Conclusions: The high contamination rates were remarkable in this study. We suggest that the hospitals' staff should be better trained in blood sample collection and processing. Sterile glove usage, alcohol usage for ...

Morganella morganii is rarely isolated from nosocomial infections. However, postoperative infections due to Morganella spp. were documented in literature and eye involvements of the infections usually result in severe ...

While acyclovir, a nucleoside analogue, is widely used for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), emergence of drug-resistant viruses due to frequent usage of this class of medicines, and their toxic side effects require ...

Conclusions: Sphingomonas paucimobilis can cause serious infections, especially in immunocompromised patients with determined risk factors such as indwelling catheters and diabetes mellitus, due to the effects of multiple ...

The emergence and spread of multi-drug-resistant (MDR), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing carbapenem-resistant members of Enterobacteriaceae family has become a worldwide health problem. Carbapenem resistance ...

Conclusions: Although the data support the idea that the basic mechanism of imipenem resistance could be via the loss of oprD, they do not fully explain the role of oprD and indicate that other mechanisms may play an ...

Conclusions: The physical and mental HRQOL of PLWH can be increased by educating the population about HIV/AIDS and providing adequate social support for PLWH in our country.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest the tendency of NDM-1-producing strains to spread in our country as well. A carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae threat may pose a great risk to our country. It is clear that more comprehensive ...