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    Antibiotic Use in Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Multicenter Point Prevalence Study
    (2014) Tolunay, Orkun; Celik, Umit; Yucel, Gulperi; Celik, Tamer; Mert, Mustafa Kurthan; Resitoglu, Salim; Ozdemir, Ulas; Narli, Nejat; Hanta, Deniz; Yapicioglu, Hacer; Gulcan, Hande; Ozcan, Kenan; Yildizdas, Dincer; Tolunay, Ilknur; Gokay, Naime; Kiraz, Kemal
    Objective: Identifying antibiotic use in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units with a point prevalence study in Adana, Turkey's sixth largest city. Material and Methods: In this point prevalence study, demographic information and antibiotic treatment data were taken on the same day from patients in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units of 6 hospitals located in Adana's city center. Results: Four pediatric intensive care units (two university, one research and training hospital, and one public hospital) and six neonatal intensive care units (two university, one research and training hospital, one public hospital, and two private hospital) were included in the study; 220 patients were at the intensive care units at the time of the study-44 (20%) of the patients were in the pediatric intensive care units, and 176 (80%) of them were at the neonatal intensive care units. Also, 146 (66.4%) of the patients were using antibiotics. The frequency of antibiotic use was 72.7% in the pediatric intensive care units and 64.8% in neonatal intensive care units. There was a pediatric infectious disease physician at the university and research and training hospital. Antibiotic usage was lower (p= 0.002) in clinics where pediatric infectious disease physician consultations could be done. Dual antibiotic combination was applied most frequently. Mostly, ampicillin was preferred at neonatal intensive care units. Clarithromycin was used as a second choice because of seasonal lower respiratory tract infections. Vancomycin was the most preferred antibiotic in pediatric intensive care units, and meropenem and linezolid were the second and third choices. At both intensive care units, use of empiric antibiotic treatment was more frequent. Empiric treatment was applied in 22 (68.7%) patients in the pediatric intensive care units and 95 (83.3%) in neonatal intensive care units. Antibiotics were given to 14.3% of the patients in line with the resulting cultures. Conclusion: Intensive care units are services where antibiotics are used most frequently both in Turkey and in the world. In our opinion, protocols need to be established in clinics, national and international guides should be followed; and pediatric infectious disease physician consultations should be increased in order to reduce the frequency of antibiotic use, inappropriate indications, and inappropriate doses.
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    Relation of Actinomyces with Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Antibiotic Use
    (2017) Kansu, Leyla; 0000-0003-1707-7760; 29392046; H-8232-2013
    Objective: This study aimed to investigate the incidence of actinomyces in tonsillar tissues of patients undergoing tonsillectomy and to determine the association among tonsillar volume, preoperative antibiotic use, and presence of actinomyces in tonsil tissues. Methods: In this study, 142 patients who underwent tonsillectomy in last four years were included. Of the total patients, 97 (66.9%) were children and 47 (33.1%) were adults. The patients' age, sex, preoperative antibiotic use, tonsillar volume, and presence of actinomyces in tonsillar tissues were recorded. Results: Actinomyces was identified in tonsillar tissues of 16 (16.4%) pediatric and 21 (44.6%) adult patients. Of all pediatric patients positive for actinomyces, 13 were males and three were females whereas of all adult patients positive for actinomyces, 14 were males and seven were females. Tonsillar tissue volumes in both pediatric and adult patients positive for actinomyces were statistically higher than the actinomyces negative ones. Antibiotic use was higher and the incidence of actinomyces was lower in pediatric patients than in adult patients positive for actinomyces. Conclusion: Our study results revealed that actinomyces was prominent in adult patients with tonsillar hypertrophy. In addition, the frequent use of antibiotic decreased the incidence of actinomyces in tonsillar tissues.