| dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among turkish hospitals. | a collection of 39 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) stains derived from six different hospitals in ankara and one hospital in barsa, turkey, were analyzed by multiple genotyping. in agreement with the other genotyping assays, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of dna macrorestriction fragments identified genetic homogeneity among all mrsa isolates studies. it is concluded that a major clone of mrsa has spread through a large part of turkey, causing longitudinally persistent colon ... | 1997 | 9157167 |
| five-year surveillance of nosocomial infections in ankara training and research hospital. | the objective of this study was to assess the rate of nosocomial infections (nis), frequency of nosocomial pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibility changes in a 530-bed hospital over a five-year period. hospital-wide laboratory-based ni surveillance was performed prospectively between 1999 and 2003. the centers for disease control and prevention's definitions were used for nis and nosocomial surgical site infections, and ni rates were calculated by the number of nis per number of hospitalized ... | 2006 | 16979792 |
| molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nasal isolates from turkey. | methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) colonize most frequently in the anterior nares of the nose and cause serious infections all over the world. the aim of this study was to determine the nasal carriage rate of s. aureus and mrsa strains in turkish elementary school children. we also analyzed molecular characterizations of mrsa strains by using pulse field gel electrophoresis (pfge), multi locus sequence typing (mlst), staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (sccmec) typing, and de ... | 2008 | 18683075 |
| [evaluation of the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis attacks]. | the aims of this study were to assess epidemiological features, clinical outcomes, laboratory findings, causative organisms and treatment approach for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd) -related peritonitis cases. a total of 50 patients (35 male, 15 female; age range: 18-83 years, mean age: 49 +/-17 years) with capd related peritonitis treated in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology department of ankara training and research hospital between february-july 2006 were enrolle ... | 2008 | 18697423 |
| [investigation of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin b (mls(b)) and telithromycin resistance in clinical strains of staphylococci]. | the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin b (mls(b)) resistance and also to search for telithromycin resistance in staphylococcus strains isolated at hacettepe university hospital, ankara, turkey. a total of 381 staphylococcus aureus isolates and 94 coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns) were tested by disc approximation method. methicillin resistance of these isolates was searched by disc diffusion test using 30 microg cefoxitin discs. distribu ... | 2010 | 20549951 |