| [retrospective evaluation of 15 cases with psoas abscesses]. | psoas abscesses are suppurative collections within the fascia surrounding the psoas and iliacus muscles. in this retrospective study it was aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings and treatment outcomes of 15 psoas abscess cases admitted to baskent university hospital, ankara, turkey during june 2003-january 2008 period. the mean age of the patients was 55.8 years (range 18 to 70 years) with a female to male ratio of 5/10. thirteen of the cases (86.5%) ... | 2009 | 19334388 |
| wound and soft tissue infections of serratia marcescens in patients receiving wound care: a health care-associated outbreak. | we described a health care-associated serratia marcescens outbreak of wound and soft tissue infection lasting approximately 11 months at ankara university ibni sina hospital. after identification of s marcescens strains from the clinical and environmental samples, and their susceptibility testing to antimicrobial agents, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) was performed to detect molecular epidemiologic relationships among these isolates. the strains which were isolated from the saline bottl ... | 2017 | 28063729 |