Publications

prevalence of neisseria meningitidis carriage: a small-scale survey in istanbul, turkey.	the human nasopharynx is the main reservoir of neisseria meningitidis, and asymptomatic carriage is common. n. meningitidis one of the common causes of bacterial meningitis in turkey, especially after the implementation of the national immunization program that includes conjugated pneumococcal and haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of meningococcal carriage and determine the leading serogroup, which may help authorities to adapt appro ...	2016	27131006
tem-1 and rob-1 presence and antimicrobial resistance in haemophilus influenzae strains, istanbul, turkey.	resistance of 235 haemophilus influenzae clinical isolates from istanbul medical faculty hospital, turkey were determined against 19 antibiotics by disc diffusion method, and minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) of those found resistant to ampicillin, cefuroxim, chloramphenicol and meropenem were measured using e-test. ampicillin-resistant isolates producing beta-lactamase as demonstrated by a nitrocefin assay were analyzed for the presence of tem-1 and rob-1 genes by pcr. eleven percent of ...	2015	26513928
[trends in antibiotic susceptibility patterns of streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae isolates: four years follow up].	this study was aimed to follow up the antibiotic resistance trends in streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae isolated from clinical specimens between 2003-2006 at marmara university hospital, istanbul, turkey. antibiotic susceptibilities were performed by disk diffusion method, and penicillin susceptibility was determined by e-test (ab biodisk, sweden). results were evaluated by clsi standards. during this period a total of 258 s. pneumoniae and 548 h. influenzae were isolated in ou ...	2010	20549950
comparison of in vitro activities of tigecycline with other antimicrobial agents against streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae and moraxella catarrhalis in two university hospitals in istanbul, turkey.	we compared the in vitro activities of tigecycline with those of other agents against 97 streptococcus pneumoniae, 140 haemophilus influenzae and 54 moraxella catarrhalis strains isolated in two large university hospitals in istanbul.	2009	19390189
pharyngeal carriage and antimicrobial resistance of haemophilus influenzae in non-type-b-vaccinated healthy children attending day care centers in turkey.	the true prevalence of haemophilus influenzae carriage rates in turkey is unknown. as surveillance of pharyngeal carriage of resistant strains is important for initiating adequate empirical antimicrobial therapy, with the present study, we aimed to determine the carriage rates and antimicrobial resistance patterns of h. influenzae isolated from healthy children attending day care centers (dccs) in istanbul, turkey.	2007	17308377
pharyngeal colonization with haemophilus influenzae type b among healthy turkish infants and children.	an absence of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease surveillance and epidemiological data on the pharyngeal carriage of turkish children causes delay in the introduction of conjugated hib vaccination into proposed national vaccination programs.	2002	12139561
natural immunity to haemophilus influenzae type b among healthy children in istanbul, turkey.		2000	10781236
incidence of h. influenzae in a day-care center.	in this study nasopharyngeal haemophilus influenzae flora of healthy children in a day-care center in istanbul were analyzed. nasopharyngeal cultures of 168 children between two and five years of age were obtained between december 1, 1992 and april 1, 1993 and investigated. h. influenzae was isolated in 104 cultures. h. influenzae type b (hib), type f and h. parainfluenzae were found 87 children (51.8%), 15 children (8.9%) and one child (0.6%), respectively, while non-typable h. influenzae was d ...	1996	8827896