Murat Akova - Selected Publications#
1. Teh BW, Mikulska M, Averbuch D, de la Camara R, Hirsch HH, Akova M, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Baddley JW, Tan BH, Mularoni A, Subramanian AK, La Hoz RM, Marinelli T, Boan P, Aguado JM, Grossi PA, Maertens J, Mueller NJ, Slavin MA. Consensus position statement on advancing the standardized reporting of infection events in immunocompromised patients. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Sep 5:S1473-3099(23)00377-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00377-8. Online ahead of print (This paper has recently been published as a joint publication by multiple prominent societies in infectious diseases. It is expected to have a high impact in the field of immunocompromised patients with infections).
2. Aslan AT, Tabah A, Köylü B, Kalem AK, Aksoy F, Erol Ç, Karaali R, Tunay B, Guzeldağ S, Batirel A, Dindar EK, Akdoğan Ö, Bilir Y, Ersöz G, Öztürk B, Selçuk M, Yilmaz M, Akyol A, Akbaş T, Sungurtekin H, Timuroğlu A, Gürbüz Y, Çolak O, Bayindir Y, Eroğlu A, Ferlicolak L, Çeşme U, Dağ O, Buetti N, Barbier F, Ruckly S, Staiquly Q, Timsit JF, Akova M. Epidemiology and risk factors of 28-day mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in Turkish intensive care units: a prospective observational cohort study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2023 Jul 5;78(7):1757-1768. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkad167. (Turkish data as a part of a larger surveillance trial. The first of its kind in Turkey. Recently published).
3.Tabah A, Buetti N, Staiquly Q, Ruckly S, Akova M, Aslan AT, Leone M, Conway Morris A, Bassetti M, Arvaniti K, Lipman J, Ferrer R, Qiu H, Paiva JA, Povoa P, De Bus L, De Waele J, Zand F, Gurjar M, Alsisi A, Abidi K, Bracht H, Hayashi Y, Jeon K, Elhadi M, Barbier F, Timsit JF; EUROBACT-2 Study Group, ESICM, ESCMID ESGCIP and the OUTCOMEREA Network. Epidemiology and outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients: the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Feb;49(2):178-190. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06944-2. (The main article that is linked to the previous one. A multinational, multicentre surveillance study. Cited 25 times since February 2023).
4. Sahin TK, Erul E, Aksun MS, Sonmezer MC, Unal S, Akova M. Knowledge and Attitudes of Turkish Physicians towards Human Monkeypox Disease and Related Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jan;11(1):19. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010019. (Cited 13 times since January 2023).
5. Paul M, Carrara E, Retamar P, Tängdén T, Bitterman R, Bonomo RA, de Waele J, Daikos GL, Akova M, Harbarth S, Pulcini C, Garnacho-Montero J, Seme K, Tumbarello M, Lindemann PC, Gandra S, Yu Y, Bassetti M, Mouton JW, Tacconelli E, Baño JR. European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (endorsed by ESICM -European Society of Intensive Care Medicine). Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Dec 16:S1198-743X(21)00679-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.11.025 (The most recent global guideline on this topic. Cited 239 times since April 2022).
6. Tanriover MD, Doğanay HL, Akova M, Güner HR, Azap A, Akhan S, Köse Ş, Erdinç FŞ, Akalın EH, Tabak ÖF, Pullukçu H, Batum Ö, Şimşek Yavuz S, Turhan Ö, Yıldırmak MT, Köksal İ, Taşova Y, Korten V, Yılmaz G, Çelen MK, Altın S, Çelik İ, Bayındır Y, Karaoğlan İ, Yılmaz A, Özkul A, Gür H, Unal S; CoronaVac Study Group. Efficacy and safety of an inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac): interim results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial in Turkey. Lancet. 2021 Jul 17;398(10296):213-222. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01429-X (The first Phase 3, randomized, placebo controlled trial with CoronaVac-an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Cited 591 times since July 2021).
7. Idilman IS, Telli Dizman G, Ardali Duzgun S, Irmak I, Karcaaltincaba M, Inkaya AC, Demirkazik F, Durhan G, Gulsun Akpinar M, Ariyurek OM, Akpinar E, Rello J, Akova M, Akata D.Lung and kidney perfusion deficits diagnosed by dual-energy computed tomography in patients with COVID-19-related systemic microangiopathy. Eur Radiol. 2021 Feb;31(2):1090-1099. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07155-3. (One of the earliest papers providing evidence of vascular endothelial involvement of SARS-CoV-2. Cited 42 times since August 2020).
8. Cornely OA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Arenz D, Chen SCA, Dannaoui E, Hochhegger B, Hoenigl M, Jensen HE, Lagrou K, Lewis RE, Mellinghoff SC, Mer M, Pana ZD, Seidel D, Sheppard DC, Wahba R, Akova M, Alanio A, Al-Hatmi AMS, Arikan-Akdagli S, Badali H, Ben-Ami R, Bonifaz A, Bretagne S, Castagnola E, Chayakulkeeree M, Colombo AL, Corzo-León DE, Drgona L, Groll AH, Guinea J, Heussel CP, Ibrahim AS, Kanj SS, Klimko N, Lackner M, Lamoth F, Lanternier F, Lass-Floerl C, Lee DG, Lehrnbecher T, Lmimouni BE, Mares M, Maschmeyer G, Meis JF, Meletiadis J, Morrissey CO, Nucci M, Oladele R, Pagano L, Pasqualotto A, Patel A, Racil Z, Richardson M, Roilides E, Ruhnke M, Seyedmousavi S, Sidharthan N, Singh N, Sinko J, Skiada A, Slavin M, Soman R, Spellberg B, Steinbach W, Tan BH, Ullmann AJ, Vehreschild JJ, Vehreschild MJGT, Walsh TJ, White PL, Wiederhold NP, Zaoutis T, Chakrabarti A; Mucormycosis ECMM MSG Global Guideline Writing Group. Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;19(12):e405-e421. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30312-3 (cited 844 times)
9. Ullmann AJ, Aguado JM, Arikan-Akdagli S, Denning DW, Groll AH, Lagrou K, Lass-Flörl C, Lewis RE, Munoz P, Verweij PE, Warris A, Ader F, Akova M, Arendrup MC, Barnes RA, Beigelman-Aubry C, Blot S, Bouza E, Brüggemann RJM, Buchheidt D, Cadranel J, Castagnola E, Chakrabarti A, Cuenca-Estrella M, Dimopoulos G, Fortun J, Gangneux JP, Garbino J, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Heussel CP, Kibbler CC, Klimko N, Kullberg BJ, Lange C, Lehrnbecher T, Löffler J, Lortholary O, Maertens J, Marchetti O, Meis JF, Pagano L, Ribaud P, Richardson M, Roilides E, Ruhnke M, Sanguinetti M, Sheppard DC, Sinkó J, Skiada A, Vehreschild MJGT, Viscoli C, Cornely OA. Diagnosis and management of Aspergillus diseases: executive summary of the 2017 ESCMID-ECMM-ERS guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 May;24 Suppl 1:e1-e38. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2018.01.002. (Cited 865 times).
10. Quan J, Li X, Chen Y, Jiang Y, Zhou Z, Zhang H, Sun L, Ruan Z, Feng Y, Akova M, Yu Y. Prevalence of mcr-1 in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from bloodstream infections in China: a multicentre longitudinal study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;17(4):400-410. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30528-X (Cited 176 times).
