Leptospirosis presenting as severe rhabdomyolysis and pulmonary haemorrhageVedat Turhan
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, , Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 81327 Uskudar/Istanbul, Turkey
J Infect 52:e1-2. 2006
- [Meningococcemia and meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis W135 developed in two cases vaccinated with bivalent (A/C) meningococcal vaccine]
Vedat Turhan
GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi, Istanbul, Turkiye
Mikrobiyol Bul 44:473-8. 2010
..Since N.meningitidis W135 strains may lead to serious diseases, vaccination of the risk population with the conjugate tetravalent meningococcal vaccine (A/C/Y/W135) should be taken into consideration in Turkey...
- [Histoplasmosis story from Tennessee, U.S.A. to Turkey]
Vedat Turhan
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Mikrobiyol Bul 43:339-51. 2009
..Owing to these data, it is believed that Turkey is a possible endemic region for this fungal disease. Therefore it is aimed to make a concise review of histoplasmosis in U.S.A., Europe and Turkey in this article...
- Leptospirosis in Istanbul, Turkey: a wide spectrum in clinical course and complications
Vedat Turhan
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Scand J Infect Dis 38:845-52. 2006
..Clinical awareness, use of probable leptospirosis diagnosis forms and the application of different laboratory methods in the diagnosis of suspected cases may offer the chance to diagnose the leptospirosis accurately...
- Cerebral venous thrombosis as a complication of leptospirosis
Vedat Turhan
Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 34668 Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey
J Infect 53:e247-9. 2006
..This is the first case reported which shows CVT as a complication after the leptospirosis infection. An acutely developed leptospirosis and post-infectious CVT in a 21-year-old soldier is described here...
- [Strongyloidiosis and Loeffler's syndrome detected in a patient who used a short term steroid treatment]
Vedat Turhan
GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 32:48-50. 2008
..The patient was treated successfully with albendazole. His symptoms improved and Strongyloides stercoralis was not detected in subsequent follow-up examinations thereafter...
How reliable are cultures of specimens from superficial swabs compared with those of deep tissue in patients with diabetic foot ulcers?Mesut Mutluoglu
Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, 34668, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
J Diabetes Complications 26:225-9. 2012
..To assess the reliability of cultures of superficial swabs (SS) by comparing them with cultures of concomitantly obtained deep tissue (DT) specimens in patients with diabetic foot ulcers...
- Performance of the probe-to-bone test in a population suspected of having osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetes
Mesut Mutluoglu
Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 102:369-73. 2012
..We investigated the validity of probe-to-bone testing in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in a selected subgroup of patients clinically suspected of having diabetic foot osteomyelitis...
- [Hydatid cyst presenting with multiple recurrence and pelvic involvement: case report]
Hüsrev Diktaş
GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Servisi, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 35:178-80. 2011
..Bone involvement is found in 1% of patients afflicted with this disease. The spine is involved in about 50% of these cases. Herein, we report a 70 year old male case with pelvic and spinal hydatid cyst who was operated on eleven times...
- [A case of brucellosis complicated with endocarditis, pyelonephritis, sacroileitis and thyroiditis]
Ali Acar
GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi, Istanbul
Mikrobiyol Bul 43:141-5. 2009
..In endemic areas, brucellosis should always be taken into consideration in patients with fever of unknown origin and multisystem involvement...
- A case of Weil's syndrome developing steroid resistant immune haemolytic anaemia
Emrullah Solmazgul
Department of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Scand J Infect Dis 37:700-2. 2005
..In this paper we present a case of Weil's syndrome in which immune haemolytic anaemia findings, and haemolysis could only be controlled by intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg) treatment...
- Procalcitonin as a diagnostic aid in diabetic foot infections
Gunalp Uzun
Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Tohoku J Exp Med 213:305-12. 2007
..785; p = 0.001), ESR (0.752; p = 0.003), and finally CRP (0.625; p = 0.137). These results suggest that PCT may be a useful diagnostic marker for DFI. Additional research is needed to better define the role of PCT in DFI...
Efficacy and tolerability of antibiotic combinations in neurobrucellosis: results of the Istanbul studyHakan Erdem
Kasimpasa Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:1523-8. 2012
..3%, n = 6/42) compared to P1 (2.6%, n = 3/117) and P3 (6.1%, n = 3/49) (P = 0.020). Seemingly, ceftriaxone-based regimens are more successful and require shorter therapy than the oral treatment protocol...
- [A case report: elephantiasis]
Ergenekon Karagöz
Gülhane Askeri Tip Akademisi Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi, Istanbul, Turkiye
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 36:188-90. 2012
..In the list of differential diagnosis, filarial elephantiasis was also thought, consequently KTS was diagnosed. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2012; 36: 188-90)...
- Hantavirus infection in istanbul, Turkey
Oral Oncul
Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey O Oncul, Y Atalay, Y Onem, V Turhan, A Acar, S Ozkan, L Gorenek and Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency, Ankara, Turkey Y Uyar, D Y Caglayik
Emerg Infect Dis 17:303-4. 2011
..The hantavirus responsible for this epidemic was a PUUV subtype (4). We report a man infected with DOBV in Turkey who died 2 days after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU)...
- Can procalcitonin predict bone infection in people with diabetes with infected foot ulcers? A pilot study
Mesut Mutluoglu
Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydapaşa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 94:53-6. 2011
..This study aimed to investigate the serum levels of PCT and other conventional infection markers in diabetic persons with and without osteomyelitis...
- Hyperbaric oxygen as adjunctive therapy in experimental mediastinitis
Vedat Turhan
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Surg Res 155:111-5. 2009
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- Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
Yasar Kucukardali
Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Intern Med 47:463-5. 2008
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- [Microorganisms isolated from middle ear cultures and their antibacterial susceptibility in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media]
H Cem Gul
Department of Infectious Diseases, Gumussuyu Military Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg 16:164-8. 2006
..This study sought to determine causative microorganisms of chronic suppurative otitis media and their antibacterial susceptibility...
- [Hydatid cyst disease mimicking metastatic lung disease: a case report]
Nurettin Yiyit
GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, Göğüs Cerrahisi Servisi, Istanbul, Turkiye, Turkey
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 35:120-4. 2011
..Although main treatment modality is surgery for HCD, when all cysts can not remove with the surgical treatment in patient with multiple cysts, medical treatment can be administered...
- Leptospirosis presenting with mania and psychosis: four consecutive cases seen in a military hospital in Turkey
Umit B Semiz
GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Int J Psychiatry Med 35:299-305. 2005
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- Identification and differentiation of clinically relevant mycobacterium species directly from acid-fast bacillus-positive culture broth
Haijing Li
Departments of Pathology1 and Medicine, 2 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Clin Microbiol 47:3814-20. 2009
..intracellulare complex strains into M. avium and M. intracellulare may provide a tool to better understand the role of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex isolates in human disease...
- Investigation of the genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus among Turkish population in Turkey and various European countries
Vedat Turhan
Department of Infection Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul 81327, Turkey
Chin Med J (Engl) 118:1392-4. 2005
- Anicteric leptospirosis and renal involvement
Vedat Turhan
Ren Fail 27:491-2. 2005
- Leptospirosis is still a mortal infection in even today's world
Vedat Turhan
Scand J Infect Dis 38:746. 2006
- A case of leptospirosis presenting with end-stage renal failure
Enes Murat Atasoyu
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20:2290-2. 2005
