The high prevalence of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in patients receiving chemotherapy and children with growth retardation and the validity of real-time PCR in its diagnosis

Çetinkaya, ÜLFET; Yazar, Süleyman; Kuk, Salih; Sıvcan, Eda; Kaynar, LEYLAGÜL; Arslan, DURAN; Sahin, Izzet

doi:10.3906/sag-1504-69

The high prevalence of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in patients receiving chemotherapy and children with growth retardation and the validity of real-time PCR in its diagnosis

Çetinkaya Ü., Yazar S., Kuk S., Sıvcan E., Kaynar L., Arslan D., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.46, ss.1050-1058, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 46
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1504-69
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1050-1058
Anahtar Kelimeler: Encephalitozoon intestinalis, prevalence, IFA-MAbs, nested PCR, probe-based real-time PCR
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in different patient groups consisting of immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals.