• 16S rRNA Gen Dizi Analizi ile Tanımlanan Klinik Nocardia İzolatlarının Antimikrobiyal Duyarlılıkları 

      Uner, Mahmut Celalettin; Hascelik, Gulsen; Mustak, Hamit Kaan (Ankara Microbiology Soc, 2016)
      Nocardia species are ubiquitous in the environment and responsible for various human infections such as pulmonary, cutaneous, central nervous system and disseminated nocardiosis. Since the clinical pictures and antimicrobial ...
    • A Survey of Antibiotic Resistance in Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Haemophilus Influenzae in Turkey, 2004-2005 

      Şener, Burçin; Tunçkanat, Ferda; Ulusoy, Sercan; Tünger, Alper; Söyletir, Güner; Mülazimoğlu, Lütfiye; Gürler, Nezahat; Öksüz, Lütfiye; Köksal, İftihar; Aydın, Kemalettin; Yalçın, Ata Nevzat; Öğünç, Dilara; Acar, Aslı; Sievers, Jörg (Oxford Univ Press, 2007)
      Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolated in Turkey as part of Survey Of Antibiotic Resistance, a surveillance programme in the ...
    • Analysis of Mutations in The Pbp Genes of Penicillin-Non-Susceptible Pneumococci from Turkey 

      Biçmen, M; Gülay, Z; Ramaswamy, SV; Musher, DM; Gür, D (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2006)
      Sequence analysis of the pbp genes from 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Turkey (eight with high-level penicillin-resistance, nine with low-level penicillin-resistance, and three that were penicillin-susceptible) ...
    • Comparative Evaluation Of Disk Diffusion With Microdilution Assay In Susceptibility Testing Of Caspofungin Against Aspergillus And Fusarium Isolates 

      Arikan, S; Paetznick, V; Rex, JH (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2002)
      We compared the disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods for susceptibility testing of caspofungin against Aspergillus (n = 78) and Fusarium (n = 22) isolates. Microdilution testing followed the NCCLS M-38P guidelines ...
    • Comparison Of Pcr- And Hinfi Restriction Endonuclease-Based Methods For Typing Of Candida Krusei Isolates 

      Sancak, B; Rex, JH; Chen, E; Marr, K (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2004)
      We compared HinfI restriction endonuclease-based analysis of genomic DNA with a PCR-based method for molecular typing of 90 Candida krusei isolates from 17 geographically related patients. Strain groupings by these methods ...
    • Comparison Of Two Methods And Three End Points In Determination Of In Vitro Activity Of Micafungin Against Aspergillus Spp. 

      Arikan, S; Yurdakul, P; Hascelik, G (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2003)
      We investigated the in vitro activity of micafungin against clinical Aspergillus isolates (n = 37) (Aspergillus-fumigatus [n = 21], Aspergillusflavus [n = 14], and Aspergillus niger [n = 2]) by using NCCLS M38A microdilution ...
    • Correlation Of In Vitro Fluconazole Susceptibility With Clinical Outcome For Severely Ill Patients With Oropharyngeal Candidiasis 

      Arikan, S; Akova, M; Hayran, M; Ozdemir, O; Erman, M; Gur, D; Unal, S (Univ Chicago Press, 1998)
      We investigated the correlation between in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole and clinical response in severely ill patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis treated with fluconazole. The study included 48 adult patients, ...
    • Cyclospora Infection In Five Immunocompetent Patients In A Turkish University Hospital 

      Sancak, B; Akyon, Y; Erguven, S (Soc General Microbiology, 2006)
      Infection with Cyclospora has been increasingly reported worldwide in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Here the cases of five patients infected with Cyclospora cayetanensis, who sought medical care ...
    • Diagnosis and Management of Aspergillus Diseases: Executive Summary of The 2017 Escmid-Ecmm-Ers Guideline 

      Ullmann, A. J.; Aguado, J. M.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Denning, D. W.; Groll, A. H.; Lagrou, K.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Lewis, R. E.; Munoz, P.; Verweij, P. E.; Warris, A.; Ader, F.; Akova, M.; Arendrup, M. C.; Barnes, R. A.; Beigelman-Aubry, C.; Blot, S.; Bouza, E.; Bruggemann, R. J. M.; Buchheidt, D.; Cadranel, J.; Castagnola, E.; Chakrabarti, A.; |Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Dimopoulos, G.; Fortun, J.; Gangneux, J. -P.; Garbino, J.; Heinz, W. J.; Herbrecht, R.; Heussel, C. P.; Kibbler, C. C.; Klimko, N.; Kullberg, B. J.; Lange, C.; Lehrnbecher, T.; Loeffler, J.; Lortholary, O.; Maertens, J.; Marchetti, O.; Meis, J. F.; Pagano, L.; Ribaud, P.; Richardson, M.; Roilides, E.; Ruhnke, M.; Sanguinetti, M.; Sheppard, D. C.; Sinko, J.; Skiada, A.; Vehreschild, M. J. G. T.; Viscoli, C.; Cornely, O. A. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2018)
      The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and the European Respiratory Society Joint Clinical Guidelines focus on diagnosis and management of ...
    • Diagnosis of Chronic Brucellar Meningitis And Meningoencephalitis: The Results Of The Istanbul-2 Study 

      Erdem, H.; Kılıç, S.; Şener, B.; Açıkel, C.; Alp, E.; Karahocagil, M.; Yetkin, F.; İnan, A.; Kecik-Bosnak, V.; Gül, H. C.; Tekin-Koruk, S.; Ceran, N.; Demirdal, T.; Yilmaz, G.; Ulu-Kilic, A.; Ceylan, B.; Doğan-Celik, A.; Nayman-Alpat, S.; Tekin, R.; Yalcı, A.; Turhan, V.; Karaoğlan, I.; Yılmaz, H.; Mete, B.; Batirel, A.; Ulcay, A.; Dayan, S.; İnal, A. Seza; Ahmed, S. S.; Tufan, Z. K.; Karakaş, A.; Teker, B.; Namiduru, M.; Savasçı, U.; Pappas, G. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2013)
      No detailed data exist in the literature on the accurate diagnosis of chronic brucellar meningitis or meningoencephalitis. A multicentre retrospective chart review was performed at 19 health centres to determine sensitivities ...
    • Effect of Antioxidants on The Immune Response of Helicobacter Pylori 

      Akyön, Y (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002)
      Antioxidants are substances capable of inhibiting oxidation. In chronic diseases, inflammatory response cells produce oxygen free radicals. Oxygen free radicals cause DNA damage, and this may lead to gene modifications ...
    • Emergence And Co-Infections Of West Nile Virus And Toscana Virus In Eastern Thrace, Turkey 

      Erdem, H.; Ergunay, K.; Yilmaz, A.; Naz, H.; Akata, F.; Inan, A. S.; Ulcay, A.; Gunay, F.; Ozkul, A.; Alten, B.; Turhan, V.; Oncul, O.; Gorenek, L. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
      The objective of this study was to identify the impact of West Nile virus (WNV) and Toscana virus (TOSV) in febrile diseases of unknown aetiology in Eastern Thrace, Turkey; this study was conducted during August-October ...
    • Escmid And Ecmm Joint Clinical Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Systemic Phaeohyphomycosis: Diseases Caused By Black Fungi 

      Chowdhary, A.; Meis, J. F.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, G. S.; Kathuria, S.; Arendrup, M. C.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Akova, M.; Boekhout, T.; Caira, M.; Guinea, J.; Chakrabarti, A.; Dannaoui, E.; van Diepeningen, A.; Freiberger, T.; Groll, A. H.; Hope, W. W.; Johnson, E.; Lackner, M.; Lagrou, K.; Lanternier, F.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Lortholary, O.; Meletiadis, J.; Munoz, P.; Pagano, L.; Petrikkos, G.; Richardson, M. D.; Roilides, E.; Skiada, A.; Tortorano, A. M.; Ullmann, A. J.; Verweij, P. E.; Cornely, O. A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)
      The aetiological agents of many invasive fungal infections are saprobes and opportunistic pathogens. Some of these fungi are darkly pigmented due to melanin production and traditionally have been named dematiaceous'. The ...
    • Escmid And Ecmm Joint Guidelines On Diagnosis And Management Of Hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium Spp., Scedosporium Spp. And Others 

      Tortorano, A. M.; Richardson, M.; Roilides, E.; van Diepeningen, A.; Caira, M.; Munoz, P.; Johnson, E.; Meletiadis, J.; Pana, Z. -D.; Lackner, M.; Verweij, P.; Freiberger, T.; Cornely, O. A.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Dannaoui, E.; Groll, A. H.; Lagrou, K.; Chakrabarti, A.; Lanternier, F.; Pagano, L.; Skiada, A.; Akova, M.; Arendrup, M. C.; Boekhout, T.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Guinea, J.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, S.; Hope, W.; Kathuria, S.; Lortholary, O.; Meis, J. F.; Ullmann, A. J.; Petrikkos, G.; Lass-Floerl, C. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)
      Mycoses summarized in the hyalohyphomycosis group are heterogeneous, defined by the presence of hyaline (non-dematiaceous) hyphae. The number of organisms implicated in hyalohyphomycosis is increasing and the most clinically ...
    • Escmid Dagger And Ecmm Double Dagger Joint Clinical Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Mucormycosis 2013 

      Cornely, O. A.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Dannaoui, E.; Groll, A. H.; Lagrou, K.; Chakrabarti, A.; Lanternier, F.; Pagano, L.; Skiada, A.; Akova, M.; Arendrup, M. C.; Boekhout, T.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Freiberger, T.; Guinea, J.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, S.; Hope, W.; Johnson, E.; Kathuria, S.; Lackner, M.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Lortholary, O.; Meis, J. F.; Meletiadis, J.; Munoz, P.; Richardson, M.; Roilides, E.; Tortorano, A. M.; Ullmann, A. J.; van Diepeningen, A.; Verweij, P.; Petrikkos, G. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)
      These European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and European Confederation of Medical Mycology Joint Clinical Guidelines focus on the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis. Only a few of the ...
    • Escmid* Guideline For The Diagnosis And Management Of Candida Diseases 2012: Diagnostic Procedures 

      Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Verweij, P. E.; Arendrup, M. C.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Bille, J.; Donnelly, J. P.; Jensen, H. E.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Richardson, M. D.; Akova, M.; Bassetti, M.; Calandra, T.; Castagnola, E.; Cornely, O. A.; Garbino, J.; Groll, A. H.; Herbrecht, R.; Hope, W. W.; Kullberg, B. J.; Lortholary, O.; Meersseman, W.; Petrikkos, G.; Roilides, E.; Viscoli, C.; Ullmann, A. J. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2012)
      Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7): 918 Abstract As the mortality associated with invasive Candida infections remains high, it is important to make optimal use of available diagnostic tools to initiate antifungal ...
    • Evaluation Of A Method For Identification Of Candida Dubliniensis Bloodstream Isolates 

      Sancak, B; Rex, JH; Paetznick, V; Chen, E; Rodriguez, J (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2003)
      To evaluate methods for differentiating Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis, 772 putative C. albicans bloodstream isolates were tested for growth at 37 and 42degreesC. Isolates showing no growth at 42degreesC, abundant ...
    • Geographical Variation In Therapy For Bloodstream Infections Due To Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A Post-Hoc Analysis Of The Increment Study 

      Harris, Patrick N. A.; Pezzani, M. Diletta; Gutierrez-Gutierrez, Belen; Viale, Pierluigi; Hsueh, Po-Ren; Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia; Venditti, Mario; Tumbarello, Mario; Navarro-Francisco, Carolina; Calbo, Esther; Akova, Murat; Giamarellou, Helen; Oliver, Antonio; Almirante, Benito; Gasch, Oriol; Martinez-Martinez, Luis; Schwaber, Mitchell J.; Daikos, George; Pitout, Johann; Pena, Carmen; Hernandez-Torres, Alicia; Doi, Yohei; Perez, Federico; Tuon, Felipe Francisco; Tacconelli, Evelina; Carmeli, Yehuda; Bonomo, Robert A.; Pascual, Alvaro; Paterson, David L.; Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus (Elsevier Science Bv, 2017)
      We describe regional differences in therapy for bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Patients (n ...
    • Gyrase Mutations In Laboratory-Selected, Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mutants Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis H37Ra 

      Kocagöz, Tanıl; Ünsal, İbrahim; Nikaido, Hiroshi; Hackbarth, C. J.; Rosenberg, E. Y.; Chambers, H. F. (Amer Soc Microbiology, 1996)
      To characterize mechanisms of resistance to fluoroquinolones by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mutants of strain H37Ra were selected in vitro with ofloxacin. Their quinolone resistance-determining regions of gyrA and gyrB ...
    • Head-To-Head Comparison Of Inhibitory And Fungicidal Activities Of Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, Posaconazole, And Isavuconazole Against Clinical Isolates Of Trichosporon Asahii 

      Hazirolan, Gulsen; Canton, Emilia; Sahin, Selma; Arikan-Akdagli, Sevtap (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2013)
      Treatment of disseminated Trichosporon infections still remains difficult. Amphotericin B frequently displays inadequate fungicidal activity and echinocandins have no meaningful antifungal effect against this genus. Triazoles ...