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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Discordance between Serum Neutralizing Antibody Titers and the Recovery from COVID-19
    (2020-09-25T00:00:00Z) Koç, Mm; Kalkan, Yazıcı; Çetin, Nesibe Selma; Doymaz, Mz; Sümbül, B; Durdu, B; YAZICI, MERVE; MERİÇ KOÇ, MELİHA; ÇETİN, NESİBE SELMA; KARAASLAN, ELİF; OKAY, GÜLAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; DOYMAZ, MEHMET ZIYA
    The recent pandemic of COVID-19 has caused a tremendous alarm around the world. Details of the infection process in the host have significant bearings on both recovery from the disease and on the correlates of the protection from the future exposures. One of these factors is the presence and titers of neutralizing Abs (NAbs) in infected people. In the current study, we set out to investigate NAbs in the recovered subjects discharged from the hospital in full health. Serum samples from a total of 49 documented consecutive COVID-19 subjects were included in the study. All the subjects were adults, and serum samples collected during the discharge were tested in viral neutralization, enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and Western immunoblot tests against viral Ags. Even though a majority of the recovered subjects had raised significant NAb titers, there is a substantial number of recovered patients (10 out of 49) with no or low titers of NAbs against the virus. In these cohorts as well as in patients with high NAb titers, viral Ag binding Abs were detectable in EIA tests. Both NAb titers and EIA detectable Abs are increased in patients experiencing a severe form of the disease, and in older patients the Ab titers were heightened. The main conclusion is that the recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection is not solely dependent on high NAb titers in affected subjects, and this recovery process is probably produced by a complex interplay between many factors, including immune response, age of the subjects, and viral pathology.
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    Temporal trends and patterns in antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria implicated in intensive care unit-acquired infections: A cohort-based surveillance study in Istanbul, Turkey
    (2018-09-01) GULTEPE, Bilge; Kritsotakis, Evangelos; Lee, Andrew C. K.; Torun, PERİHAN; Hakyemez, Ismail N.; Aslan, Turan; DURDU, BÜLENT; TORUN, PERİHAN; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE
    Objectives: This study assessed trends and patterns in antimicrobial-resistant intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in Istanbul, Turkey.
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    Examination of antimicrobial effect of fluoxetine in experimental sepsis model: An in vivo study
    (2022-10-01T00:00:00Z) Cakir, Ahsen; Bozali, Kubra; Celikten, Mert; Guler, Eray Metin; Sahan, Ebru; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; KOÇYİĞİT, ABDÜRRAHİM; ŞAHAN, EBRU; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; KOÇYİĞİT, ABDÜRRAHİM
    Since most infectious diseases can develop into sepsis, it is still a major medical problem. Some in-vivo studies showed promising properties of fluoxetine in the treatment of infections. This study aims the antimicrobial effect of fluoxetine on the inflammatory process used in the treatment of sepsis-modeled rats. Besides, to investigate the efficacy of fluoxetine on modifying the antibiotic effect of imipenem in the inflammatory response. An experimental sepsis model was divided into negative control, positive control, fluoxetine 5 mg/kg, imipenem 60 mg/kg, and combined (fluoxetine; imipenem). Procalcitonin (PCT), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), lactate, myeloperoxidase activity (MPO), the inflammation markers interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-alpha), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. Oxidative stress markers, total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS), total thiol (TT), and native thiol (NT) were measured using photometric methods. Oxidative stress index (OSI) was calculated according to TAS and TOS levels. The statistical analysis was performed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0. After treatment with fluoxetine, imipenem, and combined groups, IL-1 beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, MPO activity, MCP-1, hs-CRP, PCT, lactate, and the oxidative stress markers OSI, and disulfide levels were decreased (p < 0.05). The TT, NT, and TAS levels significantly statistically increased (p < 0.05). This research demonstrates that fluoxetine has effects as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, and the combined treatment with antibioticum imipenem indicates positive synergistic effects in the experimental sepsis model.
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    Utility of Rapid Antibody Test for Screening COVID-19 Among Healthcare Professionals
    (2020-10-01T00:00:00Z) Okay, Gulay; Kacmaz, Asiye Bahar; Sumbul, BİLGE; Bolukcu, Sibel; Akkoyunlu, Yasemin; Meric Koc, Meliha; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; OKAY, GÜLAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN
    Objective: This study aims to assess the effectivity of a rapid antibody test on detecting the occupational exposure in healthcare professionals who have been working in a pandemic hospital since the initial cases were seen in our country.
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    Bezmialem Vakıf üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi’nde influenza tanısı alan hastaların özellikleri
    (2016-05-15T00:00:00Z) KASAR, NURAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; BOLUKCU, SİBEL; OKAY, GÜLAY; HAKYEMEZ, İSMAİL NECATİ; ASLAN, TURAN; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE
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    Solunum Yolu Enfeksiyonu Etkeni Olarak İzole Edilen Haemophilus influenzae ve Moraxella catarrhalis-in Mevsimlere Göre Dağılımı
    (2017-03-19) GÜLTEPE, BİLGE; DURDU, BÜLENT; CEYLAN, AYŞE NUR; BOLUKÇU, SİBEL; OKAY, GÜLAY; AKKOYUNLU, MUHAMMED EMİN; DOYMAZ, MEHMET ZİYA; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; DURDU, BÜLENT; CEYLAN, AYŞE NUR; BOLUKÇU, SİBEL; AKKOYUNLU, MUHAMMED EMİN; DOYMAZ, MEHMET ZIYA
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    Infective endocarditis case due to streptococcus parasanguinis presented with spondylodiscitis
    (2016-01-01) Hakyemez, Ismail Necati; Durdu, BÜLENT; Okay, GÜLAY; GULTEPE, Bilge; Bolukcu, SİBEL; ASLAN, Turan; HAKYEMEZ, İSMAİL NECATİ; DURDU, BÜLENT; OKAY, GÜLAY; BOLUKÇU, SİBEL; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE
    Streptococcus parasanguinis is a natural member of oral flora. It is an opportunistic pathogen, and rarely cause systemic infections due to it-s low virulence. Subacute infective endocarditis may present with various clinical manifestations (eg., spondylodiscitis). A sixty-five years old male patient from Northern Iraq has referred to our emergency service with high fever, weight loss, back pain and inability to walk. The patient was a veterinarian. He was operated three years ago for colonic carcinoma and irradiated. In magnetic resonance imaging, spondylodiscitis was detected localized in lumbar 1-2 region. Transthorasic echocardiography demonstrated aortic valve vegetation. S. parasanguinis was identified in the blood cultures. In conclusion; all in all, it-s remarkable to isolate S. parasanguinis as a causal agent of infective endocarditis in a patient who is a veterinarian with history of colonic carcinoma presented with clinical manifestation of spondylodiscitis.
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    <i>Clostridium difficile</i> infection: Is there a change in the underlying factors? Inflammatory bowel disease and <i>Clostridium difficile</i>.
    (2019-11-01T00:00:00Z) Durdu, B; Bolukcu, S; Okay, G; Hakyemez, IN; Gultepe, BİLGE; Koc, MELİHA; Aslan, T; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; OKAY, GÜLAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; MERİÇ KOÇ, MELİHA
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    Bir Üniversite Hastanesine Ayaktan Başvuran >=65 Yaşındaki Yüz Yetmiş Dört Hastanın Değerlendirmesi
    (2017-04-04T00:00:00Z) BOLUKÇU, SİBEL; OKAY, GÜLAY; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; HAKYEMEZ, İSMAİL NECATİ; DURDU, BÜLENT; AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN; ASLAN, TURAN; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; DURDU, BÜLENT; AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN
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    Nadir bir protez eklem enfeksiyonu etkeni: Salmonella paratyphi b.
    (2017-03-12T00:00:00Z) OKAY, GÜLAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; HAKYEMEZ, İSMAİL NECATİ; BOLUKCU, SİBEL; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE; ASLAN, TURAN; OKAY, GÜLAY; DURDU, BÜLENT; SÜMBÜL, BİLGE