Browsing by Author "Arslan, Ferhat"
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Miliary tuberculosis epidemiologicaland clinical analysis of large-case series from moderate to low tuberculosis endemic country
Mert, Ali; Arslan, Ferhat; Kuyucu Yılmaz, Tülin; Koç, Emine Nur; Yılmaz, Mesut; Turan, Demet; Altın, Sedat; Pehlivanoğlu, Filiz; Şengöz, Gönül; Yıldız, Dilek; Dökmetaş, İlyas; Kömür, Süheyla; Kurtaran, Behice; Demirdal, Tuna; Erdem, Hüseyin Aytaç; Sipah, Oğuz Reşat; Batırel, Ayşe; Parlak, Emine; Tekin, Recep; Tunçcan, Özlem Güzel; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Hayran, Osman; Ceylan, Bahadır (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017)The aim of this study was to determine the clinical features, and outcome of the patients with miliary tuberculosis (TB). We retrospectively evaluated 263 patients (142 male, 121 female, mean age: 44 years, range: 16–89 ... -
Mortality predictors of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A prospective multicenter study
Yılmaz, Mesut; Elaldi, Nazif; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Arslan, Ferhat; Alga Batırel, Ayşe; Bakıcı, Mustafa Zahir; Gözel, Mustafa Gökhan; Alkan, Sevil; Doğan Çelik, Aygül; Yetkin, Meltem Arzu; Bodur, Hürrem; Sinirtaş, Melda; Akalın, Halis; Aybala Altay, Fatma; Şencan, İrfan; Azak, Emel; Gündeş, Sibel; Ceylan, Bahadır; Öztürk, Recep; Leblebicioğlu, Hakan; Vahaboğlu, Haluk; Mert, Ali (BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the causes of both community and healthcare-associated bacteremia. The attributable mortality of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) is still higher and predictors for mortality and ... -
Non-HACEK Gram-negative bacillus endocarditis
Mercan, Mustafa Ertuğrul; Arslan, Ferhat; Özyavuz Alp, Şehnaz; Atilla, Aynur; Seyman, Derya; Guliyeva, Günay; Kayaaslan, Bircan Ünal; Sarı, Sema; Mutay Suntur, Bedia; Işık, Burcu; Mert, Ali (Elsevier Masson SAS, 2019)Patients and methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical data using 26 diagnosed non-HACEK Gram-negative infective endocarditis cases from nine hospitals in Turkey. Results: Mean age of patients was 53 (28–84) years, with ... -
Pelvic and retroperitoneal hydatid cysts superinfected with Brucella sp and review of infected hydatid cysts
Arslan, Ferhat; Zengin, Kağan; Mert, Ali; Özaras, Reşat; Tabak, Fehmi (Malaysian Soc Parasitology Tropical Medicine, 2013)Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection resulting from the tissue infestation of the larval stage of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid cysts superinfected with pyogenic organisms have been reported previously. ... -
Primary hepatic actinomycosis mimicking a tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor): Case report and literature review
Batırel, Ayşe; Arslan, Ferhat; Hallaç Keser, Sevinç; Küçük, Hasan Fehmi; Yavuzer, Dilek; Karabay, Oğuz; Özer, Serdar (Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2015)Actinomycosis often manifests with abscesses in the cervicofacial region. Hepatic involvement occurs usually secondary to an intraabdominal infection. "Isolated or primary hepatic actinomycosis (PHA) defines actinomycosis ... -
Risk factors for recurrences in patients with hepatitis C virus after achieving a sustained virological response: A multicentre study from Turkey
Arslan, Ferhat; Ceylan, Bahadır; Şahin, Ahmet Rıza; Günal, Özgür; Kayaaslan, Bircan Ünal; Uǧurlu, Kenan; Tanoǧlu, Alpaslan; İskender, Gülşen; Tosun, Selma Yegane; Atilla, Aynur; Sargın, Fatma; Batırel, Ayşe; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Sonsuz, Abdullah; Mert, Ali (EDIMES Edizioni Medico Scientifiche, 2018)In this study, we aimed to determine the late relapse rate in hepatitis C patients with sustained virological response after interferon-based regimens, and evaluated the predictors of late relapse while comparing the ... -
Role of spiramycin in prevention of fetal toxoplasmosis
Avcı, Muhittin Eftal; Arslan, Ferhat; Çiftci, Şinasi; Ekiz, Ali; Tüten, Abdullah; Yıldırım, Gökhan; Madazlı, Rıza (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of spiramycin in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of Toxoplasma gondii infection. Methods: Patients within first trimester of their pregnancy with ... -
Significant contribution of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with fever of unknown origin
Arslan, Ferhat; Yılmaz, Mesut; Çakır, Tansel; Mert, Ali (The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2014)The diagnostic value of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) has not been thoroughly evaluated in patients with leukemia. We herein report the case of a patient with B cell acute ... -
Spinal brucellosis diagnosed with positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT)
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Arslan Yiğit, Birsen; Ceylan, Bahadır; Mert, Ali (Elsevier Science Inc, 2016)A 48-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic forsudden-onset right-sided waist pain that radiated down bothlegs. The pain, which was also present along her waist cur-vature, inhibited her ability to walk, sit, ... -
Splenic abscess due to brucellosis: A case report and a review of the literature
Yılmaz, Mesut; Arslan, Ferhat; Başkan, Özdil; Mert, Ali (Elsevier, 2014)Splenic abscess due to acute brucellosis is a rare event. We report a case of multiple splenic abscesses caused by Brucella melitensis in a 45-year-old woman and review the English language literature based on a PubMed/MEDLINE ... -
Spread of NDM-1-producing enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit in Istanbul, Turkey
Poirel, Laurent; Yılmaz, Mesut; İstanbullu, Ayşe; Arslan, Ferhat; Mert, Ali; Bernabeu, Sandrine; Nordmanna, Patrice (American Society for Microbiology, 2014)Twenty-two consecutive carbapenem-resistant enterobacterial isolates were recovered from patients hospitalized between January and April 2013 in different units at a university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. These were ... -
Tick-related facial cellulitis caused by francisella tularensis
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Zemheri, Ebru; Vahaboğlu, Haluk; Mert, Ali (EDIMES Edizioni Medico Scientifiche, 2016)Tick-borne illnesses have diverse biological and clinical features that make recognition and appropriate treatment challenging. Arthropod-transmitted (ticks, fleas and deer flies) tularaemia remains a concern worldwide. ... -
Tocilizumab treatment in severe COVID-19: A multicenter retrospective study with matched controls
Mert, Ali; Vahaboğlu, Haluk; Arslan, Ferhat; Batirel, Ayşe; Saraçoğlu, Kemal Tolga; Baştuğ, Aliye; Çağatay, Atahan; Irmak, İlim; Telli Dizman, Gülçin; Ertenli, İhsan; Altunal, Lütfiye Nilsun; Ertürk Şengel, Buket; Bayram, Mehmet; Omma, Ahmet; Amikishiyev, Shirkhan; Aypak, Adalet; Bes, Cemal; Bölükçü, Sibel; İçten, Sacit; Topeli, Arzu; Bektaş, Murat; Arslan, Birsen Yiğit; Öztürk, Sinan; Çomoğlu, Şenol; Aydın, Selda; Küçükşahin, Orhan; İçaçan, Ozan Cemal; İnce, Burak; Aghamuradov, Sarvan; Yalçın Mutlu, Melek; Şimşek, Funda; Emre, Salih; Üstün, Cemal; Ergen, Pınar; Aydın, Özlem; Koç, Meliha Meriç; Sevindik, Ömür Gökmen; Odabaşı, Zekaver; Korten, Volkan; Bodur, Hürrem; Güner, Rahmet; Ünal, Serhat; Koçak, Mehmet; Gül, Ahmet (Springer Heidelberg, 2022)Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) associated pneumonia may progress into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Some patients develop features of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). Elevated levels of IL-6 were ... -
Treatment for and clinical characteristics of granulomatous mastitis
Avcı, Muhittin Eftal; Arslan, Ferhat; Basım, Pelin (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)There are no randomized controlled trials demonstrating efficacy of any treatment modalities (glucocorticoids, antibiotics, or surgical interventions) in treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.1 Sheybani et al2 ... -
Tuberculous valvular endocarditis with brain abscesses a case report and literature review
Arslan, Ferhat; Ceylan, Bahadır; Arslan, Birsen Yiğit; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Ertan, Gülhan; Mert, Ali (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)Tuberculous endocarditis (TBE) is a rare clinical entity, usually encountered during the course of miliary tuberculosis. Brain abscess is a very rare complication of TBE. Here, we report a case of valvular TBE presenting ... -
An unnoticed origin of fever: Periapical tooth abscess. Three case reports and literature review
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Arslan Yiğit, Birsen; Mert, Ali (EDIMES Edizioni Medico Scientifiche, 2016)Dental infections may lead to severe local or systemic infections such as endocarditis, brain abscesses and mediastinitis. Fever may be the only symptom. We aim to highlight dental/odontogenic abscesses as the occult source ... -
Urinary tuberculosis: A cohort of 79 adult cases
Altıparmak, Mehmet Rıza; Trabulus, Sinan; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Yalın, Serkan Feyyaz; Denizli, Nazım; Aslan, Gönül; Doruk, Hasan Erdal; Engin, Aynur; Tekin, Recep; Birengel, Serhat; Çetin, Birsen Durmaz; Arslan, Ferhat; Turhan, Vedat; Mert, Ali (Taylor and Francis, 2015)We aimed to investigate the demographic, clinical, diagnostic, treatment and outcome features of patients with urinary tuberculosis (UTB). Patients with UTB admitted to seven separate centers across Turkey between 1995 and ... -
Variables determining mortality in patients with Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis/ventriculitis treated with intrathecal colistin
Ceylan, Bahadır; Arslan, Ferhat; Sipahi, Oğuz Reşat; Sünbül, Mustafa; Örmen, Bahar; Hakyemez, İsmail N.; Turunç, Tuba; Yıldız, Yeşim; Karsen, Hasan; Karagöz, Gül; Tekin, Recep; Hizarcı, Burcu; Turhan, Vedat; Şenol, Şebnem; Öztoprak, Nefise; Yılmaz, Mesut; Özdemir, Kevser; Mermer, Sinan; Kökoüğlu, Ömer F.; Mert, Ali (Elsevier Science Bv., 2017)Aim: To examine the variables associated with mortality in patients with Acinetobacter baumannii-related central nervous system infections treated with intrathecal colistin. Materials and methods: This multi-centre ...
