Identifying risk factors for blood culture negative infective endocarditis: An international ID-IRI study

Autor: Mine Filiz, Hakan Erdem, Handan Ankarali, Edmond Puca, Yvon Ruch, Lurdes Santos, Teresa Fasciana, Anna M. Giammanco, Nesrin Ghanem-Zoubi, Xavier Argemi, Yves Hansmann, Rahmet Guner, Gilda Tonziello, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, Najada Como, Sukran Kose, Ayse Batirel, Asuman Inan, Necla Tulek, Abdullah Umut Pekok, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Atilla Iyisoy, Meliha Meric-Koc, Ayse Kaya-Kalem, Pedro Palma Martins, Imran Hasanoglu, André Silva-Pinto, Nefise Oztoprak, Raquel Duro, Fahad Almajid, Mustafa Dogan, Nicolas Dauby, Jesper Damsgaard Gunst, Recep Tekin, Deborah Konopnicki, Nicola Petrosillo, Ilkay Bozkurt, Jamal Wadi Al Ramahi, Corneliu Popescu, Ilker Inanc Balkan, Safak Ozer-Balin, Tatjana Lejko Zupanc, Antonio Cascio, Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Aysegul Erdem, Gulden Ersoz, Meltem Tasbakan, Oday Abu Ajamieh, Fatma Sirmatel, Simin Florescu, Serda Gulsun, Hacer Deniz Ozkaya, Sema Sari, Selma Tosun, Meltem Avci, Yasemin Cag, Guven Celebi, Ayse Sagmak-Tartar, Sumeyra Karakus, Alper Sener, Arjeta Dedej, Serkan Oncu, Rosa Fontana Del Vecchio, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Canan Agalar

Publikováno v: New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 60, Iss , Pp 101453- (2024)

Background: Blood culture-negative endocarditis (BCNE) is a diagnostic challenge, therefore our objective was to pinpoint high-risk cohorts for BCNE. Methods: The study included adult patients with definite endocarditis. Data were collected via the I

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Self-reported antibiotic stewardship and infection control measures from 57 intensive care units: An international ID-IRI survey

Autor: Rehab El-Sokkary, Hakan Erdem, Ravina Kullar, Abdullah Umut Pekok, Fatma Amer, Svjetlana Grgić, Biljana Carevic, Amani El-Kholy, Anna Liskova, Mehmet Özdemir, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Yesim Uygun Kizmaz, Nenad Pandak, Nirav Pandya, Jurica Arapović, Rıdvan Karaali, Nefise Oztoprak, Michael M. Petrov, Rami Alabadla, Handan Alay, Jehan Ali El Kholy, Caroline Landelle, Reham Khedr, Dhruv Mamtora, Gorana Dragovac, Ricardo Fernandez, Emine Unal Evren, Lul Raka, Antonio Cascio, Nicolas Dauby, Ahsen Oncul, Safak Ozer Balin, Yasemin Cag, Natalia Dirani, Mustafa Dogan, Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Maha Ali Gad, Ilad Alavi Darazam, Behrouz Naghili, Rosa Fontana Del Vecchio, Monica Licker, Andrea Marino, Nasim Akhtar, Mostafa Kamal, Goffredo Angioni, Deana Medić, Aliye Esmaoğlu, Szabo Balint Gergely, André Silva-Pinto, Lurdes Santos, Ionela Larisa Miftode, Recep Tekin, Phunsup Wongsurakiat, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Yesim Kurekci, Hema Prakash Pilli, Krsto Grozdanovski, Egidia Miftode, Rusmir Baljic, Serhat Uysal, Haluk Vahabolgu, Jordi Rello

Publikováno v: Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 9, Pp 950-954 (2022)

We explored the self-reported antibiotic stewardship (AS), and infection prevention and control (IPC) activities in intensive care units (ICUs) of different income settings. A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire to colle

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A snapshot of geriatric infections in Turkey: ratio of geriatric inpatients in hospitals and evaluation of their infectious diseases: A multicenter point prevalence study

Autor: Behice Kurtaran, Ferit Kuscu, Pinar Korkmaz, Burcu Ozdemir, Dilara Inan, Nefise Oztoprak, Duru Mistanoglu Ozatag, Ozgur Daglı, Serhat Birengel, Kevser Ozdemir, Hande Aslaner, Aslıhan Ulu, Emine Sehmen, Serpil Erol, Yeşim Uygun Kızmaz, Gül Durmuş, M Emirhan Işık, Aslı Haykır Solay, Suheyla Komur, Emel Azak, İlknur Yavuz, Ergenekon Karagöz, Merve Sefa Sayar, Hasan Naz, Zehra Demirbaş, Nevin İnce, Fatime Korkmaz, Şule Özdemir Armağan, Ümit Savaşçı, Sabahat Aktaş, Elif Tükenmez Tigen, Buket Ertürk Şengel, Nur Cancan Gürsul, Ali Acar, Sema Sarı, Sema Turan, Uğur Kostakoğlu, Güliz Evik, Kader Arslan, Esra Kaya Kılıç, Aynur Atilla, Canan Ağalar, Selma Ateş, Kenan Uğurlu, Mustafa Doğan, Funda Bilman, Nirgül Kılıçaslan, Gülay Oktay, Nilsun Altunal, Yasemin Balkan, Mevliye Yetik, Serhat Uysal, A İrfan Baran, Nurettin Erben, Hande Aydemir, B Ergüt Sezer, Abdulkadir Daldal, Ayten Kadanalı, Ayşe Sağmak Tartar, Alper Şener, Rezan Harman, M Reşat Ceylan, Hatice Ürgüdücü, İlyas Dökmetaş, Ahmet Hamidi, A Altunçekiç Yıldırım, Sedat Kaygusuz, Esmeray Mutlu Yılmaz, Şaban Esen, Selçuk Nazik, Filiz Koç, Hale Turan Özden, Aslıhan Demirel, Yeşim Kürekçi, Haluk Erdoğan, Emine Fırat Göktaş, Mehmet Uluğ, Hülya Kuşoğlu, Ramazan Gözüküçük, Habibe Tülin Elmaslar Mert, İlknur Erdem, Hüseyin Şahintürk, Işıl Deniz Aliravcı, Rıdvan Kara Ali, Funda Koçak, İE Yıldız, Emel Aslan, Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ, A Seza Inal, Yesim Tasova

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 100, Iss , Pp 337-342 (2020)

Introduction: The human population is aging at an astonishing rate. The aim of this study is to capture a situation snapshot revealing the proportion of individuals aged 65 years and over among inpatients in healthcare institutions in Turkey and the

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International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2013-2018, Adult and Pediatric Units, Device-associated Module

Autor: Umesh Gupta, Lul Raka, Debkishore Gupta, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Rayo Morfin-Otero, Michael M. Petrov, Victor D. Rosenthal, Antonio Cerero-Gudiño, Vaidotas Gurskis, Naheed Elahi, Sona Hlinkova, Dolatsinh Zala, Edwin Giovanny Chapeta-Parada, Volkan Baytaş, Julio Cesar Vimercati, Estuardo Salgado-Yepez, Humberto Guanche-Garcell, Tanja Anguseva, María Guadalupe Miranda-Novales, Nayide Barahona-Guzmán, Chin Seng Gan, Rajesh Chawla, Nadia Tayyab, Amani El-Kholy, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo Medeiros, Subhash Todi, Bat-Erdene Ider, Asma Bouziri, Hail M. Al-Abdely, Blanca Estela Hernandez-Chena, Kavita Raja, Namita Upadhyay, Hala Agha, Suna Secil Ozturk-Deniz, Victoria D. Villanueva, Ertugrul Guclu, Nurettin Erben, Amina Barkat, Dincer Yildizdas, Nguyen Viet Hung, Asu Özgültekin, Nirav Pandya, Hala Joudi, Farid Zand, Safa A Aziz AlKhawaja, Souad Belkebir, Jaroslaw Janc, Tahsine Mahfouz, Ata Nevzat Yalcin, Vladislav A Belskii, Nefise Oztoprak-Cuvalci, Recep Tekin, Yatin Mehta, Florin George Horhat, Kushlani Jayatilleke, Nepomuceno Mejia, Aruna Poojary, Saroj Kumar Pattnaik, Katherine Gomez-Nieto, Vesna Mioljevic, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Wiesława Duszyńska, Pravin K Nair, Emrah Gün, Guadalupe Aguirre-Avalos, Gustavo Jorge Chaparro, Mona Moheyeldin Abdelhalim, Le Thi Thu Nguyet, Abeer Aly Omar, Achilleas Gikas, Mariana Mrazova, Majeda A Al-Ruzzieh, Wan Rahiza Wan Mat, Souha S. Kanj, Mohit Kharbanda, Anjeela Koirala, Dale Fisher, Sanghamitra Mishra, Anju Mathew, Daisy Aguilar-De-Morós

Publikováno v: American Journal of Infection Control. 49:1267-1274

Background We report the results of INICC surveillance study from 2013 to 2018, in 664 intensive care units (ICUs) in 133 cities, of 45 countries, from Latin-America, Europe, Africa, Eastern-Mediterranean, Southeast-Asia, and Western-Pacific. Methods

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.04.077

How Aware are We of the Immune Status of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients? A Multicenter Retrospective Study from Turkey

Autor: Ilknur Esen Yildiz, Ramazan Gözüküçük, Selma Tosun, Gül Durmuş, Seher Ayten Coskuner, Gulsen Iskender, Mustafa Dogan, Muhammed Bekçibaşı, Nevin Ince, Nefise Oztoprak Çuvalcı, Neslihan Çelik, Mustafa Uğuz, Kenan Ugurlu, Pınar Ergen, Ayhan Balkan, Tuğba Yanık

Publikováno v: Viral Hepatitis Journal. 26:131-134

Objectives: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionand superinfection by hepatitis A or hepatitis B virus have highermorbidity and mortality when compared with those without HCVinfection. The aim of this study was to determine hepatit

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https://doi.org/10.4274/vhd.galenos.2020.2020.0028