Antimicrobial Resistance
Şiran Keske and others
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is an increasing global problem all over the world. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, including carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. have become common causes of HAI, such as central line-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), surgical site infections (SSIs) and ventilatory associated pneumonia (VAPs). These infections increase not only mortality but also healthcare Read More
Mehtap Aydın and others
Surgical site infections (SSI) are defined as infections that occur up to 30 days or one year after surgery in patients with implants, affecting the incision or deep tissue at the surgery site. They account for 20% of all healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in hospitalized patients. Patients with SSI are hospitalised additionally 7-11 days postoperatively. Read More
Vildan Avkan-Oğuz and others
Complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) is defined as localized or diffuse peritonitis with the involvement of multiple intraperitoneal organs. Source control and appropriate empirical antibiotics are essentials of the treatment. There are few clinical and microbiologic studies regarding cIAI in Turkey. Empiric antibiotics were selected due to diagnoses; community-acquired IAI (CA-IAI) or healthcare-associated IAI. Guidelines published on this topic lack definitive criteria for CA-IAI. Read More
Berna Özer and others
Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most pathogenic nosocomial infection agents because of its extreme resistance to almost all known antibiotics and host immune responses . The emergence of colistin-resistance in A. baumannii has been reported throughout the world. Read More