Public health and occupational medicine

BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. Neurobrucellosis is one of the complications. METHODS: In this study, we describe our experience in the diagnosis, treatment, and the final outcomes of 20 patients with neurobrucellosis…

• CEMAL BULUT

BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. Neurobrucellosis is one of the complications. METHODS: In this study, we describe our experience in the diagnosis, treatment, and the final outcomes of 20 patients with neurobrucellosis…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy, tolerability and side effects of 2 treatment regimens for brucellosis. METHODS: Fifty-seven patients with brucellosis were followed up in our clinic. The patients were given rifampicin plus doxycycline or rifampicin plus quinolone. Thirty patients (group on…

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Legionella species in hotel water distribution systems in Alanya, Turkey, which is an important tourism center. METHODS: Water and swab samples were obtained from 52 Turkish hotels from August 2003 to September 2005. Water samples were collected in 1…

• AYŞE HANDE ARSLAN

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Legionella species in hotel water distribution systems in Alanya, Turkey, which is an important tourism center. METHODS: Water and swab samples were obtained from 52 Turkish hotels from August 2003 to September 2005. Water samples were collected in 1…

• HALUK ERDOĞAN

BACKGROUND: Thymoquinone (TQ), the main active constituent of the volatile oil extracted from Nigella sativa's seeds, is used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and exhibits a variety of pharmacological effects. METHODS: Twenty-eight BALB/c female mice were divided into four groups: I (sham-operated control gr…

• OSMAN YILMAZ

BACKGROUND: Thymoquinone (TQ), the main active constituent of the volatile oil extracted from Nigella sativa's seeds, is used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and exhibits a variety of pharmacological effects. METHODS: Twenty-eight BALB/c female mice were divided into four groups: I (sham-operated control gr…

• OSMAN YILMAZ
• SERAP CİLAKER MICILI

BACKGROUND: Thymoquinone (TQ), the main active constituent of the volatile oil extracted from Nigella sativa's seeds, is used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and exhibits a variety of pharmacological effects. METHODS: Twenty-eight BALB/c female mice were divided into four groups: I (sham-operated control gr…

• HÜSNÜ ALPER BAĞRIYANIK

Büyüyen sağlık işletmelerinin ve harcamalarının etkisiyle 20’nci yy’da “sağlık ekonomisi” ayrı bir çalışma alanı olmuştur. Kamunun sağlık harcamalarından alması gereken pay ve de üstlenmesi gereken roller, maliye yönetimi ile birlikte sağlık ekonomistleri ve sağlık sistemi yöneticilerinin ilgi alanındadır. Çalışmada,…

• FERHAT SAYIM

INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoking is just important problem of public health. In the present study, our aim; was to determine to factors that increasing tendency to smoking cessation, the cases who are involved to policlinic of smoking cessation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred-forty five cigarette smokers were inclu…

• EMİNE ARGÜDER

BACKGROUND: Many serological tests have been used for the diagnosis of human brucellosis. A new serological method is identified as Brucella Coombs gel test based on the principle of centrifugation gel system similar to the gel system used in blood group determination. In this system, if Brucella antibodies were prese…

• HAYRUNİSA HANCI
• MUHAMMET HAMİDULLAH UYANIK

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• AHMET ŞENGÖNÜL
• HACI AHMET KARADAŞ
• ŞERİFE MERVE KOŞAROĞLU