A report on healthcare-associated Myroides odoratimimus outbreak. Is the urine bottle guilty?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to report a 9-case Myroides odoratimimus outbreak in the intensive care units (ICUs) of a secondary care hospital.

Methodology: The hospital laboratory recorded several consecutive detections of Myroides spp. in urine samples in March 2023.

Detection of hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid using real-time polymerase chain reaction method in pooled-plasma samples of Turkish blood donors.

Background: The extent and the number of routine tests performed for blood donor screening to avoid infections transmitted through blood transfusion have been gradually increasing worldwide and is determined nationally. Following the publication of the new "blood and blood components regulation", the blood banking and transfusion system is through a reorganization stage in Turkey. The national guideline including the donor screening algorithms is to be published which requires national data to be created.

Aqueous humor and serum concentration of hydroxyproline in pseudoexfoliation syndrome.

Purpose: To determine the concentration of hydroxyproline (Hyp) in aqueous humor and serum samples of patients with and without pseudoexfoliation (PEX).

Patients And Methods: Aqueous humor and serum Hyp levels were measured in cataract patients. Patients were divided into PEX and control groups.

[Short communication: investigation of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in blood donors by Sabin-Feldman Dye Test].

In this study, a serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection in healthy blood donors admitted to Blood Center of Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital was carried out. Sera from 390 male and 24 female (ages between 18-59 years) were evaluated by using Sabin Feldman Dye Test (SFDT). Of 414 donors 176 (42.