Disease In Turkey Research Articles

An evaluation of mean platelet volume, sedimentation, and crp in brucellosis patients

Aim: Brucellosis is an important infectious disease in Turkey and our region. Mean platelet volume(MPV) is a marker of platelet function, production, and activation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between epidemiological characteristics of brucellosis patients and MPV and other inflammatory markers.Material and Methods: Brucellosis patients hospitalized for monitoring at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in 2007-2015 were included in the study. One hundred patients with positive tube agglutination tests and/or with bone marrow culture growth, and 100 controls group without diagnosis of brucellosis were enrolled. Patients’ MPV, sedimentation, and CRP values were compared with those of the controls. Results: Men constituted 64% of the patients were men, and the mean age of the patient group was 37.33±16.88 years. The control group consisted of 62% men, with a mean age of 40.35±15.46. There was no statistically significant difference between patients and controls in terms of age or sex. CRP, MPV, and sedimentation were significantly higher in patients with brucellosis than in the controls. Conclusion: MPV is novel, low cost, easily applied marker. It may be of greater value when assessed together with other inflammatory markers. Our findings suggest that MPV values may be a useful inflammation marker and prognostic factor in brucellosis patients.

INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY DISEASES IN TURKEY

RespirologyVolume 22, Issue S3 p. 254-254 APSR Poster Abstracts INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY DISEASES IN TURKEY First published: 23 November 2017 https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13207_445Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume22, IssueS3Supplement: 22nd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia, 23–26 November 2017November 2017Pages 254-254 RelatedInformation

Financial impact of foot-and-mouth disease inTurkey: acquisition of required data viaDelphiexpert opinion survey

The main obstacle in assessing the financial impact of foot-and-mouth disease inTurkeyis unavailability of reliable data. Considering this issue, this study aimed at using a Delphi Expert Opinion Survey (DEOS) method to obtain data required for economic analysis of FMD inTurkey. This study concluded that although there were problems in obtaining some information from the experts, in general theDelphitechnique is a promising way of obtaining animal health data, which is otherwise missing and/or not regularly recorded in developing countries.