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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Effect of video camera monitoring feedback on hand hygiene compliance in neonatal intensive care unit, an interventional study
    (2023-01-02) SİLİ, ULUHAN; MEMİŞOĞLU, ASLI; ÖZEK, EREN; KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Bilgin H., SİLİ U., Pazar N., Kucuker I., Kepenekli E., Yanar M. A., MEMİŞOĞLU A., ÖZEK E., Adhikari N. K., Pinto R., et al.
    Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether use of a video camera surveillance system for hand hygiene (HH) monitoring, video-based education, and feedback could improve the HH compliance in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods and materials: This was an interventional before-after trial conducted in a level-III NICU between July 2019 and June 2020. HH compliance was measured using randomly selected video-camera footage in the baseline, intervention, and maintenance periods. After the baseline, an intervention consisting of feedback and education with video scenarios was implemented. The primary outcome was change in HH compliance. The compliance rates were analyzed as an interrupted time series (ITS) with a segmented regression model adjusted for autocorrelation for each study period. Results: We identified a total of 8335 HH indications. There were non significant increases in the total compliance rate (9.0%, 95% CI -2% to 20%) at the time of intervention and in the compliance rate after intervention (0.26%, 95% CI -0.31% to 0.84%) per day. The hand hygiene compliance before patient contact significantly increased (19.8%, 95% CI, 4.8%-34.8%). Incorrect glove use improved non-significantly with the intervention (-3.4%, 95% CI -13.4% to 6.7%). Conclusion: In this study of HH monitoring using video-camera footage combined with an intervention including feedback and education, there were inconsistent improvements in HH compliance. However, these improvements were not sustained in the long term. Frequent feedback and education may be required to sustain high compliance.
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    Reduction of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit using an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system
    (2021-12-01) GÜL, FETHİ; YAKUT, NURHAYAT; BİLGİLİ, BELİZ; KASAPOĞLU, UMUT SABRİ; ARSLANTAŞ, MUSTAFA KEMAL; KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Akkoc G., Soysal A., GÜL F., KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ E., Arslantas M. K., Yakut N., BİLGİLİ B., Demir S. O., Haliloglu M., Kasapoglu U. S., et al.
    Introduction: Healthcare-associated infection is an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Well-regulated infection control and hand hygiene are the most effective methods for preventing healthcare-associated infections. This study evaluated and compared conventional hand hygiene observation and an electronic hand-hygiene recording and reminder system for preventing healthcare-associated infections. Methodology: This pre-and post-intervention study, employed an electronic hand-hygiene recording and reminder system for preventing healthcare-associated infections at a tertiary referral center. Healthcare-associated infection surveillance was recorded in an anesthesia and reanimation intensive care unit from April 2016 to August 2016. Hand-hygiene compliance was observed by conventional observation and an electronic recording and reminder system in two consecutive 2-month periods. healthcare-associated infections were calculated as incidence rate ratios. Results: The rate of healthcare-associated infections in the electronic hand-hygiene recording and reminder system period was significantly decreased compared with that in the conventional hand-hygiene observation period (incidence rate ratio = 0.58; 95% confident interval = 0.33-0.98). Additionally, the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections and the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia were lower during the electronic hand hygiene recording and reminder system period (incidence rate ratio= 0.41; 95% confident interval = 0.11-1.30 and incidence rate ratio = 0.67; 95% confident interval = 0.30-1.45, respectively). Conclusions: After implementing the electronic hand hygiene recording and reminder system, we observed a significant decrease in healthcare-associated infections and invasive device-associated infections. These results were encouraging and suggested that electronic hand hygiene reminder and recording systems may reduce some types of healthcare-associated infections in healthcare settings.
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    Evaluation of infants with HIV-infected mothers and perinatal transmission in Turkey: A single-center experience
    (KARE PUBL, 2021) KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Yakut, Nurhayat; Kepenekli, Eda
    OBJECTIVE: The most common route of HIV infection in children is through perinatal transmission. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the characteristics of infants with HIV-infected mothers and perinatal HIV transmission. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, single-center study of HIV-exposed infants in between December 2017 and October 2019 in a Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital. RESULTS: A total of 18 infants were examined. All babies were born by cesarean section, and none of them were breastfed. Seventeen mothers were diagnosed with HIV before pregnancy. These mothers had received antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy, and their viral loads before delivery were negative. An antiretroviral prophylaxis with oral zidovudine was started in all infants within their 1st day of birth and continued for at least 6 weeks. All infants were tested for their HIV viral load within the first 48 h of birth, with negative results, and 12 infants were tested for anti-HIV antibodies at the 18th month, again with negative results. In this study, we determined that none of the infants had been infected with HIV. CONCLUSION: Our findings highlight the importance of initiating ART for all HIV-infected pregnant women and the importance of protection modalities during pregnancy, delivery, and the postnatal period for the prevention of perinatal transmission of HIV.
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    Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Child: A Case Report and Management of Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis
    (HINDAWI LTD, 2016) KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Akkoc, Gulsen; Kadayifci, Eda Kepenekli; Karaaslan, Ayse; Atici, Serkan; Yakut, Nurhayat; Demir, Sevliya Ocal; Soysal, Ahmet; Bakir, Andmustafa
    Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) usually causes mild, asymptomatic, and self-limited infections in children and adults; however, it may occasionally lead to severe conditions such as neurological diseases, malignant diseases, hepatic failure, and myocarditis. Epstein-Barr virus-related neurological disorders include meningitis, encephalitis, and cranial or peripheral neuritis, which are mostly seen in immunocompromised patients. The therapeutic modalities for EBV-related severe organ damage including central nervous system manifestations are still uncertain. Herein, we describe a seven-year-old boy with EBV encephalitis who presented with prolonged fever, exudative pharyngitis, reduced consciousness, and neck stiffness. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed contrast enhancement in the bilateral insular cortex and the right hypothalamus. The diagnosis was made by EBV-DNA amplification in both the blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples. He was discharged with acyclovir therapy without any sequelae.
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    Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis due to ceftriaxone: Report of a pediatric case with recurrence after positive patch test
    (WILEY, 2019) SALMAN, ANDAÇ; Salman, Andac; Yucelten, Deniz; Cakici, Ozlem Akin; Kadayifci, Eda Kepenekli
    Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is seen uncommonly in children and sometimes shows atypical clinical features in this population. Patch testing can be used effectively in children for the confirmation of the culprit drug in cases of multiple drug use. Here, we report a rare, pediatric case of ceftriaxone-induced AGEP confirmed by patch testing with subsequent recurrence of the skin eruption.
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    Ev içi temaslı beş çocuk olguda çoklu ilaca dirençli tüberkülozun yönetimi
    (2022-03-17) ERDEM ERALP, ELA; GÖKDEMİR, YASEMİN; KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Parlak B., Yılmaz D., Ergenç Z., Yılmaz S., Aslan S., Babalık A., Erdem Eralp E., Gökdemir Y., Kepenekli Kadayifci E.
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    Healthcare-associated staphylococcus aureus infections in children in Turkey: A six-year retrospective, single-center study
    (2023-08-01) İLKİ, ZEYNEP ARZU; KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Yakut N., Ergenç Z., Tuncay S. A., Bayraktar S., Sayın E., İlki Z. A., Kepenekli Kadayifci E.
    Objective: To describe clinical and epidemiological characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibility and mortality-associated factors of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) caused by Staphylococcus (S.) aureus in children. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, single-centre study of pediatric HCAIs caused by S. aureus from a tertiary care hospital in Turkey between February 2014 and December 2019. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of the methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MSSA and MRSA) isolates was evaluated. Results: A total of 310 pediatric patients were examined. Overall, 225 (72.6%) isolates were MSSA and 85 (27.4%) were MRSA. All S. aureus isolates were susceptible to teicoplanin, vancomycin, linezolid, tigecycline, mupirocin, and daptomycin. Penicillin resistance rates were high (89.0%), while fosfomycin, gentamicin, and clindamycin resistance rates were low (1.3%, 1.0%, and 2.3%, respectively). Except susceptibility to fosfomycin, which was significantly lower in 2014 compared to 2018 and 2019, no significant difference was found in the antimicrobial susceptibility of S. aureus isolates between the years. Baseline characteristics and mortality rate were similar comparing MRSA and MSSA causing HCAIs. The mortality rate of HCAIs caused by S. aureus was 6.5% (20 patients). Malignancy was an independent risk factor associated with mortality in the multivariate analysis (OR 5.446, 95% CI 1.573- 18.849). Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that MSSA remained the most causative agent of HCAIs caused by S. aureus. The mortality rate was 6.5%, the antibiotic resistance rate was quite high for penicillin and diagnosis of malignancy was the main risk factor for increasing mortality in children. These findings could help improve the management of HCAIs caused by S. aureus in children.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
    (AFRICAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK-AFENET, 2016) KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Yakut, Nurhayat; Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci; Karaaslan, Ayse; Atici, Serkan; Akkoc, Gulsen; Demir, Sevliya Ocal; Soysal, Ahmet; Bakir, Mustafa
    Acinetobacter ursingii is an aerobic, gram-negative, opportunistic microorganism which is rarely isolated among Acinetobacter species. We present two immunocompetent infants who developed bacteremia due to A. ursingii. The first patient is a two -month- old boy who had been hospitalized in pediatric surgery unit for suspected tracheo-esophageal fistula because of recurrent aspiration pneumonia unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The second patient is a fourteen -month- old boy with prolonged vomiting and diarrhea. A. ursingii was isolated from their blood cultures. They were successfully treated with ampicillin-sulbactam. Although A. ursingii has recently been isolated from a clinical specimen; reports of infection with A. ursingii in children are rare. A. ursingii should be kept in mind as an opportunistic microorganism in children.
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    The impact of vitamin B12 deficiency on infant gut microbiota
    (SPRINGER, 2020) ERZİK, CAN; Boran, Perran; Baris, Hatice Ezgi; Kepenekli, Eda; Erzik, Can; Soysal, Ahmet; Dinh, Duy M.
    Although physiologic and neurologic consequences of micronutrient deficiencies have been addressed extensively, less is known about their impact on developing gut microbiota. Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common micronutrient deficiency in infants. We aimed to analyze the gut microbial composition of exclusively breastfed infants aged between 4 and 6 months with and without vitamin B12 deficiency by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In a subgroup of infants with vitamin B12 deficiency, stool samples are recollected and reanalyzed after vitamin B12 supplementation. A total of 88 infants' stool samples (median age 4 months [IQR 4-5], 50% males) were analyzed, of which 28 (31.8%) were vitamin B12 sufficient and 60 (68.2%) were vitamin B12 insufficient. Comparisons between vitamin B12-sufficient and vitamin B12-insufficient infants revealed no evidence of differences in the microbiota. Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes were the most abundant phyla in all groups. There was no difference between the pre- and post-treatment composition of gut microbiota. Conclusion: Vitamin B12-deficient infants have similar gut microbial composition as vitamin B12-sufficient infants. Since the samples were collected at an early period of life and the exposure to deficiency was relatively short, it may be possible that the effects were not fully established.
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    Epidemiologic and microbiologic evaluation of nosocomial infections associated with Candida spp in children: A multicenter study from Istanbul, Turkey
    (MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 2016) KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ, EDA; Sutcu, Murat; Salman, Nuran; Akturk, Hacer; Dalgic, Nazan; Turel, Ozden; Kuzdan, Canan; Kadayifci, Eda Kepenekli; Sener, Dicle; Karbuz, Adem; Erturan, Zayre; Somer, Ayper
    Background: The purpose of this study was to establish species distribution of Candida isolates from pediatric patients in Istanbul, Turkey, and to determine risk factors associated with nosocomial Candida infections. Methods: This study was conducted between June 2013 and June 2014 by participation of 7 medical centers in Istanbul. Candida spp strains isolated from the clinical specimens of pediatric patients were included. Clinical features were recorded on a standardized data collection sheet. Results: A total of 134 systemic Candida infections were identified in 134 patients. The patients were admitted in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (41.8% and 9.7%, respectively) and in pediatric wards (48.5%). Candida albicans was the most prevalent species (47%), followed by Candida parapsilosis (13.4%), Candida tropicalis (8.2%), Candida glabrata (4.5%), Candida lusitaniae (3.7%), Candida kefyr (2.2%), Candida guilliermondii (1.5%), Candida dubliniensis (0.7%), and Candida krusei (0.7%). Types of Candida infections were candidemia (50.7%), urinary tract infection (33.6%), surgical site infection (4.5%), central nervous system infection (3.7%), catheter infection (3.7%), and intra-abdominal infection (3.7%). In multivariate analysis, younger age (1-24 months) and detection of non-albicans Candida spp was found to be risk factors associated with candidemia (P = 0.040; odds ratio [OR], 4.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-15.86; and P = 0.02; OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.10-5.53, respectively). Conclusions: This study provides an update for the epidemiology of nosocomial Candida infections in Istanbul, which is important for the management of patients and implementation of appropriate infection control measures. (C) 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.