Özlem Makbule Aycan Kaya

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases Department

With this study, it was aimed to determine the prevalence of Leishmania species in cats in Hatay province and also to illuminate relationship between some clinical findings and the disease. In the research, 100 cats were examined, which brought to Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Stray Animal Care and Rehabilitation Center and Hatay Mustafa Kemal Un...

Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that occurs in humans, dogs, cats and rodents by vector female sand fly (Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia) from the Psychodidae family. There are 3 forms of the disease, including cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Leishmania infantum causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs and...

Background: Demodex mites are highly found in the skin of patients with rosacea. The diagnosis of Demodex can be made by standardized skin surface biopsy. Dermoscopy is a tool used in the noninvasive diagnosis of various dermatological diseases. Objectives: To determine whether dermoscopic features of demodicosis are associated with the result o...

ÖZET Giriş: İnsanlarda Demodex folliculorum (DF) ve Demodex brevis (DB) olmak üzere sadece iki Demodex türü saptanmıştır. Demodex akarları insan vücudunda en sık yüz bölgesinde (alın, yanaklar, burun ve çene) bulunurken diğer bölgelerde daha seyrek yerleşirler. Çalışmada fototerapi tedavisi alarak immünsüpresyon gelişen hastalarda Demodex akarların...

Background: Demodex mites are permanent ectoparasites of human pilosebaceous unit. They mainly infect skin of the face and scalp. Many studies have shown higher density of the ectoparasites in diseased inflammatory skin than in normal skin. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of Demodex folliculorum (DF) in treatment-resistant pat...

We aimed to determine frequency of louse and flea infestations in cats and dogs in various gender and age in this study. A hundred and fifty dogs and 50 cats were evaluated according to flea and louse infestation in Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Unattended Animals Care and Rehabilitation Center between 01 June 2017 and 10 July 2017. Louse was det...

Although demodicosis caused by Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis is widely seen throughout the world, the pathogenic mechanisms are not fully known. To the best of our knowledge, the effect of Demodex mites in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) is not known. SCA is a genetic disease characterized by abnormal hemoglobin production and supp...

Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease affecting all ages but especially children. Cutaneous leishmaniasis exists in Turkey, and, especially together with emigration from Syria to Turkey in recent years due to the civil war in Syria, the incidence of the disease has increased. Aim: To investigate Syrian patients (SP) and Tu...

The survey aims to determine the presence of mange mites in stray dogs from Hatay province, as they are a cause of public health problem. In the present study, mange mites were investigated in 100 dogs that were brought to Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Unattended Animals Care and Rehabilitation Center between 15 September-15 November 2016, by obt...

Background: This study aimed to detect the presence of the parasite Demodex folliculorum (DF) in various obese groups according to BMI Levels. Matherials and methods: A total of 182 patients (40.8 ± 14.8 years, min-max age 19 - 73 years) were enrolled in the study, of those 65 (35.7%) were female and 117 (64.3%) were male. They had previously ap...

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to compare parasitological and cytological diagnostic methods to detect T. Vaginalis in samples taken from posterior fornix of vagina. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, study population (n=104) were selected from women applying to gynecology outpatient clinic of Mustafa Kemal University Hospital with different...

In this study, we aimed to investigate frequency of Demodex (D.) folliculorum infestation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome patients. The study population consisted of 30 PCOS patients and 30 matched healthy control subjects admitted to the Hospital of Mustafa Kemal University, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between March 2013 and January 2014. The de...

Demodex mites are ectoparasites often found in the skin thought to be associated with the development of some skin diseases. Demodex positivity may be affected by several factors. In order to determine the relationship between Demodex infestation and rosacea disease (RD), Behçet’s disease (BD) and various individual parameters such as gender, perso...

Objective: Demodex spp., usually located on the human skin, including the face and eyelashes, is a mandatory ectoparasite. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and factors affecting Demodex spp. in patients with depression. Materials and Methods: In this study, 63 depressed patients and 63 healthy controls were evaluated. To collect...

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency of Pediculus capitis (P. capitis) in Pediatric Neurology outpatients. Materials and Metods: The study included total of 110 children between the ages 1-16, 39 male (35.5%) and 71 females (64.5%) who were referred to our hospital Pediatric Neurology outpatient clinic between March-May...

Objective: To investigate the frequency of demodex species in the external acoustic meatus in patients with an itchy ear canal. Methods: Patients were assigned to one of three groups. Group one consisted of 54 patients with an itchy ear canal who were using a local agent, while group two was composed of 51 patients with an itchy ear canal who we...

Objective: To investigate the presence of Demodex in patients with gestational diabetes and the impact of glucose regulation on Demodex density in gestational diabetes. Subjects and methods: The study population consisted of 33 patients with gestational diabetes and 30 pregnant women without gestational diabetes (control group). The age, parity,...

Auricular tumors constitute 6% of all head-neck tumors. Malignant tumors of the auricula are generally squamous or basal cell carcinomas. Myiasis rarely occurs in healthy individuals. In general, it is a parasite that is seen in patients with mental retardation or psychiatric disorders, elderly individuals, those with poor self-care and hygiene, an...

Background and aim: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic disease, which exhibits rapid increase in recent years and affects approximately 30-40% of the population worldwide. Demodex folliculorum (DF) is an ectoparasite, which is prevalent in human skin. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency of DF at eyelashes and cheek in pat...

To measure the rate of Demodex folliculorum mite infestation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and to investigate if it was related to blood glucose control. Patients with type 2 diabetes were classified according to their glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level into two groups: a well controlled blood glucose group (HbA1c ≤ 7%) and a poorly...

Objective: It was reported that, Demodex folliculorum (DF) and D. brevis (DB) may cause an infestation in healthy subjects and, may be important for some eye problems such as blepharitis, or these parasites can bring the present disease into a more serious condition. In this study, we aimed to determine which demodex species' density increase in pa...

Aim: In this study, 32 cases of scorpion sting cases admitted to Inonu University School of Medicine Children's Emergency Department between 2001-2007 were evaluated retrospectively. Material and Method: The cases were evaluated for the clinical findings, laboratory results, treatment and prognosis. Results: The patients mean age were 7.35±4.79 yea...

Background: Hair follicle mites, Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis, are known to accompany immune-deficiency states, however no study so far has investigated their presence in malnutrition. In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of those mites in childhood malnutrition, malignancy and risk factors. Methods: One hundred children...

Helicobacter pylori was examined in 110 patients (82 (74.5) with gastritis, 18 (16.4) with duodenitis, six (5.5) with duodenal ulcer and gastroesophageal reflux, and four (3.6 %) with normal) with gastrointestinal problems living in rural area, no history of macrolide use, and detected by culture (71.8) or direct detection from gastric biopsies by...

Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis mites are parasites of humans only. These mites are usually found on face, eyebrows, eyelashes and meibomian glands. When they appear in large numbers in eyelashe follicules, they may cause Demodex blepharitis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Demodex species on eyelashes of healthy in...

Giardia intestinalis is an enteric pathogen causing certain digestive disorders by attaching itself on the human intestine and, especially on the duodenum. It is reported that there is a strong relationship between the nitric oxide (NO) level and the clinical prognosis of the infection in infections of G. intestinalis. The aim of the study was to i...

Cyclospora cayetanesis is a pathogenic protozoan characterized with prolonged diarrhea in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Despite its ubiqutous distribution, reports on this parasite from Turkey are scarce. Our case is a 28 years old patient, a nurse, who presented to the emergency department in June 2009 with diarrhea, nausea and v...

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine frequency of Demodex folliculorum infestation in patients with urological cancers. Methods: This study evaluated 49 patients with urological cancers; 31 sex-matched healthy individuals as a control group were included in the study between March 2011 and April 2012 at the Hospital of Mustafa Kem...

Antigen screening were conducted to stool samples from 60 patients admitted to our emergency department with diarrhea complaint between June 2009 and October 2009 by the methods of direct microscopic examination, trichrome staining, ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), respectively. As a result of examination of total 60 samples with direct m...

Auteur(s) : Yelda Karincaoglu1, Ozlem Miman2, Bulent Kalayci1, Ozlem Makbule Aycan2, Metin Atambay2 1Inonu University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Venerelogy, 44315 Malatya - Turkey 2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya - Turkey Demodex folliculorum (DF) is the most common ectoparasite of t...

Demodex folliculorum is an obligate parasite and commonly detected in patients with immune system deprivation. This study is planned to document the Demodex folliculorum prevalence among patients with Behçet's disease (BD). The patients who referred to the ophthalmology clinic were included in the study. Fourty patients with BD and 131 patients wit...

House dust contains various organic and inorganic materials. The most important parts of the house dust are dust mites causing allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis and seasonal keratoconjunctivitis. In this study, a total of 72 random house dust samples collected from various regions of Eskisehir were examined. The...

Allergic rhinitis is still a commonly investigated disease all over the world. Allergens are usually in the nature of glycoprotein or protein which interact with antibodies resulting in the formation of specific Ig E in the body 1. It is presumed that some environmental factors play an important role in their clinics. In allergic rhinitis, symptoms...

House dust mites are found everywhere there are temperatures of 25-27 degrees C and humidity of 70-80 percent. The amount of acari varies according to social conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between social factors and the observable rate of acari. A total of 303 dust samples were examined and according to results...

Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis are acari that can be found in hair follicles and sebaceous glands of the skin, especially on face of humans. In this study, Demodex sp was investigated in regard to allergic diseases, age and gender. A total of 197 patients (117 with rosacea, 29 with akne vulgaris, and 51 with allergic diseases) were examine...

A decrease may occur in the levels of trace elements due to absorption deficiency resulting from giardiosis. This study was designed in order to reveal the difference in serum zinc levels between patients with giardiosis and healthy controls. Thirty one patients who were diagnosed as having giardiosis after detection of G. intestinalis and 31 healt...

Parasitic infections especially affect those children in critical phases of growing and development. They can lead to malnutrition, malabsorption, mental and social adaptation problems, and critical illnesses that hinder productivity. This is an important health problem in Turkey, and intestinal parasites are quite frequently found in boarding scho...

House dust mites play an important role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases. Many factors may influence mite growth. The presence of mites is related to mean temperature and humidity as well as altitude. The aim of this study was to analyze the mite fauna in 5 regions of western Anatolia, Turkey, that have similar climatic properties with low...

Dust-mites are present in our homes, feed on dead exfoliated skin and other organic material. It is also known that oxidative stress may lead to cellular damage that can be confirmed by markers of cellular disruption. Oxidative stress in various infective processes has been documented. We investigated whether house dust-mites cause oxidative stress...

Since 1960 it has been known that house dust mites are related to allergy and that they cause pulmonary tract diseases. There are various house dust mites and among these Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart, 1897) and Dermatophagoides farinae (Hughes, 1961) are best known with regard to their medical importance and morphological characterist...

The organisms in the Acarina order of the Arachnida class that form an important group of the Arthropoda are called mites. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart, 1897) and D. farinae (Hughes, 1961) are known to be the most common mites found in house dust. The aim of this study was to determine the house dust mite fauna in Malatya that had not...

Malaria continues to be an important health problem in and around Malatya. Although the disease can be kept under control thanks to the regular work of the Centre for the Struggle against Malaria, it can not be eradicated fully due to the socio-economic conditions in the region. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the disease t...

The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of intestinal parasites among primary school children in the central region of Malatya and to educate the children about parasitic diseases. During the study, cellophane tape preparations and stool samples that had been prepared using direct mounting methods were examined. In addition the student...

The incidence of intestinal parasites is closely related to such factors as the socio-economic level of the society, nutritional and hygienic habits, climate, environmental conditions, infrastructure and degree of literacy. In this study, the municipal sanitary workers who are regarded as a high risk group in Malatya were examined for intestinal pa...

Malaria that is usually seen in tropical and subtropical areas and presents with acute paroxysmal febrile attacks is a parasitic infection caused by Plasmodium species. P. vivax malaria is usually seen in our country, but P. falciparum malaria is rare. Since P. falciparum malaria may cause fatal complications, urgent therapy is necessary. Two patie...

It has been reported that hydatid cysts are more common in societies that breed animals. Although there have been epidemiologic studies in various regions of our country, there has been no previous study related to this issue in the province of Kars where stockbreeding is quite common. In this study in order to determine the seroprevalence in the c...

It has been reported that some occupation groups constitute a higher risk group with regard to hydatid cyst disease. Municipal garbage men also are under this risk especially in those places where untamed dogs are abundant. The aim of this study was to analyze the anti-Echinococcus antibodies in garbage men in Malatya who are regarded as high risk-...

Demodex folliculorum (DF), found in the pilosebaceous unit, is the most common ectoparasite in humans. It has been implicated in various clinical lesions such as pustular folliculitis, papulopustular scalp eruption, perioral dermatitis, and skin lesions of immunosuppressed patients on chemotherapy or with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)....

Demodex folliculorum (D. folliculorum), found in the pilosebaceous unit, is the most common ectoparasite of humans. Various clinical forms such as pustular folliculitis, papulopustular scalp eruptions, perioral dermatitis, and blepharitis have been defined, although in general, the disease has been classified into three main groups as "pityriasis f...

We aimed to investigate the incidence and density of Demodex folliculorum in adults with leukaemia or lymphoma. Fifty patients with haematological malignancy and 50 healthy controls were studied. Patients had been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia (12%), acute myelocytic leukaemia (32%), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (4%), chronic myelocyt...