Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with Kawasaki disease in TurkeyHalil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University Medical School, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
J Trop Pediatr 56:260-2. 2010
..Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood in the developed countries. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with KD in Turkey...
The treatment of cerebral salt wasting with fludrocortisone in a child with lissencephalyHalil Ozdemir
Ankara Diskapi Pediatric Disease Education and Investigation Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkey
Turk Neurosurg 20:100-2. 2010
..The patient was treated with hypertonic saline and multiple antiepileptic drugs. Fludrocortisone supplementation effectively treated cerebral salt wasting...
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 33:135-7. 2011
..Here, we report the second case of HLH after infection with the influenza A H1N1 virus treated with peroral oseltamivir successfully...
- Acute neonatal suppurative parotitis: a case report and review of the literature
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara University Medical School, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Infect Dis 15:e500-2. 2011
..Information about the etiopathogenesis and management of the disease is very limited. Here, we describe a newborn who developed NSP due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and who was treated successfully with antibiotics...
- Chickenpox complications, incidence and financial burden in previously healthy children and those with an underlying disease in Ankara in the pre-vaccination period
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 53:614-25. 2011
..The chickenpox-related mortality rate for the 0-17 age group was 3.03/1,000,000 in Ankara. In conclusion, we feel that a national vaccination program for chickenpox will lead to a significant decrease in the overall cost to our country...
- Nosocomial infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii in a pediatric intensive care unit in Turkey
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 53:255-60. 2011
..7%) disorders were the most common underlying diseases. Nosocomial A. baumannii is commonly multidrug-resistant, prolongs the length of stay in the PICU and increases the mortality rates in pediatric critical care...
- Successful treatment of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia with tigecycline in an acute myeloid leukemia child
Halil Ozdemir
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 54:59-60. 2012
..Herein, we report a nine-year-old girl with acute myeloid leukemia who was treated successfully with tigecycline due to multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia...
- Aseptic meningitis in a child due to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 53:91-3. 2011
..The infection was confirmed via nasopharyngeal and throat swabs. She was treated with oseltamivir successfully. To our knowledge, she is the first child diagnosed as pandemic influenza A (H1N1) meningitis...
- Baboon syndrome induced by oral antitussive-decongestant agent in a child
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 52:659-61. 2010
..To our knowledge, this is one of the rare reported cases of baboon syndrome associated with use of an antitussive-decongestant including pseudoephedrine HCI, dextromethorphan HBr and chlorpheniramine maleate...
- Ampicillin/sulbactam for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
Anil Tapisiz
Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Ankara University Medical School, Dikimevi, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
J Infect Chemother 17:504-9. 2011
..However, pleural effusion was found to be the main factor associated with treatment failure...
- Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a child due to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus
Halil Ozdemir
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 52:648-51. 2010
..SPM could be associated with bronchial obstruction or necrotizing pneumonia, and the prognosis of patients with SPM associated with necrosis is worse than of patients with SPM associated with bronchial obstruction...
- Bacteraemia and candidaemia: a considerable and underestimated complication of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis
Ergin Ciftci
Department of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Scand J Infect Dis 41:857-61. 2009
..All patients were successfully treated with fluid replacement and antimicrobial therapy. Bacteraemia and candidaemia appear to be a considerable and underestimated complication of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis...
- Clinical and epidemiological features of Turkish children with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection: experience from multiple tertiary paediatric centres in Turkey
Ergin Ciftci
Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Scand J Infect Dis 43:923-9. 2011
..Herein we present the largest series of children who were hospitalized due to pandemic H1N1 infection in Turkey...
