Biomedical subjects

Tuncay Hasip Sözen

Publications and source records attributed to Tuncay Hasip Sözen.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2003

[Thrombocytopenia cases due to acute brucellosis].

The hematological manifestations of brucellosis include anemia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia and clotting disorders. In this case report, two patients, with clinically and serologically proven brucellosis, manifesting with thrombocytopenia were presented. The first patient who was a 32 years old man, was admitted to the hospital with the complaints of fever, malaise and night sweats. His Brucella agglutination titer was 1/1280 and thrombocyte count was 41.000/mm3. The second case was a 46 years old man with the complaints of fever and rash. His Brucella agglutination titer was 1/640, thrombocyte count was 38.000/mm3. Following treatment with doxycycline and rifampisin the thrombocyte counts of the patients returned to normal (respectively, 176.000/mm3 and 162.000/mm3. The blood cultures of both of these patients did not yield Brucella. The antibiotic therapy of patients discontinued after 6 weeks, with full recovery.

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PubMed2003

[Prolonged hepatitis A: three case reports].

In this report, three patients, admitted to Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases Department, with the diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis A have been discussed because of their clinical and/or biochemical relapses. Following conservative treatment and bedrest, the liver transaminases decrease to nearly normal levels but a second peak was observed later in three of the cases. Other viral, metabolic and autoimmune factors which could lead to the increase of liver transaminases were ruled out. Anti-HAV IgM antibodies became negative in 2 to 4 months later, and liver enzymes returned to normal in 4 to 5 months after onset of their illnesses. As a result, it was concluded that conservative follow-up and therapy would be sufficient since the prognosis of A hepatitis is usually benign even if it relapsed.

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PubMed2002

[Case report: evaluation of two cases of tuberculoma incident to tuberculosis meningitis].

Intracranial tuberculoma is one of the most serious complications of tuberculous meningitis. In this report, two patients who develop intracranial tuberculoma as a complication of tuberculous meningitis have been presented. The first patient was a 35 years old male patient who were still been in therapy for cavitary tuberculosis. The other one was 42 years old male patient and have had treated for subdural empyema two years ago. There was no positivity in both of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of the patients by Gram and Erlich Ziehl Neelsen stained preparations, while the CSF sample of the first case yielded Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture. The tuberculoma diagnosis of these patients managed by the help of computerized tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) methods. As a result, it was thought that CT and NMR techniques have a great role in the diagnosis and management of complications in tuberculous meningitis patients.

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PubMed2002

[Case report: psoas abscess due to brucellosis].

Skeletal system involvement is relatively a common complication of human brucellosis. However, muscular involvement is less frequent, and particularly psoas abscess is always secondary to spondylitis. In this case report, psoas abscess formation in a 70 years old female brucellosis patient complicated with spondylitis on vertebral corpus, has been presented.

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