gram-negative/variable, small, pleomorphic microorganism. The jury is still out about the clinical significance of G. vaginalis. It is the predominant microorganism in women with vaginosis and also can be isolated from a vaginal secretion of 40-50% of asymptomatic women . On the other hand, male genitourinary tract infections (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2022

Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bloodstream Infections in Immunocompetent Patients

Şirin Menekşe and others

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a Gram-negative, non-fermentative aerobic bacterium that infects patients, especially with severe comorbidities such as hematological malignancies. It is commonly found in the environment and hospital settings. The most common clinical presentations are pneumonia and bloodstream infections (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, JUNE 2022

Factors Associated with Gram-Negative Bacteremia and Mortality in Neutropenic Patients with Hematologic Malignancies in a High-Resistance Setting

Caglayan Merve Ayaz and others

The number of patients with hematological malignancies (HMs) and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been on rise during the last three decades. Febrile neutropenia (FN) is the most common complication in this specific patient group and requires urgent intervention. Bacteremia […] Read More

Case Report / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, JUNE 2022

Scrub Typhus with Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report

Isak Lallawmkima and others

Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a gram-negative intracellular bacterium. It is a severe public health problem that affects mainly Asia-Pacific areas. Scrub typhus threatens one billion people and causes illness worldwide each year. Scrub typhus is prevalent in many parts of India, but specific data are not (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, JUNE 2022

Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Elderly: A Cross-sectional Study in Turkey

Muammer Çelik and others

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among young children and adults 65 years and older. S. pneumoniae is one of the most important causes of serious diseases, such as pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia. According to 2018 surveillance data from US Centers for Disease (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2021

The Impact of C Reactive Protein in Prediction of the Outcome in Infective Endocarditis

Serap Şimşek-Yavuz and others

Infective endocarditis (IE), among the most common life-threatening infection, is a serious disease causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Determining at-risk patients and following them up closely with appropriate interventions are necessary to decrease complications and mortality. Treatment response to infective endocarditis is followed up with the combination of relief of symptoms, blood cultures, echocardiographic investigations and laboratory tests. A simple and widely available test Read More

Case Report / VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2021

Tick Borne Disease Induced Pancytopenia

Mina Said and Ekta Tirthani

Pancytopenia has a wide differential diagnosis. One of the uncommon and often missed causes is tick-borne illnesses, mainly Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) / Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) and Babesiosis, though the specific mechanism of the former is still unknown. Noteworthy to mention is that the tests for tick-borne diseases so far have poor validity, and also Read More