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An alternative DNA extraction method for detection of Blastocystis spp. in human fecal samples
Karasartova, Djursun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Ruh, Emrah; Türegün Atasoy, Buse; Çalgın, Mustafa Kerem; Taşçı, Leyla; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Academic Press Inc., 2018)Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an effective technique for diagnosis of Blastocystis infection. Notably, DNA isolation procedure is extremely critical for the PCR step. In the present study, a recently described extraction ... -
Anti-Pneumococcal Vaccine-Induced Cellular Immune Responses in Post-Traumatic Splenectomized Individuals
Karasartova, Djursun; Gazi, Umut; Tosun, Özgür; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Şahiner, İbrahim Tayfun; Dolapçı, Mete; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Springer New York LLC, 2017)Splenectomy is associated with increased risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infections despite proper anti-pneumococcal vaccination. As most studies concentrated on vaccination-induced humoral immunity, the cellular ... -
Bacterial and protozoal pathogens found in ticks collected from humans in Corum province of Turkey
Karasartova, Djursun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Gökçe, Tuncay; Çelebi, Bekir; Yapar, Derya; Keskin, Adem; Çelik, Selim; Ece, Yasemin; Erenler, Ali Kemal; Usluca, Selma; Mumcuoğlu, Kosta Yani; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Public Library of Science, 2018)Background: Tick-borne diseases are increasing all over the word, including Turkey. The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial and protozoan vector-borne pathogens in ticks infesting humans in the Corum province ... -
Bacterial and protozoan agents found in Hyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) collected from Testudo graeca L., 1758 (Reptilia: Testudines) in Corum Province of Turkey
Arslan Akveran, Gönül; Karasartova, Djursun; Keskin, Adem; Comba, Arzu; Çelebi, Bekir; Mumcuoğlu, Kosta Yani; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Elsevier Gmbh, 2020)Hyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) is a hard tick and the main host for adults are Palearctic tortoises of the genus Testudo, while larvae and nymphs are less host-specific and nymphs also attach to humans. ... -
Blastocystosis in post-traumatic splenectomized patients
Karasartova, Djursun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Zorlu, Musa; Türegün Atasoy, Buse; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül; Dolapçı, Mete (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2016)Background/aims The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and significance of intestinal protozoa, specially Blastocystis spp., and to perform PCR-based subtype classification for understanding the importance ... -
Case report: Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis caused by leishmania infantum in northern Cyprus
Sayılı, Ayşe; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül; D. F. H. Schallig, Henk (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne disease widespread in the Mediterranean basin, including Cyprus. During the last decades no cases were notified from northern Cyprus, but herein three cases of VL (female: 2, ... -
Colon perforation and Budd-Chiari syndrome in Behçet’s disease
Baş, Yılmaz; Güney, Güven; Uzbay, Pınar; Zobacı, Ethem; Ardalı, Selin; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Medical Science International, 2015)Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Behçet’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease involving multiple systems, with vasculitis being the most important pathological feature. Multiple colon perforations are ... -
Çorum’da kistik ekinokokkoz ön tanısı ile başvuran hastaların radyolojik, biyokimyasal ve serolojik analizlerinin değerlendirilmesi
Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Özcan, Oğuzhan; Özünel, Leyla; Boyacıoğlu, Zehra İlkay; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Ankara Mikrobiyoloji Derneği, 2015)Kistik ekinokokkoz (KE), Echinococcus granulosus’un neden olduğu bir zoonozdur. Klinik bulgularla hastalığın tanısını koymak zor olduğundan, ek olarak radyolojik ve serolojik yöntemlerin kullanılması gerekmektedir. Bu ... -
The effect of splenectomy on the levels of PCV-13-induced memory B- and T cells
Gazi, Umut; Karasartova, Djursun; Şahiner, İbrahim Tayfun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Tosun, Özgür; Derici, Mehmet Kürşat; Dolapçı, Mete; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2018)Aim: Splenectomised patients are associated with lifelong risk of fatal overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI), which is mostly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Today OPSI cases can still be reported even in ... -
Epidemiology and prevalence of blastocystis spp. in North Cyprus
Seyer, Ayşe; Karasartova, Djursun; Ruh, Emrah; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Turgal, Ebru; Imir, Turgut; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of Blastocystis spp. and its subtypes (STs) in North Cyprus; and to evaluate the presence of this parasite and its STs with respect to demographic, socioeconomic, and ... -
Importance of NK Cells in Cellular and Humoral Responses Triggered by Pneumococcus Vaccination
Gazi, Umut; Tosun, Özgür; Derici, Mehmet Kürşat; Karasartova, Djursun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (KARGER, 2023)Introduction: Despite the success of vaccination in reducing overall rate of pneumococcal pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae is still held responsible for high mortality and modality rates worldwide. Our study aimed to ... -
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Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)We thank Pasquale and Tiziana for their comments on our manuscript entitled “Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in Northern Cyprus.” -
Is “dried stool spots on filter paper method (DSSFP)” more sensitive and effective for detecting Blastocystis spp. and their subtypes by PCR and sequencing?
Seyer, Ayşe; Karasartova, Djursun; Ruh, Emrah; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Imir, Turgut; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Springer Verlag, 2016)PCR and DNA sequencing are currently the diagnostic methods of choice for detection of Blastocystis spp. and their suptypes. Fresh or frozen stool samples have disadvantages in terms of several aspects such as transportation, ... -
Leishmaniasis in Northern Cyprus: Human cases and their association with risk factors
Ruh, Emrah; Bostancı, Ayşegül; Kunter, Vasfiye; Tosun, Özgür; Imir, Turgut; Schallig, Henk; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Malaria Research Center, 2017)Background & objectives: Cyprus is located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Region where leishmaniasis is endemic. The primary objective of this study was to investigate human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the ... -
Molecular identification of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in malaria infected women who received intermittent preventive treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ruh, Emrah; Bateko, Jean Paul; İmir, Turgut; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)Background: Point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (Pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (Pfdhps) genes which confer resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) occur at increasing rates. The ... -
Molecular Survey of Babesia microti (Aconoidasida: Piroplasmida) in Wild Rodents in Turkey
Usluca, Selma; Çelebi, Bekir; Karasartova, Djursun; Güreser, Ayşe Semra; Matur, Ferhat; Öktem, M. Ali; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Oxford Univ Press Inc, 2019)Babesia microti (Aconoidasida: Piroplasmida) (Franca, 1910) is an important tick-borne zoonotic parasite with rodents serving as reservoir hosts. In the present study, 536 rodents were captured from Burdur, Bartin, Giresun, ... -
A pediatric case of fascioliasis with eosinophilic pneumonia
Bayhan, Gülsüm İclal; Batur, Abdulsamet; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül; Demirören, Kaan; Beyhan, Yunus Emre (Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2016)Fasciolia spp. are common trematode infestations worldwide. Fasciolia spp. may lead to hepatic diseases in the acute phase and may cause biliary diseases in the chronic phase. In addition, Fasciolia spp. may rarely cause ... -
Report of a rare case of severe allergic reaction due to nasal myiasis and a brief review of the literature in Turkey
Erenler, Ali Kemal; Turan, Ahu Pınar; Oymak Ay, Özlem; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Sage Publications Inc, 2019)Myiasis is defined as infestation of a mammal by fly larvae. It may occur on either living tissues (primary myiasis) or dead tissues (secondary myiasis). In this report, we present a patient with myiasis with an extremely ... -
Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
Şenel, Engin; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül; Mumcuoğlu, Kosta Yani (Elsevier, 2020)Background: Hirudotherapy, also known as medicinal leech therapy, has been used to treat a wide range of disorders for thousands of years since Ancient Egypt. Leech therapy is also mentioned as a minimal invasive technique ... -
Serological screening of West Nile virus among blood donors in northern Cyprus
Balaman, Nagat; Gazi, Umut; Imir, Turgut; Şanlıdağ, Tamer; Ruh, Emrah; Tosun, Özgür; Özgül, Aykut; Taylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül (Wiley, 2020)Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic arbovirus that can also be transmitted through blood transfusion. Even though its geographic distribution has been expanding, there has not yet been any epidemiological ...