Leptin is an adypocyte derivated peptide hormone that plays a major role in preventing
obesity development by the effects at the hypothalamic level. In our study leptin levels of 41 …

Background Gram-negative bacteria cause most nosocomial respiratory infections. At the
University of Cumhuriyet, we examined 328 respiratory isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and …

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 …

Background This study investigated the effects of changes in weather conditions (monthly
average temperature, monthly minimum temperature, monthly average humidity) on rotavirus …

In this report, a case of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis (CA-ABM) caused by
CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli in an elderly male patient was presented in the light of …

Background Lower respiratory tract infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a high
mortality rate. Antibacterial activity of various antibiotics against P. aeruginosa isolated from …

Serum ferritin, iron, and haemoglobin (Hb) values of 27 pregnant women who did not
receive oral iron therapy during pregnancy, and Hb of their normal full-term babies were …

… K m and V max values of the enzyme were determined to be 3.5 mg/mL and 4.4 μmol mL −1
… After removing the liquid phase, adsorbed protein was recovered by desorption using 1.0 M …

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to assess the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of
the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples and to compare the results by …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter
baumannii strains, which were isolated from nosocomial infections and compare the …