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Item Relationship between pinworm and urinary tract infections in young girls(Blackwell Munksgaard, 1999) Ok U.Z.; Ertan P.; Limoncu E.; Ece A.; Özbakkaloǧlu B.Urinary tract infection is particularly common in young girls and Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) is one of the most prevalent worms found in children worldwide. Young girls, with or without urinary tract infection, were examined for pinworms in order to explore a possible relationship between these two problems. Of the 55 young girls with urinary tract infection, 20 (36.4%) had pinworm eggs in the perianal and/or perineal region monitored using the cellophane tape method, while 9 (16.4%) of 55 young girls who had never previously had a urinary tract infection were found to have Enterobius eggs in at least one of the cellophane tape tests, and the difference was found to be significant (p<0.05). These results suggested that urinary tract infections may be related to pinworms. When a urinary tract infection is diagnosed in young girls, cellulose tape should be applied to both the perianal and the perineal regions on at least three consecutive occasions.Item Incidence of giardiasis among siblings in Turkey(2003) Balcioglu I.C.; Limoncu E.; Ertan P.; Yereli K.; Özbilgin A.; Onag A.Background: Giardiasis, a common infection among children, is caused by a flagellated protozoan called Giardia lamblia. It is well known to be contagious in common living places. This is an epidemiologic study investigating the incidence of giardiasis among the siblings of patients with giardiasis living in the same household. Methods: Stool samples of 50 patients with a G. lamblia positive sibling in the same household, and 50 patients with a G. lamblia negative sibling in the same household, were examined for giardiasis by saline-Lugol, formalin-ethyl acetate concentration and trichrome staining methods. Other causes of diarrhea were excluded by microbiologic laboratory tests. Results: Thirty-eight per cent of siblings of G. lamblia positive patients and 8% of siblings of G. lamblia negative children were found to be positive for G. lamblia cysts and/or trophozoites. The differences between the groups were statistically significant (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The results suggested that the examination of G. lamblia among the siblings of patients with giardiasis both in the same age group and living in the same household should be considered.Item Albendazole as an alternative therapeutic agent for childhood giardiasis in Turkey(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004) Yereli K.; Balcioĝlu I.C.; Ertan P.; Limoncu E.; Onaĝ A.The efficacy of albendazole for the treatment of giardiasis has been indicated by previous in-vitro and in-vivo studies. In order to compare the therapeutic efficacy of albendazole and metronidazole, 107 Giardia-positive children (aged 3-15 years), diagnosed by three consecutive positive stool examinations, were enrolled in the study. Of these children, 52 were given a single daily dose of albendazole 10 mg/kg for 5 days, and 55 were given metronidazole 20 mg/kg daily in three doses for 7 days. Parasite eradication was achieved in 47 (90.4%) of 52 children treated with albendazole and 49 (89.1%) of 55 children treated with metronidazole (p > 0.05). These results suggest that albendazole is an effective treatment option for childhood giardiasis. © 2004 Copyright by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.Item Comparison of two combs in the detection of head lice in school children.(2009) Kurt O.; Tabak T.; Kavur H.; Muslu H.; Limoncu E.; Bilaç C.; Balcioǧlu I.C.; Kaya Y.; Ozbel Y.; Larsen K.The diagnostic efficacies of two metal pin lice combs having different spacing between their teeth were compared in two cohorts of school children, aged between 7 and 15 years, from different villages of Manisa, Turkey. Head lice infestation was evaluated with comb A (0.18 mm of distance between the teeth) in 95 children in Cavusoglu village, and with comb B (0.15 mm of distance between the teeth) in 146 children in Yesilköy village, compared to visual inspection. Five of 95 (5.3%) children in Cavusoglu village and 5 of 146 (3.4%) children in Yesilköy village were found to harbor live head lice with combing, while none was detected during the visual inspection. The difference between the infestation rates of two cohorts was statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). With visual screening, 15 and 16 children with louse eggs were identified in Cavusoglu and Yesilköy villages, respectively. With combing in these villages, 5 and 8 children, respectively, with louse eggs were identified and 3 and 5 children, respectively, were detected only with combing, not with visual screening. In conclusion, combing is more effective than visual inspection in head lice detection, but there were no significant difference between the two combs either in lice detection or in usage.Item A native mixed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Malaria case molecularly proven after 22 years in Manisa, Turkey; [Manisa'da 22 Yil Sonra Moleküler Olarak Kanitlanmiş Yerli Plasmodium falciparum ve Plasmodium vivax Karma Enfeksiyonu](Ankara Microbiology Society, 2019) Ok Ü.Z.; Çavuş I.; Sidal U.; Limoncu E.; Özbilgin A.Plasmodium falciparum malaria causes about 450.000 deaths every year, mostly in children around the world. The infection is seen in cases coming from abroad and may lead to deaths in Turkey. Many native P.falciparum malaria cases and deaths due to this infection were observed in Turkey during mid 1900's when malaria was epidemic. But only two native cases were reported in the last 50 years, both from Manisa. First case was a one-year old baby who has come to Manisa from Urfa with his family and has never been abroad. He has diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with chloroquine and primaquine. A previously obtained thin blood film was examined and characteristic P.falciparum rings in red blood cells were observed and the case was published together with photographs as probable P.falciparum and P.vivax mixed infection. After this case, microscopists working in Malaria Control Unit of Manisa were informed about the differentiation of malaria species in thin blood samples. Soon afterward, another case who have never been abroad before were also diagnosed with P.falciparum and P.vivax mixed infection and this case was also published with photographs taken from thin blood samples. As molecular diagnostic methods were not improved and widespread in those years, it could not be applied in both cases. A Giemsa stained thin blood sample of the baby case was incidentally found 22 years afterwards and with the aim of molecular diagnosis, the blood sample on the slide previously processed for DNA isolation, then analysed with "FTD Malaria Differentiation (Fast Track Diagnostics, Luxembourg)" multiplex kit with real-time polymerase chain reaction by using probes special for P.falciparum, P.ovale, P.malariae, P.vivax species. DNA's belonging to P.falciparum and P.vivax were found to be positive, the case is molecularly proved to have P.falciparum and P.vivax mixed infection. This case indicated that Turkey is convenient for the expansion of P.falciparum malaria in terms of the climate and vectors and suggested that the potential danger may increase with the effects of global warming, wars and migrations and may jump to Europe over Turkey. The case which molecularly proved the existence of native P.falciparum malaria in the near future in Turkey, was presented to draw attention to the danger of this infection for Turkey and Europe. © 2019 Ankara Microbiology Society. All rights reserved.