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    Comparison of Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts between Men and Women
    (Kuwait Medical Assoc, 2016) Metin, Bayram; Aribas, Olgun Kadir; Dumanli, Ahmet; Aribas, Emel Turk
    Objective(s): To discuss the features of pulmonary hydatid cysts in male and female patients in terms of clinical, radiological, and surgical approaches Design: Retrospective study Setting: Thoracic surgery clinics of two universities in Turkey Subjects: Comparison of pulmonary hydatid cysts between men and women Intervention(s): Over the last 10 years, surgery was performed on 84 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts (62 female and 22 male). Main outcome measure(s): The patients in both groups were analyzed according to clinical, radiological, surgical, and postoperative characteristics. Results: In this study, the number of female patients who underwent surgery due to pulmonary hydatid cysts was significantly higher than males. In our study, cyst diameter was found to be greater in men than women (respectively, 7.018 cm and 4.560 cm; p = 0.001). When women and men were compared with respect to the rate of total complications, they were found to be higher in men than in women (p = 0.043). Length of hospital stay after surgery was also longer in men (15.29 d) than in women (6.90 d; p = 0.0001). Conclusion(s): In our study, cyst diameter was found to be greater in men than women. Perhaps it may be related to lung and thorax volume being 20-25% smaller in women than in men. In order to reveal the differences between women and men for pulmonary hydatid cysts, there is a need for studies covering both large numbers of cases and large endemic areas.
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    THE SPECIFICITY AND SENSITIVITY RESULTS OF THE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST USED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS
    (Carbone Editore, 2015) Altun, Hatice Uludag; Meral, Tuba; Aribas, Emel Turk
    Aims: The rapid antigen detection test and throat culture can be used for the diagnosis of group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) infections. The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity ratios of the rapid antigen test for GABHS in the laboratory setting. Materials and methods: In this study, the throat culture and rapid antigen test results were evaluated for 5120 patients between the ages of 0-18 years, who were admitted between January and June 2014 to the pediatric outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of clinical exudative tonsillopharyngitis. The tests of these patients were performed at the microbiology laboratory of Turgut Ozal University Hospital. Patients with only a throat culture or a rapid antigen test result were excluded from the study. Thus, 1243 patients were included in the current study, in which both tests had been performed. Two throat swab samples were collected from these patients. Culture tests and rapid antigen tests were both performed for the patient samples. The Strep A Abon kit [Hangzhou, China] was used as the rapid antigen test. Results: Nine hundred thirty-six patients had no bacterial growth in their throat cultures, while 307 throat cultures were positive for GABHS. The sensitivity and specificity of the rapid antigen test were 73% and 96.8%, respectively. The positive and negative predictive values for the rapid. antigen test were 88.2% and 91.6%, respectively. Conclusion: Although the specificity of the rapid antigen test used in this study Was high (96.8%), its sensitivity was determined to be lower (73%). Therefore, for patients in whom negative test results are obtained, it would be appropriate to confirm the test results with throat cultures.