Browsing by Author "Tünger O."

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    Evaluation of rational antibiotic use
    (2000) Tünger O.; Dinç G.; Özbakkaloglu B.; Atman U.C.; Algün U.
    The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a major problem throughout the world and a rational use of antibiotics is therefore very important. This study was performed to estimate the appropriateness of antimicrobial drug use in Celal Bayar University Hospital in Manisa. The data of all inpatients (n = 937) between October and December 1998 were collected according to the Kunin and Jones criteria. Of the patients, 16.6% (n = 156) were receiving antibiotics, and in 63.5, 23.0 and 13.5% of these, a single, two and three agents were used, respectively. The purpose of antibiotic use was for prophylaxis in 23.9%, as an empiric decision in 71.4% and for therapeutic culture-based reasons in 4.7%. The rate of rational antibiotic use was 45.7% and it was statistically higher in those patients from whom specimens had been taken for culture than in patients receiving prophylactic or empiric antibiotics. On medical wards, rational antibiotic usage was 55.1%, while it was 26.3% in surgical wards (P < 0.0001). The low rate of appropriate antibiotic use in our university hospital reflects the urgent need of rationalization. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. and International Society of Chemotherapy.
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    Trends in antimicrobial resistant staphylococci in an university hospital over a 6-year period
    (Elsevier, 2001) Tünger O.; Özbakkalolu B.; Aksoy H.
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    In vitro susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus strains to fusidic acid
    (2001) Tünger O.; Arsoy A.; Kurutepe S.; Akçal S.; Özbakkalolu B.
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    In vitro effectiveness of quinupristin/dalfopristin against Staphylococcus aureus strains [2]
    (Elsevier, 2003) Limoncu M.H.; Ermertcan S.; Coşar G.; Tünger O.
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    [Epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis in the world].; [Dünyada Kistik Ekinokokkoz Epidemiyolojisi.]
    (2013) Tünger O.
    The incidence and prevalence of cystic echinococcosis have fallen dramatically over the past several decades. Nonetheless, cystic echinococcosis remains a major public health issue in several countries and regions as a result of a reduction of control programmes due to economic problems. Geographic distribution differs by country and region depending on the presence of large numbers of nomadic or semi-nomadic sheep and goat flocks that represent the intermediate host of the parasite, and their close contact with the final host, the dog, which mostly provides the transmission of infection to humans. The greatest prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in human and animal hosts is found in countries of the temperate zones, including Mediterranean regions, southern and central parts of Russia, central Asia, China, Australia, South America and north and east Africa. In this article, the geographic distribution and epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis worldwide are reviewed.