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    Fasciola hepatica infection in echinococcosis suspected cases.
    (2011) Sakru N.; Korkmaz M.; Demirci M.; Kuman A.; Ok U.Z.
    Fasciola hepatica, a liver fluke of sheep and cattle, may accidentally infect humans. The main signs and symptoms of the fasciolosis are eosinophilia, abdominal pain and hepatomegaly and may also be attributed to Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) caused by Echinococcus granulosus, which is a prevalent infection in Turkey. Sera samples of 226 CE suspected cases were tested for anti-F. hepatica antibodies by an excretory secretory ELISA (ES-ELISA) and for anti-E. granulosus antibodies by ELISA and indirect hemagglutination (IHA) tests. Cases which were seropositive for fasciolosis were further evaluated radiologically and examined for F. hepatica eggs. Five (2.2%) and 96 (42.4%) of the 226 CE suspected cases were found seropositive for fasciolosis and CE, respectively. Although the radiological findings strongly suggested that there was fasciolosis in three cases, F. hepatica eggs were detected in two patients only. These data suggest that human fasciolosis is not as rare as previously reported in Turkey. F. hepatica infection should be suspected especially in the presence of eosinophilia, abdominal pain and liver lesions.
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    Increased sensitivity of Trichomonas vaginalis isolation from vaginal secretions by subsequent blind passage of preliminary negative cultures
    (2005) Sakru N.; Toz S.O.; Yetkin A.C.; Akinci P.Y.; Kirca U.
    Trichomonas vaginalis is a vaginal protozoon causing the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease. Culture is considered as the most reliable and gold standard among conventional diagnostic methods in the detection of T. vaginalis. In the present study, the diagnostic effect of subsequent blind culturing of vaginal secretion samples in Diamond's complete medium at every 48 h was investigated in 93 women. Vaginal secretion samples were examined by wet mount and inoculated into Diamond's complete medium. All tubes were subcultured to a new culture tube blindly 5 times at 48-h interval and checked microscopically everyday for the presence of T. vaginalis trophozoites. Three of 93 women were found to be positive both by wet mount and standard culture methods. Five more positive results were detected with subsequent blind culturing among 90 negative results. This system appears to be a useful method for the detection of T. vaginalis. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.