Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Activity: Experience of a JACIE-Accredited Center.

Objectives: The adoption of international quality and accreditation standards is important for the success of transplant centers. Guidelines from the Joint Accreditation Committee ISCT-Europe and EBMT (JACIE) have enabled quality management of the operations of clinical units of cellular therapy centers, including cell collection and processing, thus minimizing errors and adverse events. COVID-19 has had significant implications for immunocompromised patients, particularly hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, as well as their donors and caregivers.

Scoring system evaluation for orbital exenteration in patients with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis.

Purpose: To evaluate our patients with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis according to a new scoring system and to compare those who underwent orbital exenteration persuant to a new threshhold.

Methods: Mucormycosis is a fungal disease that can be of acute onset, aggressive, and angioinvasive. Aggressive surgical debridement, long-term systemic antifungal therapy, and treatment of underlying predisposing factors are essential to the treatment.

Daptomycin versus teicoplanin in the treatment of osteomyelitis: Results of the Göztepe retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Daptomycin is highly effective against Gram-positive multidrug-resistant bacteria. Publications on daptomycin in osteomyelitis treatment are limited.

Patients And Methods: In this multicenter retrospective cohort study, the aim was to evaluate the outcomes of osteomyelitis cases having received daptomycin or teicoplanin.

Evaluation of extensively drug-resistant gram-negative bacteremia among solid-organ transplant recipients: a multicenter study.

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the distribution, sources, clinical features, and mortality rates of bacteremia due to evaluation of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gram negative among solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of SOT recipients with bacteremia due to XDR gram-negative pathogens in 11 centers between 2016 and 2018 was conducted. Patients’ records were evaluated.

An epidemiological study to define the recent clinical characteristics and outcomes of infective endocarditis in southern Turkey.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to characterise the recent features of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) at one referral centre in southern Turkey, in order to be able to identify the high-risk subgroup and revise preventative measures and management strategies.

Methods: Medical records of patients 18 years and older, who had been diagnosed with IE according to the Duke criteria between January 2009 and October 2019, were retrospectively evaluated in a referral general hospital.

Results: The total of 139 IE cases comprised 59.