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Colistin use in pediatric intensive care unit for severe nosocomial infections: experience of an university hospital
Karli, Arzu; Paksu, Muhammet Sukru; Karadag, Adil; Belet, Nursen; Paksu, Sule; Guney, Akif Koray; Sensoy, Sema Gulnar (Bmc, 2013)Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of colistin therapy in pediatric patients with severe nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: The medical records of ... -
Comparison of Culture, Real-Time DNA Amplification Assay and Ehrlich-Ziehl-Neelsen for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Karadag, Adil; Usta, Egemen; Bilgin, Kemal; Guney, Akif Koray; Eroglu, Cafer; Gunaydin, Murat (Aves Yayincilik, 2013)Objective: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is still a substantial health problem universally. Although culture is the gold standard method, reliable, rapid and new methods are required for effective struggle with disease. We ... -
Effect of 1-(1-Naphtylmethyl)-piperazine, an Efflux Pump Inhibitor, on Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibilities of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates
Coban, Ahmet Yilmaz; Guney, Akif Koray; Cayci, Yeliz Tanriverdi; Durupinar, Belma (Springer, 2011)In this study, the effects of 1-(1-naphtylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP), an efflux pump inhibitor, on antimicrobial drug susceptibilities of 42 clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were investigated by the disc diffusion ... -
Efficacy of tigecycline/colistin combination in a pneumonia model caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Yilmaz, Esmeray Mutlu; Sunbul, Mustafa; Aksoy, Abdurrahman; Yilmaz, Hava; Guney, Akif Koray; Guvenc, Tolga (Elsevier, 2012)Due to increasing drug resistance, available antimicrobial options are limited in the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Particularly in cases caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) A. baumannii, combination ... -
Fatal sepsis in a child with thalassemia major due to Serratia marcescens
Paksu, Muhammet Sukru; Karli, Arzu; Paksu, Sule; Guney, Akif Koray; Ozsevik, Sevinc Nursev; Belet, Nursen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)One of the most important causes of mortality in thalassemic patients is infectious disease. Thalassemic patients develop severe invasive infection caused by microorganisms that are rare in healthy individuals. We describe ... -
Investigation of the in Vitro Antibacterial Effects of Statins
Coban, Ahmet Yilmaz; Tekeli, Hacer Ozlem; Guney, Akif Koray; Durupinar, Belma (Ankara Microbiology Soc, 2010)It was previously shown that statins have anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and anti-oxidant effects. This study was aimed to investigate the in-vitro antibacterial effects of simvastatin and atorvastatin. In this study ... -
Investigation of the Presence of Class 1, 2, 3 Integrons and Their Relationships with Antibiotic Resistance in Clinical Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates
Usta, Egemen; Eroglu, Cafer; Yanik, Keramettin; Karadag, Adil; Guney, Akif Koray; Gunaydin, Murat (Ankara Microbiology Soc, 2015)Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic emergent pathogen causing hospital-acquired infections. It is resistant to majority of the broad spectrum antibiotics due to several mechanisms which significantly limit the ... -
Investigation of the Presence of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-1 (NDM-1) by PCR in Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Isolates
Yanik, Keramettin; Emir, Dilek; Eroglu, Cafer; Karadag, Adil; Guney, Akif Koray; Gunaydin, Murat (Ankara Microbiology Soc, 2013)Bacteria producing New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) exhibit high level resistance to beta-lactams including carbapenems. This broad-spectrum resistance limits treatment options for infections caused by NDM-1 ... -
NDM-1 Cases and Outbreaks in Turkey
Yanik, Keramettin; Guney, Akif Koray; Karadag, Adil; Eroglu, Cafer (Ankara Microbiology Soc, 2014)We are grateful to Hatipoglu and Turhan [Mikrobiyol Bul 2014; 48(1): 188-9] for their interest in our study published in Mikrobiyol Bul 2013; 47(2): 382-4. As Hatipoglu and Turhan mentioned in their comment, ertapenem is ... -
Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Foods of Animal Origin, Turkey
Siriken, Belgin; Yildirim, Tuba; Guney, Akif Koray; Erol, Irfan; Durupinar, Belma (Int Assoc Food Protection, 2016)In the present study, 175 coagulase-positive Staphylococcus (CPS) isolates recovered from samples of beef (n = 110), raw milk n 56), and fish (n = 9) were analyzed for methicillin resistance using MIC and PCR assays. ... -
Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis immunoglobulin G antibodies among children in Samsun, Turkey
Ozkal, Atay; Sensoy, Gulnar; Acuner, Cagatay; Belet, Nursen; Guney, Akif Koray (Turkish J Pediatrics, 2012)Ozkal A, Sensoy G, Acuner, Belet N, Guney AK. Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis immunoglobulin G antibodies among children in Samsun, Turkey. Mirk J Pediatr 2012; 54: 15-19. In this study, we aimed to investigate ...
