1. Withdrawal of Staphylococcus aureus from intensive care units in Turkey
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Saim Dayan, Nail Ozgunes, Hasan Ucmak, Turan Aslan, Begin Altun, Adem Albayrak, Nefise Oztoprak, Selçuk Kaya, Tuna Demirdal, Salman Shaheer Ahmed, Fehmi Tabak, Iftihar Koksal, Hanefi Cem Gul, Yasemin Ersoy, Yeşim Taşova, Oral Oncul, Mehmet Bitirgen, Ibak Gonen, Murat Dizbay, Selma Karabey, Hakan Erdem, Nazif Elaldi, Fatma Sirmatel, İbrahim Erayman, Oznur Ak, Oguz Karabay, Birsen Cetin, Emel Azak, Bilgin Arda, Ercan Yenilmez, Hakan Leblebicioglu, Tumer Guven, Ayşe Willke, Recep Tekin, Saban Esen, Asim Ulcay, Davut Ozdemir, Serhat Ünal, Asuman Inan, Zeliha Kocak Tufan, Ilker Inanc Balkan, Sukran Kose, Filiz Akata, Aygul Dogan-Celik, Fatma Nurhayat Bayazit, Ayhan Akbulut, Gulden Yilmaz, Ömer Karaşahin, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Gokay Gungor, Güven Çelebi, Serkan Oncu, Levent Gorenek, Halis Akalin, Aysegul Ulu-Kilic, Aslihan Candevir, Hale Turan, [Erdem, Hakan -- Oncul, Oral -- Yenilmez, Ercan -- Gorenek, Levent -- Ulcay, Asim] GATA Haydarpasa Training Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Dizbay, Murat -- Karasahin, Omer] Gazi Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Karabey, Selma] Istanbul Univ, Istanbul Sch Med, Dept Publ Hlth, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Kaya, Selcuk -- Koksal, Iftihar] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Trabzon, Turkey -- [Demirdal, Tuna] Katip Celebi Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Inan, Asuman -- Ozturk-Engin, Derya] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Erayman, Ibrahim -- Bitirgen, Mehmet] Selcuk Univ, Meram Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Konya, Turkey -- [Ak, Oznur] Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Ulu-Kilic, Aysegul -- Ahmed, Salman Shaheer] Erciyes Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Kayseri, Turkey -- [Akbulut, Ayhan] Firat Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, TR-23169 Elazig, Turkey -- [Elaldi, Nazif] Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sivas, Turkey -- [Yilmaz, Gulden] Ankara Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey -- [Candevir, Aslihan -- Tasova, Yesim] Cukurova Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Adana, Turkey -- [Gul, Hanefi Cem] Gulhane Mil Med Acad, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Gonen, Ibak] Suleyman Demirel Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, TR-32200 Isparta, Turkey -- [Aslan, Turan] Bezmi Alem Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Azak, Emel -- Willke, Ayse] Kocaeli Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Kocaeli, Turkey -- [Tekin, Recep -- Dayan, Saim] Dicle Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Tufan, Zeliha Kocak] Ankara Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Arda, Bilgin] Ege Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Gungor, Gokay] Sureyyapasa Chest Dis & Thorac Surg Educ & Res Ho, Resp Intens Care Unit, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Cetin, Birsen] Koc Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Kose, Sukran] Izmir Tepecik Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Turan, Hale] Baskent Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Konya, Turkey -- [Akalin, Halis] Uludag Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Bursa, Turkey -- [Karabay, Oguz] Sakarya Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sakarya, Turkey -- [Dogan-Celik, Aygul -- Tabak, Fehmi] Trakya Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Edirne, Turkey -- [Albayrak, Adem -- Esen, Saban -- Leblebicioglu, Hakan] Ondokuz Mayis Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Samsun, Turkey -- [Guven, Tumer] Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Celebi, Guven] Bulent Ecevit Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Zonguldak, Turkey -- [Ozgunes, Nail] Medeniyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Ersoy, Yasemin] Inonu Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Malatya, Turkey -- [Sirmatel, Fatma] Abant Izzet Baysal Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Bolu, Turkey -- [Oztoprak, Nefise] Antalya Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Antalya, Turkey -- [Balkan, Ilker Inanc -- Tabak, Fehmi] Istanbul Univ, Cerrahpasa Med Sch, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Bayazit, Fatma Nurhayat] Fatih Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Ucmak, Hasan] Sutcu Imam Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Kahramanmaras, Turkey -- [Oncu, Serkan] Adnan Menderes Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Aydin, Turkey -- [Ozdemir, Davut] Duzce Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Duzce, Turkey -- [Altun, Begin -- Unal, Serhat] Hacettepe Univ Ankara, Fac Med, Dept Med, Infect Dis Unit, Ankara, Turkey, Leblebicioglu, Hakan -- 0000-0002-6033-8543, UNAL, SERHAT -- 0000-0003-1184-4711, Candevir, Aslihan -- 0000-0001-9340-516X, Tufan, Zeliha Kocak -- 0000-0002-3294-014X, Gungor, Gokay -- 0000-0003-2294-489X, Elaldi, Nazif -- 0000-0002-9515-770X, Karabay, Oguz -- 0000-0003-0502-432X, Ersoy, Yasemin -- 0000-0001-5730-6682, Dizbay, Murat -- 0000-0003-4120-0781, Erdem, H, Dizbay, M, Karabey, S, Kaya, S, Demirdal, T, Koksal, I, Inan, A, Erayman, I, Ak, O, Ulu-Kilic, A, Karasahin, O, Akbulut, A, Elaldi, N, Yilmaz, G, Candevir, A, Gul, HC, Gonen, I, Oncul, O, Aslan, T, Azak, E, Tekin, R, Tufan, ZK, Yenilmez, E, Arda, Sakarya Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Karabay, Oğuz, Akbulut Uludağ, Ahsen, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Arda, B, Gungor, G, Cetin, B, Kose, S, Turan, H, Akalin, H, Karabay, O, Dogan-Celik, A, Albayrak, A, Guven, T, Celebi, G, Ozgunes, N, Ersoy, Y, Sirmatel, F, Oztoprak, N, Balkan, II, Bayazit, FN, Ucmak, H, Oncu, S, Ozdemir, D, Ozturk-Engin, D, Bitirgen, M, Tabak, F, Akata, F, Willke, A, Gorenek, L, Ahmed, SS, Tasova, Y, Ulcay, A, Dayan, S, Esen, S, Leblebicioglu, H, Altun, B, Unal, S, and Çukurova Üniversitesi
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Staphylococcus aureus ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Turkey ,Epidemiology ,health care facilities, manpower, and services ,Staphylococcus ,education ,Staphylococcal infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Tertiary Care Centers ,Intensive care ,health services administration ,medicine ,Humans ,Retrospective Studies ,Cross Infection ,biology ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Retrospective cohort study ,Staphylococcal Infections ,Acinetobacter ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Critical ,Intensive Care Units ,Infectious Diseases ,Emergency medicine ,Staphylococcus aureus infections ,business - Abstract
WOS: 000326241700021, PubMed ID: 23663858, Background: In the past, Staphylococcus aureus infections have displayed various patterns of epidemiologic curves in hospitals, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to characterize the current trend in a nationwide survey of ICUs in Turkey. Methods: A total of 88 ICUs from 36 Turkish tertiary hospitals were included in this retrospective study, which was performed during the first 3 months of both 2008 (period [P] 1) and 2011 (P2). A P value
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