Browsing by Author "Balkan, İlker İnanç"
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Candida auris Fungemia and a local spread taken under control with infection control measures: First report from Turkey
Kurt, Ahmet Furkan; Kuşkucu, Mert; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Bayri Barış, Ayşe; Yazgan, Zeynep; Öz, Ayşe Şerife; İstanbullu Tosun, Ayşe; Mete, Bilgül; Tabak, Fehmi; Aygün, Gökhan (NLM (Medline), 2021)Candidaauris, draws attention as a new emerging antifungal resistant pathogen, leading to healthcare-associated infections and outbreaks. This is the first report of C. auris fungemia in a 81-year-old patient, confirmed ... -
Change in species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of candidemias in an intensive care unit of a university hospital (10-year experience)
Mete, Bilgül; Yerlikaya Zerdalı, Esra; Aygün, Gökhan; Saltoğlu, Neşe; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Karaali, Rıdvan; Kaya, Sibel Yıldız; Karaismailoğlu, Berna; Kaya, Abdurrahman; Ürkmez, Seval; Can, Günay; Tabak, Fehmi; Öztürk, Recep (Springer, 2021)Candidemia is a nosocomial infection mostly found in critically ill patients. Our objectives were to evaluate the change in distribution and resistance profile ofCandidaspp. isolated from candidemic patients in our intensive ... -
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of Aeromonas bacteremia in Turkey
Kaya, Abdurrahman; Yıldız Kaya, Sibel; Zerdali, Esra; Koç, Alper; Çağlar, Bilge; Ertürk, Ümran Şümeyse; Yılmaz, Mesut; Aygün, Gökhan; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Mete, Bilgül; Saltoğlu, Neşe; Mert, Ali; Tabak, Ömer Fehmi (Akademiai Kiado Zrt, 2021)We investigated the cases with Aeromonas bacteremia in terms of clinical and microbiological characteristics, underlying disease and mortality rates. Patients with positive blood cultures were included in this research. ... -
Colistin nephrotoxicity increases with age
Balkan, İlker İnanç; Doğan, Mustafa; Durdu, Bülent; Batırel, Ayşe; Hakyemez, İsmail Necati; Çetin, Birsen; Karabay, Oğuz; Gönen, İbak; Özkan, Ahmet Selim; Uzun, Sami; Demirkol, Muhammed Emin; Akbaş, Sedat; Kaçmaz, Asiye Bahar; Aras, Sükrü; Mert, Ali; Tabak, Fehmi (Informa Healthcare, 2014)Background: Colistin (COL) has become the backbone of the treatment of infections due to extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria. The most common restriction to its use is acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods: ... -
Comparison of colistin-carbapenem, colistin-sulbactam, and colistin plus other antibacterial agents for the treatment of extremely drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections
Batirel, Ayşe; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Karabay, Oğuz; Ağalar, Canan; Akalın, Şerife; Alıcı, Özlem; Alp, Emine; Altay, Fatma Aybala; Altın, Nilgün; Arslan, Ferhat; Aslan, Turan; Bekiroğlu, Nuray; Cesur, Salim; Çelik, Aygül Dogan; Doğan, Mustafa; Durdu, Bülent; Duygu, Fazilet; Engin, Aynur; Engin, Derya Öztürk; Gönen, İbak; Güçlü, Ertuğrul; Güven, Tümer; Hatipoğlu, Çiğdem Ataman; Hoşoğlu, Salih; Karahocagil, Mustafa Kasım; Ulu Kılıç, Aysegül; Örmen, Bahar; Özdemir, Davut; Özer, Serdar; Öztoprak, Nefise; Sezak, Nurbanu; Turhan, Vedat; Türker, Nesrin; Yılmaz, Hava (Springer, 2014)The purpose of this investigation was to compare the efficacy of colistin-based therapies in extremely drug-resistant Acinetobacter spp. bloodstream infections (XDR-ABSI). A retrospective study was conducted in 27 tertiary-care ... -
The determination of tenofovir level in breast milk of nursing mothers under tenofovir therapy
Ertürk, Ümran Sümeyye; Mete, Bilgül; Özaras, Reşat; Saltoğlu, Neşe; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Mert, Ali; Kaçmaz, Bahar; Sağlam, Onursal; Güney, Berrak; Sayman, Özden Aksu; Tabak, Fehmi (Wiley, 2018)In this study, we aimed to determine of tenofovir concentration in maternal plasma, breast milk and plasma of infants and factors affecting drug levels in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients using tenofovir disoproxil ... -
Efficacy of colistin and non-colistin monotherapies in multi-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia/sepsis
Karabay, Oğuz; Batırel, Ayşe; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Ağalar, Canan; Akalın, Şerife; Alıcı, Özlem; Alp, Emine; Aybala Alta, Fatma; Altın, Nilgün; Arslan, Ferhat; Aslan, Turan; Bekiroğlu, Nural; Cesur, Salim; Doğan Çelik, Aygül; Doğan, Mustafa; Durdu, Bülent; Duygu, Fazilet; Engin, Aynur; Öztürk Engin, Derya; Gönen, İbak; Güçlü, Ertuğrul; Güven, Tümer; Ataman Hatipoğlu, Çiğdem; Hoşoğlu, Salih; Karahocagil, Mustafa; Ulu Kılıç, Ayşegül; Örmen, Bahar; Özdemir, Davut; Özer, Serdal; Öztoprak, Nefise; Sezak, Nurbanu; Turhan, Vedat; Türker, Nesrin; Yılmaz, Hava (Acta Medica Mediterranea, 2014)Objective: This retrospective study aimed to investigate the efficacies of colistin and non-colistin monotherapies in multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia (MDR-AB). Materials and methods: Cases with ... -
Heterologous booster COVID-19 vaccination elicited potent immune responses in HCWs
Saltoğlu, Neşe; Dinç, Harika Öykü; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Can, Günay; Özbey, Doğukan; Beytur, Ayşe Nur; Keskin, Elif; Budak, Beyhan; Aydoğan, Okan; Mete, Bilgül; Karaali, Rıdvan; Ergin, Sevgi (Elsevier Inc., 2022)The objective of our study was to evaluate the antibody responses of health care workers (HCWs) who were vaccinated with booster dose BNT162b2 6 months after 2 doses of the CoronoVac vaccine. The study included 318 HCWs ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Perioperatif antimikrobiyal profilaksi uygulamalarında rehberlere uyum: Çok merkezli bir çalışma
Koçak, Funda; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Çelik, Aygül Doğan; Durdu, Bülent; Demirel, Aslıhan; Gencer, Serap; Yılmaz, Hava; Polat, Fatma Ekşi; Teker, Bahri; Öğütlü, Aziz; Engin, Aynur; Şener, Alper; Yılmaz, Mesut; Özkan, Serpil Öztürk; Yıldız, İlknur Esen; Engin, Derya Öztürk; Doğan, Muhammed Emin; Karabay, Oğuz (2017)Amaç: Bu çalışmada perioperatif antimikrobiyal profilaksi (PAP) uygulamalarında güncel rehberlere uyum oranlarını ve bu oranları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemeyi amaçladık.Gereç ve Yöntemler: 30 Mayıs - 30 Haziran 2013 ... -
A prospective pharmacovigilance study in the infectious diseases unit of a tertiary care hospital
Karaismailoğlu, Berna; Saltoğlu, Neşe; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Mete, Bilgül; Tabak, Fehmi; Öztürk, Recep (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019)Introduction: The frequency, causality, severity, preventability and risk factors of ADRs (adverse drug reactions) in infectious disease units are not well defined in the literature. Thus, the aim of this study was to ... -
Sağlık öğrencilerinde aşı tereddüdü
Çetin, Ali Osman; Şaşmaz, Asiye; Kurtuluş, Dilara; Badur, İsa; Balkan, İlker İnanç; Owiw, Mohannad; Öge, Ali Emre; Atak, Muhammed; Duman, Alparslan; Altunel, Ayşe Nur; Akkoyun, Meryem; Korkmaz, Beyza; Çelik, Ahmet Ali; Özdilek, Yusuf İhsan; Keleş, Huzeyfe; Az, Adem; Ankaralı, Handan (Hayat Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmetler Vakfı, 2021)Amaç: Bu çalışmada İstanbul’da sağlık alanında (tıp, diş hekimliği, eczacılık, hemşirelik, ebelik, fizik tedavi ve rehabilitasyon, diyetisyenlik, odyoloji, sağlık yönetimi) yükseköğrenim görmekte olan öğrencilerin aşı ... -
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 ... -
Waning immunity to inactive SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in healthcare workers: Booster required
Balkan, İlker İnanç; Dinç, Harika Öykü; Can, Günay; Karaali, Rıdvan; Özbey, Doğukan; Çağlar, Bilge; Beytur, Ayşe Nur; Keskin, Elif; Budak, Beyhan; Aydoğan, Okan; Mete, Bilgül; Ergin, Sevgi; Kocazeybek, Bekir; Saltoğlu, Neşe (Springer London Ltd, 2023)Aims Despite high vaccination rates, increasing case numbers continue to be reported with the identification of new variants of concern, and the issue of durability of the vaccine-induced immune response remains hot topic. ...
