Publications by authors named "Z Kilicaslan"
Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) poses a significant threat to global TB control and remains a major public health issue. This study aims to evaluate treatment outcomes and identify risk factors for unfavorable outcomes in patients with multi-DR-TB (MDR-TB) treated at a major reference hospital in Istanbul.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 413 patients with rifampicin-resistant and MDR-TB who received treatment between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023, at the University of Health Sciences Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital.
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 50 IPF patients participated, providing data on demographics, pulmonary function, and quality of life measures, with results showing an average oxygen saturation recovery time of about 136 seconds post-6MWT.
- * Findings revealed that longer recovery times correlated significantly with worse prognostic markers, indicating that as disease severity increases (measured by GAP and CPI scores), the recovery from exertion becomes slower.
Background: In recent years, with the development of laboratory methods, the frequency of nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) infections has increased. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) growths in respiratory samples, and the secondary aim was to evaluate the treatment regimens and treatment outcomes of treatment for TDM disease.
Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study.
Aim: Increasing the extensity of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment which is one of the important parameters of tuberculosis (TB) control and completing the treatment in success are important. The purpose of this study is to evaluate LTBI treatment indications and treatment outcomes of patients who received LTBI treatment in İstanbul between 2016 and 2018.
Methods: The treatment outcomes of people who started LTBI treatment registered in TB dispensaries in Istanbul between 2016 and 2018 were analyzed retrospectively according to the variables of the age groups, gender, dispensary subgroups, and prevention treatment indications.
Objective: Granulomatous inflammation showing "caseification necrosis" is considered pathognomonic for tuberculosis. This study aimed to evaluate patients with granulomatous inflammation and some characteristics to diagnose tuberculosis.
Material And Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study.