This study was aim to examine both human values and moral maturity of adolescence within gender and age variables and the relationship between human values and moral maturity in adolescence. The study was conducted with 341 adolescences[N=108 (32%) male, 233'ü (68%) female] attending to Agrı high schools in 2011 -2012 school year in and their age ranged from 13 to 18. All adolescences were chosen in this study randomly. In this study The Moral Maturity Scale (Dilmaç, 2007) and The Human Values Scale (Selçuk ve Kaya, 2008) were used. As a result of the study it was found that female adolescences got significantly higher score than male adolescences in human values and in moral maturity level (p<.05). Moreover adolescences with 16-18 age got significantly higher score than adolescences with 13-15 age (p<.01). In this study it was also found that all gender were at Kohlberg conventional moral level. Moreover human values and its sub constructs are significantly correlated with moral maturity and five sub construct except forbearance explain 24 % variance of moral maturity (p<.01). The findings of this research were discussed in the
Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD). In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical data of patients with suspicion of CSD and delineate current epidemiological features.A total of 785 patients with suspected CSD were included in the study. B. henselae IgM antibody was determined by indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test using a commercial kit (Euroimmun, Germany). Sex, age, clinical pre-diagnosis and animal contact information of the patients were obtained from hospital electronic database records.Seventy-eight (9.9%) of 785 samples were seropositive. Out of 78 patients, 46 with animal contact data were further analyzed. Of these patients, 56% were male, and 41% were under 18 years of age. Seropositivity was more commonly observed in fall and winter. The most common finding was lymphadenitis (63%). Thirty-five patients (76%) had a previous history of animal contact (cat/dog). Of the 46 seropositive patients, 78.3, 15.2, 4.4, and 2.1% had titers of 1:80, 1:160, 1:320, and 1:640, respectively.Our study confirms that CSD is not rare in Turkey. Thus, it should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with lymphadenopathy in all age groups, particularly children. Questioning of cat exposure should never be neglected, especially in areas with intense population of stray cats, such as Istanbul.
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