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Background: Human bites are potentially dangerous wounds constituting an important cause of morbidity. Infections caused by human bites are reported to be more severe than infections caused by animal bites. The aim of this article is to present two patients with soft tissue infections secondary to human bites, which are rare in the literature. Case presentation: The first patient is a 62-year old female whose 4 th digit of her left hand was bitten by her disabled child and became necrotic. The second patient is a 35-year old female patient whose 2 nd digit in her left hand was bitten by her husband five days ago. Both patients had undergone debridement for the necrotic infections in the area of the lesion and prescribed the appropriate antibiotherapy. Rest, elevation and immobilization were maintained. The reconstruction and physiotherapy gave satisfactory results. Conclusion: Human bite wounds have long had a bad reputation for severe infection and frequent complication. For this reason, prophylactic antibiotic treatment should be given after human bite to prevent infection. If the infection signs and symptoms develop, rapid diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic and surgical therapy should be applied instantly.

Introduction and objectiveHepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to be among the prominent healthcare problems around the world. e liver is a critical organ for the storage and metabolism of vitamin D. Vitamin D is known to play a role in various biological processes including cell di erentiation, cell proliferation and inhibition of immune modulation. Recently, vitamin D levels are thought to in uence the immune system and the host response in viral infections such as HBV infections. In this study, our aim is to compare the vitamin D levels in healthy individuals and those with HBV infection in order to observe the relationship between the vitamin D levels and the HBV replication and disease progression.

Brucellosis is an endemic infectious disease in our country. Clinical signs and symptoms are spread over a wide spectrum; musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal system, cardiovascular system and the genitourinary system can be affected. Elevation of transaminases is a common finding in brucellosis due to involvement of reticuloendothelial system including the liver and spleen. In the patient presented here, hepatic cirrhosis was found due to chronic hepatitis B and delta hepatitis infection in the investigations made for not to overlook viral causes that might cause transaminase elevation and it was emphasized that these possible conditions shouldn't be overlooked in our region where brucellosis and hepatitis B are common.