Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) is still an important problem in many countries and mayresult in severe neurological deficits. Pott's paraplegia can occur in the early period of the disease or many years later. Pott's ...

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Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon inflammatory disease of the breast. Differential diagnosis and exclusion of breast cancer is the most challenging issue for patients and physicians. IGM may be ...

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the causes of both community and healthcare-associated bacteremia. The attributable mortality of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) is still higher and predictors for mortality and ...

Candiduria is commonly seen in hospitalized patients and most of the patients are asymptomatic, but it may be due to cystitis, pyelonephritis, prostatitis, epididymo-orchitis or disseminated candidiasis. Major risk factors ...

Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma is characterized by red-brown plaques or nodules on the skin, may mimic skin and soft tissue infections and is usually related with high mortality. A case that was followed ...

Twenty-two consecutive carbapenem-resistant enterobacterial isolates were recovered from patients hospitalized between January and April 2013 in different units at a university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. These were ...

A 77-year-old male patient presented with a one week history of general worsening condition, with mental status and respiratory insufficiency. He was therefore admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. His past medical history ...

We aimed to investigate the demographic, clinical, diagnostic, treatment and outcome features of patients with urinary tuberculosis (UTB). Patients with UTB admitted to seven separate centers across Turkey between 1995 and ...

Background: Colistin (COL) has become the backbone of the treatment of infections due to extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria. The most common restriction to its use is acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods: ...