Browsing Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü by Subject "Infectious Diseases"

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    • A Current Analysis Of Caregivers' Approaches To Fever And Antipyretic Usage 

      Polat, Meltem; Kara, Soner Sertan; Tezer, Hasan; Tapisiz, Anil; Derinoz, Oksan; Dolgun, Anil (J Infection Developing Countries, 2014)
      Introduction: The aim of this survey was to investigate the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices of febrile children's caregivers about fever, antipyretic usage, and temperature measurement methods in a tertiary ...

    • 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 In Vitro Activities Of Posaconazole, Voriconazole, Itraconazole, And Amphotericin B Against Aspergillus And Rhizopus, And Synergy Testing For Rhizopus 

      Arikan, Sevtap; Sancak, Banu; Alp, Sehnaz; Hascelik, Gulsen; Mcnicholas, Paul (Informa Healthcare, 2008)
      We compared the in vitro activities of posaconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, and amphotericin B against clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. and Rhizopus spp., and explored the in vitro interaction between posaconazole ...

    • Concurrent Occurrence Of Human And Equine West Nile Virus Infections In Central Anatolia, Turkey: The First Evidence For Circulation Of Lineage 1 Viruses 

      Ozkul, Aykut; Ergunay, Koray; Koysuren, Aydan; Alkan, Feray; Arsava, Ethem M.; Tezcan, Seda; Emekdas, Gurol; Hacioglu, Sabri; Turan, Mahur; Us, Durdal (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2013)
      Background: West Nile fever is an important zoonotic infection caused by West Nile virus (WNV), a member of the Flaviviridae. Previous serological data from Turkey suggest widespread WNV circulation. This report includes ...

    • 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, ...

    • Current Status Of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Methods 

      Arikan, Sevtap (Oxford Univ Press, 2007)
      Antifungal susceptibility testing is a very dynamic field of medical mycology. Standardization of in vitro susceptibility tests by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the European Committee for ...

    • 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 ...

    • Distribution, Virulence Attributes and Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Candida Parapsilosis Complex Strains Isolated From Clinical Samples 

      Tosun, İlknur; Akyuz, Zeynep; Güler, Nejla Cebeci; Gulmez, Dolunay; Bayramoglu, Gulcin; Kaklikkaya, Nese; Arikan-Akdagli, Sevtap; Aydin, Faruk (Oxford Univ Press, 2013)
      It was recently proposed that Candida parapsilosis represents a complex composed of three closely related species, i.e., C. parapsilosis sensu stricto, C. orthopsilosis, and C. metapsilosis. The aim of this study was to ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Molecular Epidemiology Of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae In A University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

      Pinar, A; Koseoglu, O; Yenisehirli, G; Sener, B (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2004)
      Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates (n = 76) from clinical samples of patients admitted to Hacettepe University Hospital between January 1997 and December 2001 were included in the study. MICs of penicillin ...

    • Molecular Identification, Genotyping, And Drug Susceptibility Of The Basidiomycetous Yeast Pathogen Trichosporon Isolated From Turkish Patients 

      Kalkanci, Ayse; Sugita, Takashi; Arikan, Sevtap; Yucesoy, Mine; Ener, Beyza; Otag, Feza; Kiraz, Nuri; Kustimur, Semra; Sancak, Banu; Evci, Canan; Emektas, Gurol (Oxford Univ Press, 2010)
      Deep-seated infections due to Trichosporon species are emerging mycoses that have a very poor prognosis in patients with persistent neutropenia. This study elucidated the mycological characteristics of Trichosporon strains ...

    • Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus Influenzae - An International Collaborative Study in Quality Assessment 

      Yeo, SF; Akalin, E; Arikan, S; Auckenthaler, R; Bergan, T; Dornbusch, K; Howard, AJ; Hryniewicz, W; Jones, RN; Koupari, G; Legakis, NJ; McLaughlin, J; Ozkuyumcu, C; Percival, A; Phillips, I; Reeves, D; Spencer, R; Warren, RE; Williams, JD (W B Saunders Co Ltd, 1996)
      In order to compare the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in different geographical areas, it is necessary to ensure that agreement is achieved between laboratories on the assignment of strains to 'susceptible' and ...