| [salmonella enterica serotypes and salmonella infections: a multicenter study covering ten provinces in turkey]. | in order to find the distinctive features of salmonellae and salmonella infections in turkey, 620 salmonellae strains, isolated from various clinical samples (481 stool, 108 blood, 12 urine, 3 bone marrow, 3 cerebrospinal fluid, 9 pus, and one from each of the bile, pleural fluid, wound, catheter samples) in 13 clinical microbiology laboratories of 10 provinces in turkey (ankara, antalya, bursa, edirne, eskişehir, istanbul, izmir, kayseri, konya and trabzon) between july 1, 2000 and june 30, 200 ... | 2004 | 15490836 |
| polymerase chain reaction detection of salmonella spp. in fecal samples of pet birds. | the aims of this study were 1) to determine the prevalence of salmonella in clinically ill birds in aviaries in ankara, turkey, and 2) to compare conventional culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for detection of salmonella in feces from clinically ill pet birds. in the study, 185 fecal samples (feces and/or swabs) collected from the pet birds kept in the seven different aviaries in the city of ankara were investigated for the existence of salmonella spp. by bacterial isolation and pcr. t ... | 2008 | 18459317 |
| molecular epidemiology of penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in a university hospital, ankara, turkey. | penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae isolates (n = 76) from clinical samples of patients admitted to hacettepe university hospital between january 1997 and december 2001 were included in the study. mics of penicillin g, erythromycin a, clindamycin, cefaclor, cefotaxime, vancomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin and rifampicin were determined by agar dilution. the isolates were serogrouped on the basis of the neufeld quellung reaction and were typed by box-pcr. genetic pol ... | 2004 | 15301674 |
| [validation of the turkish versions of the short-form conners' teacher and parent rating scales]. | to investigate factorial and criterion validity as well as reliability of the turkish translations of the 28-item conners' teacher rating scale (ctrs) and 48-item conners' parent rating scale (cprs), which both measure attention deficit, hyperactivity, and conduct problems in children, through a series of studies conducted with either normal or clinical samples. | 2007 | 17364268 |
| [antimicrobial resistance of neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated from sex workers in ankara]. | the prevalence of gonococcal infections among sexually transmitted infections is decreasing particularly in developed countries, but the increase in antimicrobial resistance of neisseria gonorrhoeae is an emerging issue. there is lack of data about the epidemiology and the resistance pattern of the pathogen in our country. gonococcal infections are recently included among the reportable diseases in turkey. the specific laboratory tests are difficult, expensive and seldomly used for diagnosis in ... | 2006 | 16775959 |