Mediterranean Fever

Syringes (N = 426), ventilator machine swabs (N = 202) and intravenous (IV) fluid administration sets (N = 47) from 101 surgical cases were evaluated for bacterial contamination. Cultures from the external surface of syringe tips and syringe contents were positive in 46% and 15% of cases, respectively. The same bacterial species was cultured from both ventilator and syringe in 13% of cases, and was also detected in the IV fluid administration set in two cases. A significant association was found between emergency cases and contaminated syringes (odds ratio 4...

OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to explore whether the demographic and clinical features of paediatric familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients with different colchicine response vary or not and to determine whether colchicine response can be predicted in FMF patients. METHODS: Files of patients who have been on colchicine therapy for at least 6 months were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups: group I included patients with no attacks after colchicine and group II comprised patients with ongoing attacks...