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Anorectal syphilis mimicking Crohn's disease
Yılmaz, Mesut; Memişoğlu, Reşat; Aydın, Selda; Tabak, Ömür; Mete, Bilgül; Memişoğlu, Necat; Tabak, Fehmi (Springer, 2011)Anorectal syphilis, one of the great masqueraders in medicine, can be difficult to diagnose not only because of its variable symptoms but also because it is hard to think of unless a detailed history about sexual preferences ... -
Association between minimum inhibitory concentration, beta-lactamase genes and mortality for patients treated with piperacillin/tazobactam or meropenem from the MERINO study
Henderson, A.; Paterson, D. L.; Chatfield, M. D.; Tambyah, P. A.; Lye, D. C.; De, P. P.; Lin, R. T. P.; Chew, K. L.; Yin, M.; Lee, T. H.; Yılmaz, Mesut; Çakmak, Rümeysa; Alenazi, T. H.; Arabi, Y. M; Falcone, M.; Bassetti, M.; Righi, E.; Ba, Rogers; Kanj, S. S.; Bhally, H.; Iredell, J.; Mendelson, M.; Boyles, T. H.; Looke, D. F. M.; Runnegar, N. J.; Miyakis, S.; Walls, G.; Ai Khamis, M.; Zikri, A.; Crowe, A.; Ingram, P. R.; Daneman, N. N.; Griffin, P.; Athan, E.; Roberts, L.; Beatson, S. A.; Peleg, A. Y.; Cottrell, K. K.; Bauer, M. J.; Tan, E.; Chaw, K.; Nimmo, G. R.; Harris-Brown, T.; Harris, P. N. A. (Oxford University Press, 2021)Introduction: This study aims to assess the association of piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and beta-lactam resistance genes with mortality in the MERINO trial.Methods: Blood ... -
Bed capacities and disinfection practices in hospitals in istanbul are correlated
Teker, Bahri; Öǧütlü, Aziz; Yılmaz, Mesut; Gençer, Serap; Karabay, Oğuz (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Disinfection, antisepsis and sterilization (DAS) practices are of critical importance in hospital practice. This study aims to investigate the daily DAS practices of private hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey. ... -
Can procalcitonin levels differentiate gram-negative bacteremia from gram-positive bacteremia?
Olmuşçelik, Oktay; Yılmaz, Mesut; Sevindik, Ömür Gökmen; Tosun İstanbullu, Ayşe; Ceylan, Ecem Cemre; Güler, Ayşenur; Vardar, Büşra (2019)Objective: Patients with sepsis constitute a significant proportion of critically ill patients. Although outcomes have significantly improved in the last decade, mortality still remains high 25-30% and 40-50% when shock ... -
A case of endocarditis due to coxiella burnetii
Aydın, Selda; Derin, Okan; Yılmaz, Mesut (Galenos Publishing, 2022)A 36-year-old male patient, who was an agricultural farmer and had a diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve and coarctation, was admitted with symptoms of fever, fatigue, and shortness of breath that lasted for a month, in ... -
A case of granulomatous mastitis due to corynebacterium amycolatum
Bahadır, Zeynep; Kalkan, Nur Banu; Yılmaz, Mesut (Galenos Publishing, 2021)Mastitis is a generalized cellulitis condition of breast tissue usually seen in female patients between 18-50 years of age. Granulomatous mastitis (GM), which is one of the rare types, is usually an idiopathic disease and ... -
A case of infectious mononucleosis presenting with cholestatic hepatitis
Yılmaz, Mesut; Alıcı, Özlem (Galenos Publishing, 2012)Although mild liver involvement is common in patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection-induced infectious mononucleosis, acute cholestatic hepatitis is rare. In this report, we describe a 210-year-old previously ... -
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. ... -
The clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of neuroinvasive listeriosis: A multinational study
Arslan, Ferhat; Meynet, Elodie; Sünbül, Mustafa; Sipahi, Oğuz Reşat; Kurtaran, Behice; Kaya, Selçuk; İnkaya, Ahmet; Pagliano, Pasquale; Şengöz, Gönül; Batırel, Ayşe; Kayaaslan, Bircan; Yıldız, Orhan; Güven, Tümer; Türker, Nesrin; Midi, İpek; Parlak, Emine; Tosun, Selma; Erol, Serpil; İnan, Asuman; Öztoprak, Nefise; Balkan, İlker; Aksoy, Y.; Ceylan, Bahadır; Yılmaz, Mesut; Mert, Ali (Springer, 2015)The aim of this study was to determine the independent risk factors, morbidity, and mortality of central nervous system (CNS) infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes. We retrospectively evaluated 100 episodes of ... -
Community acquired chronic arthritis due to pseudomonas aeruginosa in a previously healthy pregnant woman
Yılmaz, Mesut; Arslan, Ferhat; Mert, Ali (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Septic arthritis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is uncommon in the immunocompetent population, despite its occurrence in younger patients with open injuries and in intravenous drug abusers. Here we report a case of septic ... -
Community-acquired left-sided pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in a patient without intravenous drug use
Yılmaz, Mesut; Sunar, Hasan; Mert, Ali (Springer, 2013)We present a case of community-acquired left-sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in a person without intravenous drug use. The patient presented with facial numbness and did not have any predisposing condition for ... -
Development of a fast and low-cost qPCR assay for diagnosis of acute gas pharyngitis
Kolukırık, Mustafa; Yılmaz, Mesut; İnce, Orhan; Ketre, Canan; Tosun İstanbullu, Ayşe; İnce Kasapgil, Bahar (BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: Group A streptococci (GAS) are the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis and account for 15-30 % of cases of acute pharyngitis in children and 5-10 % of cases in adults. In this study, a real-time ... -
Development of a new multiplex real-time PCR assay for rapid screening of hospital-acquired infection agents
İstanbullu Tosun, Ayşe; Kolukırık, Mustafa; Yılmaz, Mesut; Nar Ötgün, Selin; Aygün, Gökhan; Ketre Kolukırık, Canan Zöhre; Zeybek, Ümit; Girgin Özgümüş, Gözde; Turan, Meral; Kuşkucu, Mert; İnce, Orhan; İnce, Bahar; Kılıç, Selçuk (Elsevier B.V., 2023)Aims: A new multiplex real-time PCR (qPCR) assay was developed to detect antibiotic-resistant hospital-acquired infectious agents in nasal and rectal swab samples in 1.5 h without the need for nucleic acid extraction. ... -
The effect of antimicrobial policy implementation on carbapenem resistance: A university hospital experience
Derin, Okan; Şeker, Fatma; Aksoy, Nilay; Yiğit, Pakize; Yılmaz, Mesut; Mert, Ali (Marmara University, 2022)Objective: The resistance of Gram-negative bacteria to antibiotics is a global issue that leads to increased mortality and treatment costs. The aim of this study is to see how a newly formed carbapenem control team affected ... -
Effect of piperacillin-tazobactam vs meropenem on 30-day mortality for patients with e coli or klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection and ceftriaxone resistance a randomized clinical trial
Harris, Patrick N. A.; Tambyah, Paul Anatharajah; Lye, David Chien; Mo Yinli; Lee, Tau Hong; Yılmaz, Mesut; Alenazi, Tamer H.; Arabi, Yaseen; Falcone, Marco; Bassetti, Matteo; Righi, Elda; Rogers, Benjamin A.; Kanj, Souha; Bhally, Hasan; Iredell, Jon; Mendelson, Marc; Boyles, Tom H.; Looke, David; Miyakis, Spiros; Walls, Genevieve; Al Khamis, Mohammed; Zikri, Ahmed; Crowe, Amy; Ingram, Paul; Daneman, Nick; Griffin, Paul; Athan, Eugene; Lorenc, Penelope; Baker, Peter; Roberts, Leah; Beatson, Scott A.; Peleg, Anton Y.; Harris-Brown, Tiffany; Paterson, David L. (American Medical Association, 2018)IMPORTANCE Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases mediate resistance to third-generation cephalosporins (eg, ceftriaxone) in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Significant infections caused by these strains are usually ... -
Effects of various antibiotics alone or in combination with doripenem against Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in an intensive care unit
Özbek Çelik, Berna; Mataracı-Kara, Emel; Yılmaz, Mesut (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Colistin, tigecycline, levofloxacin, tobramycin, and rifampin alone and in combination with doripenem were investigated for their in vitro activities and postantibiotic effects (PAEs) on Klebsiella pneumoniae. The in vitro ... -
Epidemiology and risk factors of 28-day mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in Turkish intensive care units: A prospective observational cohort study
Aslan, Abdullah Tarık; Tabah, Alexis; Koylu, Bahadır; Köylü, Bahadır; Kaya Kalem, Ayşe; Aksoy, Firdevs; Erol, Çiğdem; Karaali, Rıdvan; Tunay, Burcu; Güzeldağ, Seda; Batirel, Ayşe; Dindar, Emine Kübra; Akdoğan, Özlem; Bilir, Yeliz; Akova, Murat (NLM (Medline, 2023)OBJECTIVES: To uncover clinical epidemiology, microbiological characteristics and outcome determinants of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSIs) in Turkish ICU patients. METHODS: The EUROBACT II was a prospective ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of the synergy of ceftazidime/avibactam in combination with colistin, doripenem, levofloxacin, tigecycline, and tobramycin against OXA-48 producing enterobacterales
Mataracı Kara, Emel; Yılmaz, Mesut; İstanbullu Tosun, Ayşe; Özbek Çelik, Berna (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020)This study aims to analyze the effect of ceftazidime/avibactam plus various antibiotics against OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales isolated from Intensive Care Units. Seventy-four non-duplicate OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales ... -
Factors influencing mortality in covid-19-associated mucormycosis - the international ID-IRI study
Şahin, Meyha; Yılmaz, Mesut; Mert, Ali; Naghili, Behrouz; Ravanbakhsh, Fatemeh; Varshochi, Mojtaba; Alavi Darazam, Ilad; Ebrahimi, Mohammad Javad; Moafi, Maral; Tehrani, Hamed Azhdari; Mahboob, Amjad; Rashid, Naveed; Khan, Ejaz Ahmed; Hakamifard, Atousa; Eser Karlıdağ, Gülden; Babamahmoodi, Abdolreza; El-Kholy, Amani; Mosawi, Sayed Hussain; Albayrak, Ayşe; Wadi Al Ramahi, Jamal; Addepalli, Syam Kumar; Balin, Şafak Özer; Khan, Asfandiyar; Pandya, Nirav; Gürbüz, Esra; Sincan, Gülden; Azami, Hadia; Dumlu, Rıdvan; Khedr, Reham; Ripon, Rezaul Karim; Alkan, Sevil; Köse, Şükran; Ceylan, Bahadır; Erdem, Hakan (2024)The emergence of COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), triggered a global pandemic. Concurrently, reports of mucormycosis cases surged, particularly during the second wave in ...