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Publication Aspergillus infections in intensive care units: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic(Bilimsel Tıp Yayınevi, 2022-01-01) Tüzemen, Nazmiye Ülkü; Önal, Uğur; Akalın, Emin Halis; Kazak, Esra; Heper, Yasemin; İşçimen, Remzi; Kelebek Girgin, Nermin; Yılmaz, Emel; Özakın, Cüneyt; Şöhret Kahveci, Ferda; Ener, Beyza; TÜZEMEN, NAZMİYE ÜLKÜ; ÖNAL, UĞUR; AKALIN, EMİN HALİS; KAZAK, ESRA; HEPER, YASEMİN; İŞÇİMEN, REMZİ; KELEBEK GİRGİN, NERMİN; YILMAZ, EMEL; ÖZAKIN, CÜNEYT; KAHVECİ, FERDA ŞÖHRET; ENER, BEYZA; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0003-3544-3509; 0000-0001-6194-3254; 0000-0001-7530-1279; 0000-0002-5882-1632; 0000-0002-3894-1231; ACQ-7832-2022; AAU-8952-2020; JCO-3678-2023; A-4290-2018; CTY-9474-2022; DWL-9897-2022; GBC-7197-2022; HJZ-6992-2023; JKC-3728-2023; IMY-6211-2023; CNK-0895-2022Introduction: Aspergillus species have begun to cause invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) with increasing frequency in patients with known risk factors in intensive care units (ICU). An international multicenter cohort study (AspICU) established criteria for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in intensive care units. In our study, patients with Aspergillus spp. growth in deep tracheal aspirate (DTA) samples in ICU were evaluated according to AspICU criteria.Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective study. DTA samples were collected from the Pandemic and Reanimation ICU and performed in the Medical Microbiology Laboratory by separated two periods; pre-pandemic (1 March 2019-31 December 2019) and post-pandemic (1 March 2020-31 December 2020). Cases with Aspergillus spp. growth in the DTA samples in the Pandemic ICU were evaluated as COVID 19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) according to AspICU criteria.Results: While Aspergillus spp. was grown in the DTA of three patients in 2019 and five patients in 2020 in the Reanimation ICU, and 11 patients in the Pandemic ICU. Growths belonging to one patient from both Reanimation (2019) and Pandemic ICUs were considered as colonization. Other growths were interpreted as IPA according to AspICU criteria. When the incidence rates according to 10000 patient days were compared, the incidence rate increased significantly in 2020 (19.1) (p< 0.001) compared to 2019 (3.4); In 2020, it was determined that it increased significantly in the Pandemic ICU (40.4) (p< 0.001) compared to Reanimation ICU (9.2).Conclusion: It should not be forgotten that intensive care patients are also at risk for IPA, especially after viral infections (such as COVID-19, Influenza). Although the incidence of IPA was not very high, it was observed that it tended to increase according to our study. The diagnosis of IPA is problematic, therefore it is necessary to increase awareness and sample diversity and to use biomarkers more widely other than hematology patients.Item Cerebral malaria treated with artemisinin in the intensive care unit: A case report(Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, 2016) Çizmeci, Elif Ayşe; Kelebek Girgin, Nermin; Ceylan, İlkay; Tuncel, Tekin; Alver, Oktay; Akalın, Emin Halis; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Anesteziyoloji ve Yoğun Bakım Anabilim Dalı.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0003-3306-3107; AAU-8952-2020; AAA-5241-2021; 56805220900; 8638070300; 57200337923; 57188585902; 24070021900; 57207553671Malaria is a parasitic disease that is starting to be encountered in intensive care units (ICU) worldwide, owing to increasing globalisation. Severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, is characterised by cerebral malaria, acute renal failure, hypoglycaemia, severe anaemia, splenomegaly and alveolar oedema. We present the case of a 25-yr old male patient who presented to the Emergency Department of Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey in the winter of 2014 with complaints of fever for three days. His medical history revealed a 14-month stay in Tanzania. Staining of blood smears revealed characteristic gametocytes in accordance with P. falciparum infection. The day after admission, he had an epileptic seizure after which his Glasgow Coma Scale was 6, so he was intubated and transferred to the ICU. A computerized tomography scan revealed findings of cerebral oedema. Intravenous mannitol was administered for 6 days. Intravenous artemisinin was continued for 10 days. Due to refractory fevers, anti-malarial treatment was switched to quinine and doxycycline on the 14th day and on the 16th day the fevers ceased. This case emphasizes that cerebral malaria should be suspected in cases of seizures accompanying malaria, and treatment should be initiated in the ICU. Furthermore, resistance of P. falciparum to artemisinin should be in mind when a response to therapy is lacking.