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    Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey
    (2004-08) KORTEN, VOLKAN; Karti, S. Sami; Odabasi, Zekaver; Korten, Volkan; Yilmaz, Mustafa; Sonmez, Mehmet; Caylan, Rahmet; Akdogan, Elif; Eren, Necmi; Koksal, Iftihar; Ovali, Ercument; Erickson, Bobbie R.; Vincent, Martin J.; Nichol, Stuart T.; Comer, James A.; Rollin, Pierre E.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.
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    Vancomycin versus Placebo for Treating Persistent Fever in Patients with Neutropenic Cancer Receiving Piperacillin-Tazobactam Monotherapy
    (2003-08-01) KORTEN, VOLKAN; Cometta, A.; Kern, W. V.; De Bock, R.; Paesmans, M.; Vandenbergh, M.; Crokaert, F.; Engelhard, D.; Marchetti, O.; Akan, H.; Skoutelis, A.; Korten, V.; Vandercam, M.; Gaya, H.; Padmos, A.; Klastersky, J.; Zinner, S.; Glauser, M. P.; Calandra, T.; Viscoli, C.; The International Antimicrobial Therapy Group of the European Organization for Research Treatment of Cancer
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    An unusual native tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Candida colliculosa
    (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2003-04) DURMUŞOĞLU, LÜTFİYE; Kaygusuz, I; Mulazimoglu, L; Cerikcioglu, N; Toprak, A; Oktay, A; Korten, V
    Candida colliculosa , which grew in blood cultures of a 71-year-old retired man with fever of unknown origin that had lasted for 7 months, in conjunction with transthoracic echocardiography, demonstrating a 20-mm vegetation, superior to the tricuspid valve, herniating into the right atrial cavity. The finding led to the diagnosis of fungal endocarditis. Fluconazole, 600 mg daily, was commenced for 8 days; followed by amphotericin B, 1 mg/kg daily. On the fourth day of the amphotericin B treatment, the patient underwent replacement of the infected tricuspid valve. Even though the initial postoperative period was relatively uncomplicated, the patient died after a gross aspiration on the 67th day of his hospital stay, despite aggressive cardiovascular support and antimicrobial therapy. This is the first report of a native tricuspid valve fungal endocarditis due to C. colliculosa or Torulaspora delbrueckii , which is not known to be a human pathogen.
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    Increasing carbapenem resistance due to the clonal dissemination of oxacillinase (OXA-23 and OXA-58)-producing Acinetobacter baumannii: report from the Turkish SENTRY Program sites
    (MICROBIOLOGY SOC, 2008-12-01) KORTEN, VOLKAN; Gur, Deniz; Korten, Volken; Unal, Serhat; Deshpande, Lalitagauri M.; Castanheira, Mariana
    A significant increase in carbapenem-resistance rates among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected in two Turkish medical centres was detected in the 2000-2006 period (20-60%) by the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program. Carbapenem-resistant strains from 2006 were evaluated for the presence of encoding genes and epidemic clonality. OXA-58-like and OXA-23-like carbapenemase-producing strains were detected in both medical institutions. Seventeen out of 18 strains from Ankara were positive for bla(OXA-58) primers and belonged to the same clone, whilst 26 isolates (25 from Istanbul and one from Ankara) harboured bla(OXA-23)-like genes and showed identical or similar PFGE patterns. Isolates producing OXA-23-like carbapenemases were more resistant than OXA-58-like carbapenemase producers to non-carbapenem antimicrobial agents. Carbapenem resistance in these institutions was observed to be largely driven by the dissemination of clones producing OXA-type carbapenemases.
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    Disseminated Flavimonas oryzihabitans Infection in a Diabetic Patient Who Presented with Suspected Multiple Splenic Abscesses
    (1997-08) HASDEMİR GÖKBOĞA, MÜNEVVER UFUK; Kirtş, Serhan; Över, Ufuk; Babacan, Funda; Lawrence, Roger; Korten, Volkan
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    STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH RECTAL CARCINOMA AND ITS NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
    (2006-04-15) KORTEN, VOLKAN; Abul, Yasin; Odabasi, Zekaver; Kodalli, Nihat; Oktay, Ahmet; Korten, Volkan