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List of works by İlker Uçkay

A case report of CT-diagnosed renal infarct secondary to syphilitic aortitis

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

A predictive model for identifying surgical patients at risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on admission

scientific article published on 30 June 2008

A randomized controlled trial of the safety and efficacy of a topical gentamicin-collagen sponge in diabetic patients with a mild foot ulcer infection.

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A randomized, controlled study to investigate the efficacy and safety of a topical gentamicin-collagen sponge in combination with systemic antibiotic therapy in diabetic patients with a moderate or severe foot ulcer infection

scholarly article by İlker Uçkay et al published 2 August 2018 in BMC Infectious Diseases

Activity and impact on antibiotic use and costs of a dedicated infectious diseases consultant on a septic orthopaedic unit

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Administration of antibiotic agents before intraoperative sampling in orthopedic infections alters culture results

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Age limit does not replace serologic testing for determination of immune status for measles

scientific article published on 03 July 2007

An Overview on Diabetic foot Infections, including Issues Related to Associated Pain, Hyperglycemia and Limb Ischemia.

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Antibiotic therapy duration for prosthetic joint infections treated by Debridement and Implant Retention (DAIR): Similar long-term remission for 6 weeks as compared to 12 weeks

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Are antibiotic-resistant pathogens more common in subsequent episodes of diabetic foot infection?

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Associations of diabetes mellitus with orthopaedic infections

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Changing perioperative prophylaxis during antibiotic therapy and iterative debridement for orthopedic infections?

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Chronic osteomyelitis

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Clinical and epidemiological differences between implant-associated and implant-free orthopaedic infections

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Clinical features of anaerobic orthopaedic infections

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Cockroaches (Ectobius vittiventris) in an intensive care unit, Switzerland

scientific article published on March 2009

Decolonization of intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae with oral colistin and neomycin: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Determinants of good adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers who have extensive exposure to hand hygiene campaigns

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Diabetic foot infections: recent literature and cornerstones of management.

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Diabetic foot infections: what have we learned in the last 30 years?

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Difficult-to-treat Gram-negative bone and joint infections: efficacy and safety of prolonged intravenous colistin

scientific article published on November 10, 2012

Do diabetic foot infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus differ from those with other pathogens?

scientific article published on 05 October 2014

Does colonization with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus protect against nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant S. aureus?

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Duration of post-surgical antibiotic therapy for adult chronic osteomyelitis: a single-centre experience

scientific article published on February 12, 2011

Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation.

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Efficacy of a combined oral clindamycin–rifampicin regimen for therapy of staphylococcal osteoarticular infections

scientific article published on September 15, 2011

Eight-year sustainability of a successful intervention to prevent urinary tract infection: A mixed-methods study

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Enterococci in orthopaedic infections: Who is at risk getting infected?

scientific article published on July 2017

Epidemiology and acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a septic orthopedic ward

scientific article published on 8 March 2013

Epidemiology of adverse events and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea during long-term antibiotic therapy for osteoarticular infections

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Erysipelas or cellulitis with a prosthetic joint

Factors Associated With Treatment Failure of Infected Pressure Sores

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Factors related to outcome of early and delayed prosthetic joint infections

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Foreign body infections due to Staphylococcus epidermidis

scientific article published on January 2009

Fusarium peritonitis concomitant to kidney transplantation successfully managed with voriconazole: case report and review of the literature

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Gram and acridine orange staining for diagnosis of septic arthritis in different patient populations

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Gram-negative versus gram-positive prosthetic joint infections

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

High prevalence of isolates with reduced glycopeptide susceptibility in persistent or recurrent bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

High proportion of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection in the absence of prior exposure to urinary catheter: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

Images in clinical medicine. Evolution of a diabetic foot infection

scientific article published in December 2013

In diabetic foot infections antibiotics are to treat infection, not to heal wounds

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In vivo detection of clonally derived methicillin-resistant/methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains is not a rare event

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

In vivo interactions of continuous flucloxacillin infusion and high-dose oral rifampicin in the serum of 15 patients with bone and soft tissue infections due to Staphylococcus aureus - a methodological and pilot study

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Increased risk of joint failure in hip prostheses infected with Staphylococcus aureus treated with debridement, antibiotics and implant retention compared to Streptococcus

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

Infection of chronic wounds in elderly patients

scientific article published in November 2017

Infectious olecranon and patellar bursitis: short-course adjuvant antibiotic therapy is not a risk factor for recurrence in adult hospitalized patients

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Invasive zygomycosis in transplant recipients

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Is Routine Measurement of the Serum C-Reactive Protein Level Helpful During Antibiotic Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infection?

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty?

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Is there a significant seasonality in the occurrence of osteoarticular infections?

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Letter to the Editor concerning the review of Prof. Sheldon L. Kaplan “Recent lessons for the management of bone and joint infections” – Bacteriostatic or bactericidal agents in osteoarticular infections?

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Low incidence of haematogenous seeding to total hip and knee prostheses in patients with remote infections

scientific article published on 02 September 2009

Low incidence of severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in lung transplant recipients despite the absence of specific therapy.

scientific article published on 17 October 2009

Low risk despite high endemicity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections following elective total joint arthroplasty: a 12-year experience

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Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Urinary Catheters and Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Joint Replacement: A Position Paper of the Expert Group 'Infection' of

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Management of Gram-positive bacteraemia

scientific article published on December 2007

Microbiological markers suggesting high inoculum size at time of surgery are risk factors for relapse in patients with Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection

scientific article published on September 12, 2012

Microbiology and antibiotic treatment of diabetic foot infection

scientific article published on April 2016

Muscular Versus Non-Muscular Free Flaps for Soft Tissue Coverage of Chronic Tibial Osteomyelitis.

scientific article published in September 2018

Native septic arthritis is not an immediate surgical emergency.

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No need for broad-spectrum empirical antibiotic coverage after surgical drainage of orthopaedic implant infections

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Noninfectious wound complications in clean surgery: epidemiology, risk factors, and association with antibiotic use

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Occurrence of fever in the first postoperative week does not help to diagnose infection in clean orthopaedic surgery

scientific article published on September 25, 2010

One- vs 2-Stage Bursectomy for Septic Olecranon and Prepatellar Bursitis: A Prospective Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Optimization of the antibiotic management of diabetic foot infections: protocol for two randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Oral amoxicillin-clavulanate for treating diabetic foot infections

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Osteoarticular infections: a specific program for older patients?

scientific article published on 07 September 2019

Outcome of orthopedic implant infections due to different staphylococci.

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

Overall burden of healthcare-associated infections among surgical patients. Results of a national study

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Particularities of Staphylococcus Lugdunensis in orthopaedic infections

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Pathogen-driven decision for implant retention in the management of infected total knee prostheses

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Plantar Fasciitis in Diabetic Foot Patients: Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Poor performance of microbiological sampling in the prediction of recurrent arthroplasty infection

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Postoperative serum pro-calcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in patients with orthopedic infections

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Preoperative asymptomatic bacteriuria and subsequent prosthetic joint infection: lack of a causal relation.

scientific article published on 29 July 2014

Preventing surgical site infections

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Recurrent bacteremia with Helicobacter cinaedi: case report and review of the literature

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Recurrent osteomyelitis caused by infection with different bacterial strains without obvious source of reinfection

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Remission after treatment of osteoarticular infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa versus Staphylococcus aureus: a case-controlled study

scientific article published on October 5, 2011

Remission in diabetic foot infections: Duration of antibiotic therapy and other possible associated factors

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Remission rate of implant-related infections following revision surgery after fractures.

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Reply to comment "Comment on Jugun et al.: The safety and efficacy of high-dose daptomycin combined with rifampicin for the treatment of Gram-positive osteoarticular infections" by Lu et al

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

Response to: 'Is it currently reasonable to offer short 14-day antibiotic therapies after a surgical synovectomy in native joint septic arthritis?' by Coiffier et al

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Response to: 'Less antibiotics but no inferior effect for bacterial arthritis' by Zhang et al

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Response to: 'Short duration antibiotic therapy for native joint arthritis cause by Neisseria infection?' by Durcours et al

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Resting TcPO2 levels decrease during liner wear in persons with a transtibial amputation

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Septic Tenosynovitis of the Hand: Factors Predicting Need for Subsequent Débridement

scientific article published on September 2015

Short parenteral antibiotic treatment for adult septic arthritis after successful drainage

scientific article published on 22 November 2012

Short postsurgical antibiotic therapy for spinal infections: protocol of prospective, randomized, unblinded, noninferiority trials (SASI trials)

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Should antibiotic prophylaxis before orthopedic implant surgery depend on the duration of pre-surgical hospital stay?

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Should the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage status be used as a guide to treatment for skin and soft tissue infections?

scientific article published in February 2012

Six weeks of antibiotic treatment is sufficient following surgery for septic arthroplasty

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Staffing level: a determinant of late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infection may increase the risk of subsequent staphylococcal soft tissue infections

scientific article published on 06 May 2017

Staphylococcus aureus versus Streptococcus pyogenes in hand infection.

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Staphylococcus aureus versus streptococci in orthopaedic infections

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections-A daily practice cohort

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Streptococcus sinensis endocarditis outside Hong Kong.

scientific article published in August 2007

The Benefice of Mobile Parts' Exchange in the Management of Infected Total Joint Arthroplasties with Prosthesis Retention (DAIR Procedure)

The Not-So-Good Prognosis of Streptococcal Periprosthetic Joint Infection Managed by Implant Retention: The Results of a Large Multicenter Study

article published in 2017

The infected diabetic foot: diagnosis and management

scientific article published on June 2015

The role of anaerobes in diabetic foot infections

scientific article published on 02 April 2015

The safety and efficacy of high-dose daptomycin combined with rifampicin for the treatment of Gram-positive osteoarticular infections.

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Treatment challenges associated with bone echinococcosis

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Two consecutive deep sinus tract cultures predict the pathogen of osteomyelitis

scientific article published on 6 September 2009

Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections.

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Vancomycin-induced DRESS syndrome in a female patient.

scientific article published on 8 July 2008

Variables associated with remission in spinal surgical site infections

scientific article published on June 2016

Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a quality indicator for patient safety?

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Wound dehiscence and stump infection after lower limb amputation: risk factors and association with antibiotic use

scientific article published on June 6, 2012

["Bad news" for nosocomial infections]

scientific article published on 01 January 2006