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Tumer Guven
Researcher at Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Publications - 35
Citations - 916
Tumer Guven is an academic researcher from Yıldırım Beyazıt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colistin & Acinetobacter baumannii. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 35 publications receiving 761 citations. Previous affiliations of Tumer Guven include Yahoo!.
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Comparison of colistin–carbapenem, colistin–sulbactam, and colistin plus other antibacterial agents for the treatment of extremely drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections
Ayse Batirel,Ilker Inanc Balkan,Oguz Karabay,Canan Agalar,Serife Akalin,Ozlem Alici,Emine Alp,Fatma Aybala Altay,Nilgün Altın,Ferhat Arslan,Turan Aslan,Nuray Bekiroglu,S. Cesur,Aygul Dogan Celik,Mustafa Dogan,Bülent Durdu,Fazilet Duygu,Aynur Engin,Derya Ozturk Engin,Ibak Gonen,Ertugrul Guclu,Tumer Guven,Cigdem Ataman Hatipoglu,Salih Hosoglu,Mustafa Kasim Karahocagil,Aysegul Ulu Kilic,Bahar Ormen,Davut Ozdemir,Serdar Özer,Nefise Oztoprak,Nurbanu Sezak,Vedat Turhan,N. Turker,Hava Yilmaz +33 more
TL;DR: Colistin-based combination therapy resulted in significantly higher microbiological eradication rates, relatively higher cure and 14-day survival rates, and lower in-hospital mortality compared to colistin monotherapy.
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Neurobrucellosis: Clinical and Diagnostic Features
Tumer Guven,Kenan Ugurlu,Onder Ergonul,Aysel Kocagul Celikbas,Sebnem Eren Gok,Selcuk Comoglu,Nurcan Baykam,Başak Dokuzoğuz +7 more
TL;DR: Patients with severe and persistent headache and other neurologic symptoms and signs should be considered for neurobrucellosis in endemic regions and to possibly receive longer therapy than 6 weeks.
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The clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of neuroinvasive listeriosis: a multinational study
Ferhat Arslan,E. Meynet,Mustafa Sunbul,Oğuz Reşat Sipahi,Behice Kurtaran,Selçuk Kaya,Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya,Pasquale Pagliano,Gonul Sengoz,Ayse Batirel,Bircan Kayaaslan,Orhan Yildiz,Tumer Guven,Nesrin Türker,Ipek Midi,Emine Parlak,Selma Tosun,Serpil Erol,Asuman Inan,Nefise Oztoprak,Ilker Inanc Balkan,Y. Aksoy,Bahadir Ceylan,Mesut Yilmaz,Ali Mert +24 more
TL;DR: Bacteremia was one of the independent risk factors for morbidity, while the presence of seizures predicted worse prognosis, and the addition of aminoglycosides to ampicillin monotherapy did not improve patients’ prognosis.
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The course of spinal tuberculosis (Pott disease): results of the multinational, multicentre Backbone-2 study.
Ayse Batirel,Hakan Erdem,Gonul Sengoz,Filiz Pehlivanoglu,E. Ramosaco,Serda Gulsun,Recep Tekin,Bilgul Mete,Ilker Inanc Balkan,Dilek Yildiz Sevgi,Efthymia Giannitsioti,Archontoula Fragou,Selçuk Kaya,Birsen Cetin,Tunc Oktenoglu,Aygul Dogan Celik,B. Karaca,Elif Sahin Horasan,Mehmet Ulug,Seniha Senbayrak,E. Arslanalp,Rodrigo Hasbun,Selma Ates-Guler,Ayşe Willke,Sebnem Senol,Dilara Inan,Ertugrul Guclu,Gunay Tuncer Ertem,M. M. Koc,Mehmet Sezai Taşbakan,Gulfem Akengin Ocal,Sesin Kocagöz,H. Kusoglu,Tumer Guven,Ali İrfan Baran,B. Dede,Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ,Hava Yilmaz,Gönül Aslan,D. A. Al-Gallad,S. Cesur,Rehab H. El-Sokkary,Fatma Sirmatel,Umit Savasci,Gokhan Karaahmetoglu,Haluk Vahaboglu +45 more
TL;DR: Clinical, laboratory, diagnostic and therapeutic features of spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott disease, are described and ST should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with vertebral osteomyelitis, especially in tuberculosis-endemic regions.
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Colistin alone or combined with sulbactam or carbapenem against A. baumannii in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Gül Ruhsar Yilmaz,Tumer Guven,Rahmet Guner,Zeliha Kocak Tufan,Seval Izdes,Mehmet A Tasyaran,Ziya Cibali Acikgoz +6 more
TL;DR: Neither the administration of colistin alone norcolistin combined with either sulbactam or carbapenem had any noticeable advantage in the treatment of VAP in terms of clinical response, microbiological response, nephrotoxicity, length of hospitalization, and mortality.