Free-living amoebas (AVLs), such as Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, Balamuthia, and Vermamoeba, have been identified in both natural man-made settings, hot springs spas. Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis, while Acanthamoeba Balamuthia cause chronic granulomatous encephalitis. can also skin lesions amoebic keratitis. This study aimed to identify the presence of these protozoa ...

Abstract Within meiofauna, cnidarians are represented by only a few species most of which in the genus Halammohydra Remane, 1927. It represents highly modified medusae. Information about this group is limited, complicates its placement Cnidarian tree and relationship to another meiofaunal cnidarian, Otohydra Swedmark & Teissier, 1958. This needs be clarified with molecular, but also morphol...

The occurrence and densities of opportunistic pathogens (OPs), the microbial community structure, and their associations with sediment elements from eight water storage tanks in Ohio, West Virginia, and Texas were investigated. The elemental composition of sediments was measured through X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectra. The occurrence and densities of OPs and amoeba hosts (i.e., Legionella spp....

Amaç: Apendiks vermiformis çekumun posteromedial yüzünden köken alan ve en sık retroçekal alanda lokalize körelmiş bir organdır. Bu olgu sunumunda subhepatik akut apandisit tanısı ile apendektomi yapılan hastayı sunmayı amaçladık. Olgu: 24 yaşında kadın hasta üç gündür devam eden giderek artan sağ üst kadran ağrısı nedeniyle başvurdu. Muayenede hassasiyet defans mevcuttu. Lökositoz C-reaktif pr...