Influenza virus infections are extremely important for human health due to the occurence of seasonal epidemics and pandemics worldwide. Influenza is associated with high morbidity and may result in serious complications such as life threatening viral or bacterial pneumonia. Especially, young children, older adults, patients with chronic diseases such as heart, lung, kidney, and diabetes and immunosuppressed people are at higher risk for complications and death from influenza virus infections. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of influenza type A and B virus infections and influenza A virus subtypes in hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR, Sacace, Italy), conventional RT-PCR and direct immunofluorescence antibody (DFA, Argene SA, France) tests. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were collected from a total of 476 patients with respiratory tract symptoms by using flocked swabs (Copan Diagnostics, Italy) between 1 April 2012 and 31 December 2013. Influenza A virus was detected in 20.5% (98/476) and influenza B virus in 3.3% (16/476) of the cases by real-time RT-PCR test. During the study period, 63.3% of 98 influenza virus isolates were found as influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and 36.7% were influenza A(H3N2) subtypes. Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 subtype was observed in 12 cases in January 2013 and influenza A(H3N2) subtype was observed in 11 cases in December 2013 as the highest values. When the real-time RT-PCR test was regarded as the reference test, the sensitivities of DFA test for influenza A and B and conventional RT-PCR test with WHO primers (M30F2/08 and M264R3/08) for influenza A were detected as 72.4%, 75%, 96% and the specificities were detected as 99.2%, 99.5% and 100%, respectively. In conclusion, influenza A virus infection was detected rather high with a rate of 20.5% in the study group. The monitoring of influenza virus types and subtypes is required for the evaluation of influenza vaccine strains and circulating influenza viruses and for the identification of subtypes with pandemic potential. Planning for appropriate antiviral therapy using real-time RT-PCR in the early diagnosis of influenza virus infections will significantly contribute to the management of the patient's treatment. Thus, unnecessary drug use will be prevented and controlled with effective treatment of the disease at the time of infection.
ÖZET Giriş: Hematopoietik kök hücre transplantasyonu (HKHT) yapılan hastalarda immünsüpresif tedaviye bağlı viral infeksiyonlar özellikle sitomegalovirüs (CMV), Epstein-Barr virüs (EBV) ve adenovirüs (ADV) infeksiyonları morbidite ve mortalitenin başlıca sebebidir. Bu çalış-mada, HKHT yapılan çocuk hastalarda CMV, EBV ve ADV infeksiyonlarının insidansının araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Materyal ve
Giriş: Kronik hepatit B virüs (HBV) enfeksiyonun uzun süreli tedavisi sırasında nükleoz(t)id analoglarına karşı ilaç direnci mutasyonlarının gelişmesi tedavi başarısızlığına yol açabilen önemli bir sorundur. Bu çalışmanın amacı kronik hepatit B enfeksiyonu olan hastalarda HBV ilaç direnci gen mutasyonlarının pyrosequencing metodu ile araştırılmasıdır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kasım 2013 ve Mayıs 2014 tarihleri arasında, kronik hepatit B enfeksiyonu olan 89'u tedavi almayan (naif) ve 48'i tedavi alan toplam 137 hastaya ait serum örnekleri lamivudin (LAM), adefovir, telbivudin (TEL), entekavir (ETV) ve tenofovir (TDF) ile ilişkili ilaç direnç mutasyonlarının tespiti için real-time polimeraz zincir reaksiyonu testi sonrası pyrosequencing metodu (PyroStar HBV Drug Resistance Test, Altona Diagnostics, Germany) ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Tedavi almayan 89 hastada, TDF'ye duyarlılığı azaltan rtA194T mutasyonu bir (%1,1) olguda bulunmuştur. Tedavi edilen 48 hastada, LAM ve TEL'e ilaç direnci ve ETV'ye karşı da çapraz dirence sebep olan rtM204I mutasyonu bir (%2,1) olguda tespit edilmiştir. Kompansatuvar mutasyon olan rtL180M iki (%4,2) hastada gözlenmiştir. ETV direncini gösteren rtT184S mutasyonu ile birlikte rtM204V'nin varlığı bir (%2,1) hastada tespit edilmiştir. ÖzIntroduction: The development of drug resistance mutations to nucleos(t)ide analogues during long-term therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major problem that may lead to treatment failure. The aim of this study was to investigate the HBV drug resistance gene mutations in patients with chronic HBV infection by pyrosequencing method. Materials and Methods: Between December 2013 and May 2014, serum samples collected from 137 patients with chronic HBV infection, (89 treatment-naive and 48 treatment-experienced), were analyzed with real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis followed by pyrosequencing (PyroStar HBV Drug Resistance Test, Altona Diagnostics, Germany) for drug resistance mutations associated with lamivudine (LAM), adefovir, telbivudine (TEL), entecavir (ETV), and tenofovir (TDF). Results: Of the 89 treatment-naive patients, one (1.1%) had the rtA194T mutation, associated with reduced susceptibility to TDF. Of the 48 treatment-experienced patients, one (2.1%) had the rtM204I mutation, associated with drug resistance to LAM, TEL, and cross-resistance to ETV. Compensatory mutation rtL180M was observed in two patients (4.2%). The presence of rtM204V combined with rtT184S mutation indicating ETV resistance was detected in one patient (2.1%). Conclusion: The incidence of drug resistance mutations was 8.3% in treatment-experienced and 1.1% in treatment-naive patients. The use of pyrosequencing technology before and during treatment of patients with chronic HBV infection would contribute to the rapid detection of drug resistance mutations. Abstract Mehmet
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