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Epidemiological, clinical, and prognostic features of infective endocarditis: A retrospective study with 90 episodes
Kaçmaz, Asiye Bahar; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Sinan, Ümit Yaşar; Mete, Bilgül; Saltoğlu, Neşe; Tabak, Fehmi; Mert, Ali; Küçükoğlu, Mehmet Serdar; Öztürk, Recep (İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 2021)To evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, microbiological, and echocardiographic features, as well as the prognosis and long- term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis. Methods: The clinical records and follow-up ... -
Epidemiology of nosocomial candidemia, mortality, and antifungal resistance: 7-year experience in Turkey
Aydın, Selda; Derin, Okan; Şahin, Meyha; Dinleyici, Rümeysa; Yılmaz, Mesut; Ceylan, Bahadır; İstanbullu Tosun, Ayşe; Öztürk, Recep; Mert, Ali (National Institute of Health, 2022)Candidemia is an important clinical condition that prolongs hospital stays and increases morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the epidemiological and microbiological ... -
Epstein-barr virus-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis presenting with acute sensorineural hearing loss: A case report and review of the literature
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Beköz, Hüseyin Saffet; Ceylan, Bahadır; Mert, Ali (EDIMES Edizioni Medico Scientifiche, 2017)Epstein-Barr virus-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (EBV-HLH) is a life-threatening catastrophic and rarely seen complication of EBV infection especially in adults. While typical presentation of EBV infection ... -
Erratum: An unnoticed origin of fever: Periapical tooth abscess - Three case reports and literature review
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Yiğit Arslan, Birsen; Mert, Ali (NLM (Medline), 2017)Erratum Following publication of the Original article An unnoticed origin of fever: Periapical tooth abscess - Three case reports and literature review (Infez. Med., volume 24, issue 1, pages 67-70, year 2016) We became ... -
HCV-specific lymphocyte responses in individuals with positive anti-HCV but negative HCV-RNA
Sili, Uluhan; Kaya, Abdurrahman; Aydın, Selda; Hondur, Nur; Mert, Ali; Tabak, Fehmi; Özaras, Reşat; Öztürk, Recep (Elsevier Science, 2015)Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) status cannot be reliably predicted in anti-HCV positive/HCV-RNA negative individuals who may either have recovered spontaneously or have a false-positive test due to antibody cross-reaction. ... -
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: Low incidence of primary neoplasm as a trigger in a case series from Turkey
Arslan, Ferhat; Alp, Şehnaz; Büyükaşık, Yahya; Cömert Özkan, Melda; Şahin, Fahri; Başaran, Seniha; Çağatay, Arif Atahan; Eraksoy, Ömer Haluk; Aksu, Kenan; Ertunç, Barış; Korten, Volkan; Ceylan, Bahadır; Mert, Ali (Pagepress Publications, 2018)Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an indicator of an exaggerated immune response and eventually adverse outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory features and outcomes of patients with ... -
Hepatic granulomas: Etiologic distribution
Mert, Ali; Yılmaz, Mesut; Ceylan, Bahadır; Aslan, Ferhat (AVES, 2014)In this issue of Turk J Gastroenterol 2014, Şahin et al. (1) presented an informative study on the prevalence and etiologic distribution of hepatic granulomas (HGs) identified in patients who were biopsied in their ... -
Herpes simplex virus encephalitis: Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and outcome in 106 adult patients
Sili, Uluhan; Kaya, Abdurrahman; Mert, Ali; Özaras, Reşat; Midilli, Kenan; Albayram, Sait; Kenangil, Gülay; Demirci, Onat; Kapmaz, Mahir; Kart Yaşar, Kadriye; Özyavuz Alp, Şehnaz; Ünal Kayaaslan, Bircan (Elsevier, 2014)Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is one of the most common causes of sporadic encephalitis worldwide. Objective: We aimed to determine clinical characteristics and prognosis of HSV encephalitis (HSVE) cases reviewed ... -
Human Herpesvirus 6 encephalitis in an immunocompetent pregnant patient and review of the literature
Yılmaz, Mesut; Yaşar, Canan; Aydın, Selda; Derin, Okan; Polat, Burcu; Ertan, Gülhan; Ceylan, Bahadır; Mert, Ali (Elsevier Science Bv, 2018)Central nervous system infection caused by Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is well known in immunocompromised; however, data regarding immunocompetent patients is limited to case series. We describe a 29-year-old immunocompetent ... -
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis associated with erythema nodosum: Case report and literature review
Arslan, Ferhat; Karagöz, Ergenekon; Arslan Yiğit, Birsen; Ceylan, Bahadır; Ertan, Gülhan; Mert, Ali (Nobel İlaç, 2016)Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon inflammatory disease of the breast. Differential diagnosis and exclusion of breast cancer is the most challenging issue for patients and physicians. IGM may be ... -
Impact of fatty liver on hepatitis B virus replication and virologic response to tenofovir and entecavir
Ceylan, Bahadır; Arslan, Ferhat; Batırel, Ayşe; Fincancı, Muzaffer; Yardımcı, Cem; Fersan, Esra; Paşaoğlu, Esra; Yılmaz, Mesut; Mert, Ali (2016)Background/Aims: We aimed to evaluate the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on viral kinetics and virologic response to tenofovir and entecavir treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) ... -
Imported plasmodium falciparum malaria in Istanbul, Turkey: Risk factors for severe course and mortality
Arslan, Ferhat; Mert, Ali; Batırel, Ayşe; İnan, Asuman; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Nazlıcan, Özcan; Uzun, Cengiz; Vahaboğlu, Haluk (Sage Publications Inc, 2013)We describe the epidemiological, clinical features and risk factors for the morbidity and mortality of imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases during the last 10 years in Istanbul, Turkey. The epidemiological, clinical ... -
Infections in urology: Slow progress reflected in clinical practice
Güven, Selçuk; Mert, Ali (Springer, 2020)This special topic issue on infections in urology features works from scientists, infectious disease specialists, and urologists. As seen in this work, there is still a noticeable heterogeneity in the global burden of the ... -
Is it really an erysipelas?
Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma is characterized by red-brown plaques or nodules on the skin, may mimic skin and soft tissue infections and is usually related with high mortality. A case that was followed ... -
Metastatic prostate cancer as an infrequent cause of fever of unknown origin, and review of the literature
Yılmaz, Mesut; Arslan, Ferhat; Örmeci̇, Tuǧrul; Mert, Ali (Mattioli 1885 S.p.A., 2016)Summary. Although neoplastic fever is a rare entity, it still constitutes a clinical challenge and a troublesome symptom. Differentiating it from other cancer-related fevers, such as infection, is important for appropriate ... -
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 ... -
A multi-center retrospective analysis of healthcare workers after COVID-19: Epidemiological and clinical features
Derin, Okan; Aksoy, Nilay; Çaydaşı, Özge; Yılmaz, Mesut; Mert, Ali (Marmara University, 2022)Objective: Concerns regarding the high-level risk of infection among healthcare workers (HCWs) increased after COVID19 was declared as a pandemic in March 2020. Inadequate infection control owing to a shortage of personal ...