Alper Akgunes
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Martin A, Imperiale B, Ravolonandriana P, Coban A, Akgunes A, Ikram A, et al.
J Antimicrob Chemother
. 2013 Sep;
69(2):441-4.
PMID: 24008825
Objectives: To perform a multicentre study evaluating the performance of the direct nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the detection of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis in sputum samples....
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Deveci A, Coban A, Cayci Y, Acicbe O, Fisgin N, Akgunes A, et al.
Mikrobiyol Bul
. 2013 Feb;
47(1):71-8.
PMID: 23390904
Treatment of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections requires combination of anti-tuberculosis drugs which have several toxic side effects. Thus there is a need for safer and effective new drugs. Ankaferd Blood...
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Coban A, Uzun M, Akgunes A, Durupinar B
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
. 2012 Aug;
107(5):578-81.
PMID: 22850946
The microplate nitrate reductase assay (MNRA) and the rezasurin microtitre assay (REMA) were used for the susceptibility testing of 73 clinical isolates and the results were compared with those that...
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Kayhan S, Akgunes A
Turkiye Parazitol Derg
. 2011 Dec;
35(4):189-93.
PMID: 22198916
Objective: Hydatid cyst disease is caused by the metacestod form of Echinococcosis granulosus from cestods. Pulmonary hydatid cyst is the second most frequent form of the disease after the liver...
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Coban A, Akgunes A, Durupinar B
Mikrobiyol Bul
. 2011 Nov;
45(4):617-22.
PMID: 22090292
This study was aimed to evaluate the performance of blood agar for the growth of mycobacteria from clinical specimens sent to Mycobacteriology Laboratory of Samsun Chest Diseases Hospital. One hundred...
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Coban A, Cayci Y, Deveci A, Akgunes A, Uzun M, Durupinar B
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
. 2011 Jun;
106(3):378-80.
PMID: 21655831
The susceptibility of 49 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to isoniazid (INH) and rifampisin (RIF) (28 multi-drug resistant-tuberculosis samples) was determined by a nitrate reductase assay (NRA) on blood agar. Agreement...
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Bilgin S, Unsal M, Cebi H, Akgunes A
Pol J Microbiol
. 2010 Aug;
59(2):125-8.
PMID: 20734758
One of the primary aims in tuberculosis (TB) management is to detect new cases as early as possible, and instigate the most appropriate therapy, for which it is important to...
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Coban A, Bilgin K, Uzun M, Akgunes A, Yusof A, Durupinar B
J Clin Microbiol
. 2008 Oct;
46(12):4095-8.
PMID: 18945843
We investigated the performance of blood and chocolate agar as alternatives to Middlebrook 7H11 agar for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first-and second-line drugs by the Etest method....
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Coban A, Bilgin K, Akgunes A, Durupinar B
Mikrobiyol Bul
. 2008 Oct;
42(3):477-81.
PMID: 18822892
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of chocolate agar as an alternative medium instead of Middlebrook 7H10 agar, for the susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains...
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Coban A, Bozdogan B, Cekic Cihan C, Cetinkaya E, Bilgin K, Darka O, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2006 Feb;
44(2):580-2.
PMID: 16455915
We developed two colorimetric methods for the detection of vancomycin- and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in </=6 h: (i) a nitrate reductase assay and (ii) a resazurin microplate method. MICs agreed...