Brucellosis is widespread among humans and animals. Diagnosis of brucellosis mostly depends on serological methods. Serological tests are preferred over time-consuming and hazardous bacterial cultures in routine laboratory ...

We present the case of a 54-year-old male patient with Loeffler endocarditis. It is a rare disorder characterized by fibrous thickening of the endocardium leading to apical obliteration and restrictive cardiomyopathy ...

Conclusion: We found out that most of the dermatologists in Turkey have the sufficient knowledge and practice to perform dermatoallergy tests. However, further scientific training courses on oral food challenge and drug ...

Conclusions: TTD values were longer for the DL system than for the two commonly used blood culture systems when tested on simulated blood cultures. Thus, clinical laboratories considering the DL system should take its long ...

Neuropathic symptoms should not be ignored in studies evaluating CPSP and a standard methodology should be designed for studies in this topic.

Conclusion: Because the widely used BMI is incapable of distinguishing BFP and BFD, it can be insufficient for evaluating the lung functions. Therefore, determining the body composition is important in the evaluation of ...

Principal conclusions: In patients with moderate to severe hyperkalemia, blood gas analyzer and biochemistry analyzer gives significantly different serum potassium results which may be clinically important. (C) 2016 Elsevier ...