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Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Intensive Care Units: A multicentre case-control study with a competing-risks analysis
Arslan, Ferhat; Akbulut, Ece; Şenbayrak, Seniha; Özgültekin, Asu; Aksaray, Sebahat; Cankar Dal, Hayriye; Emir, Hasan Oktay; Ankaralı, Handan; Mert, Ali; Vahaboğlu, Haluk (Pacini Editore S.p.A./AU-CNS, 2023)Aim. This study investigated the risk factors for the development of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections in adult patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Methods. A multicentre case-control study ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Simultaneous chronic invasive fungal infection and tracheal fungus ball mimicking cancer in an immunocompetent patient
Çetinkaya, Erdoğan; Çörtük, Mustafa; Gül, Şule; Mert, Ali; Boyacı, Hilal; Cam, Ertan; Dinçer, Hüseyin Erhan (Hindawi LTD, 2016)Fungal infections of the lung are uncommon and mainly affect people with immune deficiency. There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are ... -
A single center cohort of 40 severe COVID-19 patients who were treated with convalescent plasma
Gemici, Aliihsan; Bilgen, Hülya; Erdoğan, Cem; Kansu, Abdullah; Olmuşçelik, Oktay; Beköz, Hüseyin Saffet; Dinleyici, Rümeysa; Mert, Ali; Sevindik, Ömür Gökmen (Tübitak Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2020)Background/aim: A SARS-Cov2 infection which was first arised from Wuhan in December 2019 and named as COVID-19. Still there lacks either a specific treatment or a vaccine to treat COVID-19. Convalescent plasma (CP) was ... -
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 ... -
Turkish inappropriate medication use in the elderly (TIME) criteria to improve prescribing in older adults: TIME-to-STOP/TIME-to-START
Bahat, Gülistan; İlhan, Birkan; Erdoğan, Tuğba; Halil, Meltem; Savaş, Sumru; Ülger, Zekeriya; Akyüz, Filiz; Bilge, Ahmet Kaya; Çakır, Sibel; Demirkan, Kutay; Erelel, Mustafa; Güler, Kerim; Hanağası, Haşmet; İzgi, Belgin; Kadıoğlu, Ateş; Karan, Ayşe; Baral Kulaksızoğlu, Işın; Mert, Ali; Öztürk, Savaş; Satman, İlhan; Sever, Mehmet Şükrü; Tükek, Tufan; Üresin, Yağız; Yalçın, Önay; Yeşilot, Nilüfer; Ören, Meryem Merve; Karan, Mehmet Akif (Springer, 2020)Key summary pointsAim To meet the current need in different European countries for improving prescribing in older adults, we aimed to create an update screening tool getting origin from the two user friendly criterion sets: ... -
Understanding clinical outcomes and factors influencing mortality in intensive care unit patients with COVID-19-associated candidemia
Aydın, Selda; Mert, Ali; Yılmaz, Mesut; Al Maslamani, Muna; Rahimi, Bilal Ahmad; Ayoade, Folusakin; El-Kholy, Amani; Belitova, Maya; Erdem, Hakan (Wiley, 2024)Background: During the COVID pandemic, research has shown an increase in candidemia cases following severe COVID infection and the identification of risk factors associated with candidemia. However, there is a lack of ... -
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: Still a challenge
Mert, Ali; Güzelburç, Vahit; Güven, Selçuk (Springer, 2020)Background Urinary tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging disease to cope with, as there has been no noticeable difference in basic diagnostic and therapeutic options in clinical practice over time. Purpose The aim of the ... -
Urological infections in the developing world: An increasing problem in developed countries
Batırel, Ayşe; Regmi, Subodh K.; Singh, Prabhjot; Mert, Ali; Konety, Badrinath R.; Kumar, Rajeev (Springer, 2020)Purpose Infectious diseases that often follow geographical distribution patterns are increasingly crossing such boundaries, aided by human travel and commerce. These pose a new challenge to physicians who are required to ... -
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 ...