The Official Journal of the Turkish Society Of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK)
HIV infection remains a major global health concern with a considerable mortality rate, particularly in individuals with AIDS and related infections. Opportunistic infections, including tuberculosis (TB) and Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), are common due to HIV-induced [...] Read More
Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease with high mortality and morbidity worldwide. Globally, an estimated 10.6 million people (95% uncertainty interval [UI]=9.9-11.4 million) developed TB in 2022, compared with 10.3 million in 2021 and 10.0 million in 2020. TB caused an estimated 1.30 million deaths worldwide in 2022 (95% UI=1.18-1.43 million). This was […] Read More
Pyomyositis is a primary infection of skeletal muscle that does not result from a contiguous disease, is hematogenous in origin, and often results in abscess formation. Although pyomyositis is classically an infection in tropical regions, it is an emerging infection in temperate climates. Pyomyositis is frequently caused by aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Read More
A 78-year-old male patient with diagnoses of diabetes, hypertension, and gout presented with fever, night sweats, weight loss, and back pain for the past two months. On physical examination, he had a body temperature of 37.5°C and tenderness on palpation in the thoracolumbar region. His white blood cell (WBC) count was [...] Read More
A 19-year-old woman with a history of tuberculosis (TB) in her family presented to the infectious disease clinic of our hospital with right flank pain, nausea, vomiting, a 10-kg weight loss, and decreased urine volume for the past two months. Approximately five years ago, within a year of family TB contact Read More