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Current Status Of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Methods

Arikan, Sevtap (Oxford Univ Press, 2007)

Antifungal susceptibility testing is a very dynamic field of medical mycology. Standardization of in vitro susceptibility tests by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the European Committee for ...

Escmid Dagger And Ecmm Double Dagger Joint Clinical Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Mucormycosis 2013

Cornely, O. A.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Dannaoui, E.; Groll, A. H.; Lagrou, K.; Chakrabarti, A.; Lanternier, F.; Pagano, L.; Skiada, A.; Akova, M.; Arendrup, M. C.; Boekhout, T.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Freiberger, T.; Guinea, J.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, S.; Hope, W.; Johnson, E.; Kathuria, S.; Lackner, M.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Lortholary, O.; Meis, J. F.; Meletiadis, J.; Munoz, P.; Richardson, M.; Roilides, E.; Tortorano, A. M.; Ullmann, A. J.; van Diepeningen, A.; Verweij, P.; Petrikkos, G. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)

These European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and European Confederation of Medical Mycology Joint Clinical Guidelines focus on the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis. Only a few of the ...

Escmid And Ecmm Joint Clinical Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Systemic Phaeohyphomycosis: Diseases Caused By Black Fungi

Chowdhary, A.; Meis, J. F.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, G. S.; Kathuria, S.; Arendrup, M. C.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Akova, M.; Boekhout, T.; Caira, M.; Guinea, J.; Chakrabarti, A.; Dannaoui, E.; van Diepeningen, A.; Freiberger, T.; Groll, A. H.; Hope, W. W.; Johnson, E.; Lackner, M.; Lagrou, K.; Lanternier, F.; Lass-Floerl, C.; Lortholary, O.; Meletiadis, J.; Munoz, P.; Pagano, L.; Petrikkos, G.; Richardson, M. D.; Roilides, E.; Skiada, A.; Tortorano, A. M.; Ullmann, A. J.; Verweij, P. E.; Cornely, O. A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)

The aetiological agents of many invasive fungal infections are saprobes and opportunistic pathogens. Some of these fungi are darkly pigmented due to melanin production and traditionally have been named dematiaceous'. The ...

Escmid And Ecmm Joint Guidelines On Diagnosis And Management Of Hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium Spp., Scedosporium Spp. And Others

Tortorano, A. M.; Richardson, M.; Roilides, E.; van Diepeningen, A.; Caira, M.; Munoz, P.; Johnson, E.; Meletiadis, J.; Pana, Z. -D.; Lackner, M.; Verweij, P.; Freiberger, T.; Cornely, O. A.; Arikan-Akdagli, S.; Dannaoui, E.; Groll, A. H.; Lagrou, K.; Chakrabarti, A.; Lanternier, F.; Pagano, L.; Skiada, A.; Akova, M.; Arendrup, M. C.; Boekhout, T.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuenca-Estrella, M.; Guinea, J.; Guarro, J.; de Hoog, S.; Hope, W.; Kathuria, S.; Lortholary, O.; Meis, J. F.; Ullmann, A. J.; Petrikkos, G.; Lass-Floerl, C. (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014)

Mycoses summarized in the hyalohyphomycosis group are heterogeneous, defined by the presence of hyaline (non-dematiaceous) hyphae. The number of organisms implicated in hyalohyphomycosis is increasing and the most clinically ...

Molecular Identification, Genotyping, And Drug Susceptibility Of The Basidiomycetous Yeast Pathogen Trichosporon Isolated From Turkish Patients

Kalkanci, Ayse; Sugita, Takashi; Arikan, Sevtap; Yucesoy, Mine; Ener, Beyza; Otag, Feza; Kiraz, Nuri; Kustimur, Semra; Sancak, Banu; Evci, Canan; Emektas, Gurol (Oxford Univ Press, 2010)

Deep-seated infections due to Trichosporon species are emerging mycoses that have a very poor prognosis in patients with persistent neutropenia. This study elucidated the mycological characteristics of Trichosporon strains ...

Molecular Epidemiology Of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae In A University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Pinar, A; Koseoglu, O; Yenisehirli, G; Sener, B (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2004)

Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates (n = 76) from clinical samples of patients admitted to Hacettepe University Hospital between January 1997 and December 2001 were included in the study. MICs of penicillin ...

Analysis of Mutations in The Pbp Genes of Penicillin-Non-Susceptible Pneumococci from Turkey

Biçmen, M; Gülay, Z; Ramaswamy, SV; Musher, DM; Gür, D (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2006)

Sequence analysis of the pbp genes from 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Turkey (eight with high-level penicillin-resistance, nine with low-level penicillin-resistance, and three that were penicillin-susceptible) ...

Distribution, Virulence Attributes and Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Candida Parapsilosis Complex Strains Isolated From Clinical Samples

Tosun, İlknur; Akyuz, Zeynep; Güler, Nejla Cebeci; Gulmez, Dolunay; Bayramoglu, Gulcin; Kaklikkaya, Nese; Arikan-Akdagli, Sevtap; Aydin, Faruk (Oxford Univ Press, 2013)

It was recently proposed that Candida parapsilosis represents a complex composed of three closely related species, i.e., C. parapsilosis sensu stricto, C. orthopsilosis, and C. metapsilosis. The aim of this study was to ...

Effect of Antioxidants on The Immune Response of Helicobacter Pylori

Akyön, Y (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002)

Antioxidants are substances capable of inhibiting oxidation. In chronic diseases, inflammatory response cells produce oxygen free radicals. Oxygen free radicals cause DNA damage, and this may lead to gene modifications ...

A Current Analysis Of Caregivers' Approaches To Fever And Antipyretic Usage

Polat, Meltem; Kara, Soner Sertan; Tezer, Hasan; Tapisiz, Anil; Derinoz, Oksan; Dolgun, Anil (J Infection Developing Countries, 2014)

Introduction: The aim of this survey was to investigate the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices of febrile children's caregivers about fever, antipyretic usage, and temperature measurement methods in a tertiary ...