Department of Clinical Microbiology
&
Infectious Diseases
Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School

Recent Articles:

Esen S, Sunbul M, Leblebicioglu H, Eroglu C, Turan D.Impact of clinical and laboratory findings on prognosis in leptospirosis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2004 Jun 12;134(23-24):347-52.
PMID: 15318284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Eroglu C; Members of the Hepatitis Study Group. Acute hepatitis B virus infection in Turkey: epidemiology and genotype distribution. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004 Jun;10(6):537-41.
PMID: 15191382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Eroglu C, Leblebicioglu H, Gunaydin M, Turan D, Sunbul M, Esen S, Sanic A. Distinguishing hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype D from non-D by a simple PCR. J Virol Methods. 2004 Aug;119(2):183-7.
PMID: 15158601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H. Antimicrobial treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 May 15;169(10):1166; author reply 1166-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 15132964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Esen S, Leblebicioglu H. and Study Group. Prevalence of nosocomial infections at intensive care units in Turkey: a multicentre 1-day point prevalence study. Scand J Infect Dis. 2004;36(2):144-8.
PMID: 15061671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Peksen Y, Canbaz S, Leblebicioglu H, Sunbul M, Esen S, Sunter AT. Primary care physicians' approach to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C patients. BMC Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb 06;4(1):3.
PMID: 15018636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hosoglu S, Sunbul M, Erol S, Altindis M, Caylan R, Demirdag K, Ucmak H, Mendes H, Geyik MF, Turgut H, Gundes S, Doyuk EK, Aldemir M, Dokucu A. A national survey of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in Turkey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;24(10):758-61.
PMID: 14587938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Sunbul M, Esen S, Eroglu C. Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in leptospirosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Oct; 22(10): 639; author reply 640. Epub 2003 Sep 12. No abstract available.
PMID: 13680396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H. Ref.: Penicillin at the late stage of leptospirosis: a randomized controlled trial. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2003 Jul-Aug; 45(4): 237; author reply 238. Epub 2003 Sep 17. No abstract available.
PMID: 14502355 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H. Clinical aspects of chronic hepatitis C infection. JAMA. 2003 Sep 17; 290(11): 1453; author reply 1453-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 13129977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Akbulut A, Ulusoy S, Sunbul M, Aydin K, Geyik MF, Esen S, Eroglu C. Informal consultations in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology practice. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Jul; 9(7): 724-6.
PMID: 12925117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Karadenizli A, Kolayli F, Okay E, Ergen K, Oz S, Savli H, Leblebicioglu H, Vahaboglu H. Resistance emergence among P. aenrginosa in a rat thigh-abscess model. Comparison of imipenem and meropenem treatment. New Microbiol. 2003 Jul; 26(3): 275-80.
PMID: 12901424 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Turan D, Sunbul M, Esen S, Eroglu C. Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus by blood brotherhood rituals.Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(3):210.
PMID: 12751723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Esen S; Turkish Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection Study Group. Hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey: a nationwide multicenter point prevalence study. J Hosp Infect. 2003 Mar;53(3):207-10.
PMID: 12623322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Sunbul M. Leptospirosis: Diagnosis and treatment. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 2003; 27 (1): 171-174.

Leblebicioglu H, Hokelek M, Brook I. Toxoplasmosis. eMedicine Journal 2003;4:1.

 

Hosoglu S, Geyik MF, Balik I, Aygen B, Erol S, Aygencel SG, Mert A, Saltoglu N, Dokmetas I, Felek S, Sunbul M, Irmak H, Aydin K, Ayaz C, Kokoglu OF, Ucmak H, Satilmis S. Tuberculous meningits in adults in Turkey: epidemiology, diagnosis, clinic and laboratory. Eur J Epidemiol. 2003;18(4):337-43.
PMID: 12803374 [PubMed - in process]

Esen S, Leblebicioglu H, Sunbul M, Eroglu C, Leblebcioglu H. Repeated relapses in a meropenem-treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis.
J Chemother. 2002 Oct;14(5):535-6. No abstract available. Erratum in: J Chemother. 2002 Dec;14(6):642.
PMID: 12462436 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Canbaz S, Peksen Y, Tevfik Sunter A, Leblebicioglu H, Sunbul M. Antibiotic prescribing and urinary tract infection. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2002 Dec;20(6):407-11.
PMID: 12458133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Turgut M, Sunbul M, Bayirli D, Bilge A, Leblebicioglu H, Haznedaroglu I. Thrombocytopenia complicating the clinical course of leptospiral infection. J Int Med Res. 2002 Sep-Oct;30(5):535-40.
PMID: 12449525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Bayirli D, Esen S, Sunbul M, Eroglu C. Treatment of acute hepatitis C virus infection with interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin: Case report and review of the literature. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2002 Oct 14 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 12437778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Akcam Z, Sunbul M, Durupinar B, Eroglu C, Esen S, Leblebicioglu H. Tissue types as prognostic risk factor in hepatitis B virus infection. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2002 Jul-Aug;21(4):139-41.
PMID: 12385540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Cengiz K, Uahan C, Sunbul M, Leblebicioglu H, Cuner E. Acute renal failure in leptospirosis in the black-sea region in Turkey. Int Urol Nephrol. 2002;33(1):133-6.
PMID: 12090320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Canbaz S, Peksen Y, Gunaydin M. Physicians' antibiotic prescribing habits for upper respiratory tract infections in Turkey.
J Chemother. 2002 Apr;14(2):181-4.
PMID: 12017374 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Gunaydin M, Esen S, Tuncer I, Findik D, Ural O, Saltoslu N, Yaman A, Tasova Y; Study Group. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative isolates from intensive care units in Turkey: analysis of data from the last 5 years. J Chemother. 2002 Apr;14(2):140-6.
PMID: 12017368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Unal S. The organization of hospital infection control in Turkey. J Hosp Infect. 2002 May;51(1):1-6.
PMID: 12009813 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Brook I. Influenza. eMedicine Journal 2002;3:8.

Hosoglu S, Geyik MF, Balik I, Aygen B, Erol S, Aygencel TG, Mert A, Saltoglu N, Dokmetas I, Felek S, Sunbul M, Irmak H, Aydin K, Kokoglu OF, Ucmak H, Altindis M, Loeb M.  Predictors of outcome in patients with tuberculous meningitis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Jan;6(1):64-70.
PMID: 11931403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hokelek M, Deger BA, Deger E, Tutar E, Sunbul M. Ivermectin used in percutaneous drug injection method for the treatment of liver hydatid disease in sheep. Gastroenterology. 2002 Apr;122(4):957-62.
PMID: 11910348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Guven H, Altintop L, Baydin A, Esen S, Aygun D, Hokelek M, Doganay Z, Bek Y. Diagnostic value of procalcitonin levels as an early indicator of sepsis. Am J Emerg Med. 2002 May;20(3):202-6.
PMID: 11992340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sunbul M, Esen S, Leblebicioglu H, Hokelek M, Pekbay A, Eroglu C. Rattus norvegicus acting as reservoir of leptospira interrogans in the Middle Black Sea region of Turkey, as evidenced by PCR and presence of serum antibodies to Leptospira strain. Scand J Infect Dis. 2001;33(12):896-8.
PMID: 11868761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Vahaboglu H, Coskunkan F, Tansel O, Ozturk R, Sahin N, Koksal I, Kocazeybek B, Tatman-Otkun M, Leblebicioglu H, Ozinel MA, Akalin H, Kocagoz S, Korten V. Clinical importance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (PER-1-type)-producing Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. J Med Microbiol. 2001 Jul;50(7):642-5.
PMID: 11444775 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Eroglu C, Hokelek M, Guneren E, Esen S, Pekbay A, Uysal OA. Bacterial flora of Hirudo medicinalis and their antibiotic sensitivities in the Middle Black Sea Region, Turkey. Ann Plast Surg. 2001 Jul;47(1):70-3.
PMID: 11756807 [PubMed - in process]

Akbas H, Hokelek M, Guneren E, Eroglu L, Demir A, Eroglu C, Uysal OA. Can a tick mimic a pigmented skin lesion or melanoma?
Ann Plast Surg. 2001 Sep;47(3):349-50. No abstract available.
PMID: 11562049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Guneren E, Hokelek M, Eroglu C, Uysal OA. Re: Aeromonas species isolated from medicinal leeches. Ann Plast Surg. 2000 Nov;45(5):568-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 11092375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Over U, Gur D, Unal S, Miller GH; Aminoglycoside Resistance Study Group. The changing nature of aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms and prevalence of newly recognized resistance mechanisms in Turkey. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2001 Sep;7(9):470-8.
PMID: 11678929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sunbul M, Barut S, Esen S, Eroglu C, Leblebicioglu H. Corynebacterium citriatum Meningitis: Report of Two Adult Cases. Microbial Ecology in Health and Diseases 2000;12:57-59.

Sunbul M, Leblebicioglu H, Esen S, Eroglu C, Barut S. Response to hepatitis B vaccine in HBsAg/anti-HBs negative and anti-HBc positive subjects. Scand J Infect Dis. 2000;32(3):315-6.
PMID: 10879605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Aksaray S, DokuzoGuz B, Guvener E, Yucesoy M, Yulug N, Kocagoz S, Unal S, Cetin S, Calangu S, Gunaydin M, Leblebicioglu H, Esen S, Bayar B, Willke A, Findik D, Tuncer I, Baysal B, Gunseren F, Mamikoglu L. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative isolates from intensive care units in eight hospitals in Turkey. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000 May;45(5):695-9. Erratum in: J Antimicrob Chemother 2000 Oct;46(4):649.
PMID: 10797096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Uysal S, Sancak R, Sunbul M. A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treating streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2000 Sep;20(3):199-202.
PMID: 11064772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Yucesoy M, Yulug N, Kocagoz S, Unal S, Cetin S, Calangu S. Antimicrobial resistance of gram-negative isolates from intensive care units in Turkey: comparison to previous three years. J Chemother. 2000 Aug;12(4):294-8. Erratum in: J Chemother 2000 Dec;12(6):540.
PMID: 10949978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Willke A, Arman D, Cokca F, Sumerkan B, Soyletir G, Bakir M, Sirmatel F, Leblebicioglu H, Kijlijc S. Resistance of Salmonella and Shigella in Turkey.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 1999 Sep;5(9):588-590. No abstract available.
PMID: 11851717 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Leblebicioglu H, Nas Y, Eroglu C, Sunbul M, Esen S, Gunaydin M. Detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Chemother. 1999 Apr;11(2):103-6.
PMID: 10326740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gunseren F, Mamikoglu L, Ozturk S, Yucesoy M, Biberoglu K, Yulug N, Doganay M, Sumerkan B, Kocagoz S, Unal S, Cetin S, Calangu S, Koksal I, Leblebicioglu H, Gunaydin M. A surveillance study of antimicrobial resistance of gram-negative bacteria isolated from intensive care units in eight hospitals in Turkey. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1999 Mar;43(3):373-8.
PMID: 10223593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Sencan I, Gunaydin M, Esen S, Eroglu C, Sunbul M. Elution of vancomycin and tobramycin bonded to vascular grafts. J Chemother. 1999 Feb;11(1):46-9.
PMID: 10078780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Pfaller MA, Korten V, Jones RN, Doern GV. Multicenter evaluation of the antimicrobial activity for seven broad-spectrum beta-lactams in Turkey using the Etest method. Turkish Antimicrobial Resistance Study Group. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999 Sep;35(1):65-73.
PMID: 10529883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sunbul M, Eroglu C, Akcam Z, Adam B, Ozdener H, Leblebicioglu H. Serum Thymidine Kinase Levels In Patients With Acute Viral Hepatitis A and B. Bulletin of  the Osaka Medical College 1999;45(1):1-3.

Vahaboglu H, Ozturk R, Aygun G, Coskunkan F, Yaman A, Kaygusuz A, Leblebicioglu H, Balik I, Aydin K, Otkun M. Widespread detection of PER-1-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among nosocomial Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Turkey: a nationwide multicenter study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Oct;41(10):2265-9. Erratum in: Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998 Feb;42(2):484.
PMID: 9333059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Sunbull M, Esen S, Günaydin M. Acute Hepatitis A Virus Infection and Meningoencephalitis. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1997;17:86-87.

Ozcelik MF, Eroglu C, Pekmezci S, Ozturk R, Paksoy M, Negizade M, Vardar M. The role of lactulose in the prevention of bacterial translocation in surgical trauma. Acta Chir Belg. 1996 Feb;96(1):44-8.
PMID: 8629389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gunaydin M, Bedir A, Akpolat T, Kuku I, Pekbay A, Esen S, Ozyilkan E, Arik N, Cengiz K. Prevalence of serum HGV-RNA among hemodialysis patients in Turkey. Infection. 1997 Sep-Oct;25(5):307-9.
PMID: 9334867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Vahaboglu H, Dodanli S, Eroglu C, Ozturk R, Soyletir G, Yildirim I, Avkan V. Characterization of multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella typhimurium stains: molecular epidemiology of PER-1-producing isolates and evidence for nosocomial plasmid exchange by a clone. J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Dec;34(12):2942-6.
PMID: 8940427 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Sanic A, Gunaydin M, Sencan I, Dabak N, Nas Y. In-vitro release of vancomycin and netilmicin from bone cement. Clin Microbiol Infect. 1996 Mar;1(3):211-212. No abstract available.
PMID: 11866763 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Leblebicioglu H, Sencan I, Sunbul M, Altintop L, Gunaydin M. Weil's disease: report of 12 cases. Scand J Infect Dis. 1996;28(6):637-9.
PMID: 9060072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leblebicioglu H, Esen S, Bedir A, Gunaydin M, Sanic A. The validity of Spanos' and Hoen's models for differential diagnosis of meningitis.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Mar;15(3):252-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 8740864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Durupinar B, Gunaydin M, Sanic A, Pirincciler M, Leblebicioglu H. In Vitro Susceptibility of Yeast Isolates from Various Clinical Specimens to Antifungal Agents. Mikol Lek 1996;3(1):1-4.

 

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