Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine
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Item Retrospective evaluation of viral respiratory tract infections in a university hospital in Ankara, Turkey (2016-2019)(2022) Altay-Kocak, Aylin; Sarzhanova, Shakhnoza; Tapisiz, Anil; Dizbay, Murat; Basustaoglu, Ahmet; Bozdayi, Gulendam; 0000-0002-0451-0142; 35656958; AAI-8012-2021Introduction: Viruses are responsible for two-thirds of all acute respiratory tract infections. This study aims to retrospectively detect respiratory tract viruses in patients from all age groups who visited the hospital. Methodology: A total of 1592 samples from 1416 patients with respiratory tract symptoms were sent from several clinics to the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at Gazi University Hospital from February 2016 to January 2019. Nucleic acid extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs, throat swabs or bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples sent to our laboratory was done using a commercial automated system. Extracted nucleic acids were amplified by a commercial multiplex-real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method, which can detect 18 viral respiratory pathogens. Results: Among 1592 samples, 914 (57.4%) were positive for respiratory viruses. The most prevalent were rhinovirus (25.2%) and influenza A virus (12.1%), the least prevalent was the bocavirus (2.6%). Rhinovirus was the most detected as a single agent (21.2%, 194/914) among all positive cases, followed by coronavirus (9.3%, 85/914). The detection rates of coronavirus, human adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus A/B, human parainfluenza viruses, human metapneumovirus-A/B, human parechovirus, enterovirus and influenza B virus were 9.9%, 8%, 7.7%, 5%, 3.4%, 3.1%, 3%, and 2.8%, respectively. Conclusions: The most detected viral agents in our study were influenza A virus and rhinovirus. Laboratory diagnosis of respiratory viruses is helpful to prevent unnecessary antibiotic use and is essential in routine diagnostics for antiviral treatment. Multiplex Real-time PCR method is fast and useful for the diagnosis of viral respiratory infections.Item Multi-assay investigation of viral etiology in pediatric central nervous system infections(2020) Altay-Kocak, Aylin; Bozdayi, Gulendam; Michel, Janine; Polat, Meltem; Kanik-Yuksek, Saliha; Tezer, Hasan; Ozkul, Aykut; Ahmed, Kamruddin; Nitsche, Andreas; Ergunay, Koray; 32683347Introduction: In an attempt to identify a wide spectrum of viral infections, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens were collected from pediatric cases with the preliminary diagnosis of viral encephalitis/meningoencephalitis in two reference hospitals, from October 2011 to December 2015. Methodology: A combination of nucleic acid-based assays, including in house generic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for enteroviruses, flaviviruses and phleboviruses, a commercial real-time PCR assay for herpesviruses and a commercial real time multiplex PCR, enabling detection of frequently-observed viral, bacterial and fungal agents were employed for screening. Results: The microbial agent could be characterized in 10 (10%) of the 100 specimens. Viral etiology could be demonstrated in 7 (70%) specimens, which comprises Human Herpesvirus 6 (4/7), Herpes Simplex virus type1 (2/7) and Enteroviruses (1/7). In 3 specimens (30%), Streptococcus pneumoniae, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus were detected via the multiplex PCR, which were also isolated in bacteriological media. All specimens with detectable viral nucleic acids, as well as unreactive specimens via nucleic acid testing remained negative in bacteriological cultures. Conclusions: Herpes and enteroviruses were identified as the primary causative agents of central nervous system infections in children. Enterovirus testing must be included in the diagnostic work-up of relevant cases.