Scientific work

Doç. Dr. Lütfiye Nilsun Altunal

43 publications. The source of the information is stated next to each publication.

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  1. Effectiveness and safety of molnupiravir among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19: a prospective, observational, cohort study

    Scientific Reports, 2026

    DOI 10.1038/s41598-026-44971-x PMID 41991956 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  2. Causes of death in people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Türkiye: a multicentre retrospective study

    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2026

    DOI 10.1007/s10096-025-05350-y PMID 41261274 Source: ORCID

  3. Multicentre insights into OPAT: a comprehensive analysis of Türkiye's unstructured system

    BMC infectious diseases, 2026

    DOI 10.1186/s12879-026-14269-4 PMID 42754855 1 citation (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: Europe PMC

  4. Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence is similar, but hepatitis B seroprotection is lower in patients with diabetic foot infection: A multicenter retrospective study of 4,593 adults

    Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2026

    DOI 10.1016/j.cegh.2026.102516 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  5. Development of Candidaemia Score ( CanDi ‐Score) in Decision of Early Empirical Antifungal Treatment for Patients in Intensive Care Unit: The International Prospective Observational ID ‐ IRI Study

    Mycoses, 2026

    DOI 10.1111/myc.70213 PMID 42626934 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  6. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on CLABSI Rates and Antibiotic Resistance: A Multicenter Study in Türkiye

    Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology, 2025

    DOI 10.36519/idcm.2025.513 PMID 41111492 Open-access full textSource: Europe PMC

  7. A National Multicenter Study on Initial Antiviral Treatment Preferences on Chronic Hepatitis B: Entecavir Versus Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate

    The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2025

    DOI 10.5152/tjg.2025.24741 PMID 41669932 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  8. Managing Candida auris fungemias: the results of a prospective and international study

    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2025

    DOI 10.1128/aac.00358-25 PMID 40560092 21 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  9. Evaluation of Exposure to HAV and Vaccination Status of Chronic HBV Cases - A Nationwide Multicenter Study

    Viral Hepatitis Journal, 2025

    DOI 10.4274/vhd.galenos.2025.2025-2-4 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  10. Diagnostic approach of tuberculous lymphadenitis in a multicenter study

    The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2024

    DOI 10.3855/jidc.19502 PMID 38865395 6 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  11. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diabetic Foot Patients A Shift in the Infectious Agent Profile Toward Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli

    Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2024

    DOI 10.7547/22-073 PMID 39058633 1 citation (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  12. WED-418 A national multicenter study on initial antiviral treatment preferences on chronic hepatitis B: Entecavir versus Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

    Journal of Hepatology, 2024

    DOI 10.1016/s0168-8278(24)02226-8 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  13. Evaluation of the implementation of WHO infection prevention and control core components in Turkish health care facilities: results from a WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)—based survey

    Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023

    DOI 10.1186/s13756-023-01208-0 PMID 36782267 54 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  14. Long-Term Results of Immunogenicity of Booster Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (Hybrid COV-RAPEL TR Study) in Turkiye: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Phase 2 Clinical Study

    Vaccines, 2023

    DOI 10.3390/vaccines11071234 PMID 37515050 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  15. Prevalence of Polypharmacy and Potential Drug-Drug Interactions Associated with Risk Factors in the Era of HIV Integrase Inhibitors: A Prospective Clinical Study

    AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2023

    DOI 10.1089/apc.2022.0206 PMID 36812461 6 citations (Europe PMC) Source: ORCID

  16. Predictors of outcomes in patients with candidemia in an Intensive Care Unit

    Marmara medical journal, 2023

    DOI 10.5472/marumj.1367454 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  17. Evaluation of Patients with HIV and Syphilis Co-infection

    Flora the Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 2023

    DOI 10.5578/flora.20239911 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  18. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Completion of Pneumococcal Meningitis Treatment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2023

    DOI 10.4274/mjima.galenos.2023.2022.6 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  19. Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: Early Indicators

    Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2023

    DOI 10.4103/njcp.njcp_616_22 PMID 37470651 5 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  20. Safety and immunogenicity of inactive vaccines as booster doses for COVID-19 in Türkiye: A randomized trial

    Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2022

    DOI 10.1080/21645515.2022.2122503 PMID 36315843 10 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: Europe PMC

  21. Demographic and microbiological characteristics of tuberculous lymphadenitis and other extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases

    Marmara Medical Journal, 2022

    DOI 10.5472/marumj.1191093 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  22. Appropriate Use of Tocilizumab in COVID-19: Early Use is Beneficial

    Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 2022

    DOI 10.36519/idcm.2022.116 PMID 38633336 2 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  23. Clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with severe disease and outcome of patients with COVID-19

    The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022

    DOI 10.3855/jidc.15411 PMID 35404848 3 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  24. Changes in antimicrobial resistance and outcomes of health care–associated infections

    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021

    DOI 10.1007/s10096-020-04140-y PMID 33586014 19 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  25. Tocilizumab treatment in severe COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective study with matched controls

    Rheumatology International, 2021

    DOI 10.1007/s00296-021-04965-6 PMID 34515808 5 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  26. Evaluation of Modified ATRIA Risk Score in Predicting Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19

    The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2021

    DOI 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.06.001 PMID 34107275 7 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  27. Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

    Biomarker Insights, 2021

    DOI 10.1177/11772719211027022 PMID 34248354 18 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  28. SANTRAL SİNİR SİSTEMİ İNFEKSİYONU TANILI 98 OLGUNUN KLİNİK ÖZELLİKLERİ

    ANKEM Dergisi, 2021

    DOI 10.54962/ankemderg.1048500 3 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  29. Bir Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesinde Santral Sinir Sistemi Enfeksiyonlarının Yedi Yıllık Değerlendirilmesi

    Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021

    DOI 10.46237/amusbfd.771257 2 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  30. Transmission and clinical characteristic of COVID-19 in healthcare workers: cross-sectional study

    Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021

    DOI 10.5336/medsci.2020-79883 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  31. Genomic Diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 in Turkey and the Impact of Virus Genome Mutations on Clinical Outcomes

    medRxiv, 2020

    DOI 10.1101/2020.12.25.20248851 Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  32. A snapshot of geriatric infections in Turkey: ratio of geriatric inpatients in hospitals and evaluation of their infectious diseases: A multicenter point prevalence study

    International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020

    DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.046 PMID 32835788 5 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: OpenAlex

  33. The Origin of SARS-CoV-2 in Istanbul: Sequencing findings from Epicenter of Pandemic in Turkey

    Northern Clinics of Istanbul, 2020

    DOI 10.14744/nci.2020.90532 PMID 32478289 12 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  34. Consideration Whether Hepatitis B Exists in Children Whose Mothers Suffer from Chronic Hepatitis B and These Mothers in Gestational Age

    Viral Hepatitis Journal, 2020

    DOI 10.4274/vhd.galenos.2020.2020.0006 Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  35. Invisible Threat for Health Care Workers: Injuries Associated With Blood and Body Fluids

    Klimik Dergisi, 2020

    DOI 10.5152/kd.2020.12 6 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  36. Evaluation of Health-Care Workers Exposed to Blood or Body Fluids

    Flora the Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 2019

    DOI 10.5578/flora.67375 3 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  37. A Case of DRESS Syndrome Presented With Elevated Procalcitonin Levels

    Klimik Dergisi, 2019

    DOI 10.5152/kd.2019.20 1 citation (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  38. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella and Cytomegalovirus Among Pregnant Refugees and Turkish Women: A Retrospective Comparative Study

    Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2018

    DOI 10.14744/scie.2018.66375 12 citations (OpenAlex) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  39. A CASE OF BRUCELLOSIS DUE TO BRUCELLA MELITENSIS ISOLATED FROM EPIDURAL ABSCESS

    Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2017

    DOI 10.4274/mjima.2017.19 Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  40. Ureteral stent infections: a prospective study

    Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017

    DOI 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.12.004 PMID 28189589 20 citations (Europe PMC) Open-access full textSource: ORCID

  41. Tenofovir Kullanan Kronik Hepatit B Hastalarında Böbrek Fonksiyonlarının Değerlendirilmesi

    Kocaeli Üniversitesi - AVESİS, 2017

    Source: OpenAlex

  42. Tenofovir kullanan kronik hepatit B’li hastalarda böbrek fonksiyonlarının değerlendirilmesi

    Kocaeli Üniversitesi - AVESİS, 2017

    Source: OpenAlex

  43. Management of Chronic Hepatitis in Special Hosts and Special Situations: A Consensus Report of the Study Group for Viral Hepatitis of the Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    Klimik Dergisi, 2014

    DOI 10.5152/kd.2014.29 Open-access full textSource: ORCID