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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Surname: OZDEN First name: Mehmet Academic title/position: Assoc. Prof. Key Qualifications: Infection Immunology Research Interest: Infectious Diseases International Experience/Collaborations: Contact Details Work Adres: Firat University Faculty of Medicine Department of Infectious Diseases Elazig Turkey Name of Hospital: Firat University Hospital Street:- Town: Elazig Country: Turkey Post code: Phone: /2513, fax: Date of Birth: 10/20/1969 Place and Country of Birth: Malatya Turkey Country of Citizenship: TC Country of Training: Turkey First language: Turkish Language: English Academic Details

2 Faculty/University Faculty of Medicine/Uludag University, Gorukle-Bursa/Turkey Date of Graduation: 1992 Postgraduate Training: Firat University Faculty of Medicine Department of Infectious Diseases Elazig Turkey SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF TRAINING: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Kalkan From To Title of thesis: Ciprofloxacin and co-trimoxazole resistance and extended spectrum β-lactamase production in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections Accredidation: - Academic Experince: Infectious Diseases, Immunology Membership: Society of Viral Hepatitis Society of KLIMIK Society of EKMUD Society of AIDS Turkish Society of Immunology Society of ANKEM

3 International Publications: 1. Karlıdag, T., K. Demirdağ, Đ. Kaygusuz, M. Özden, S. Yalçın ve L. Özturk, Resistant bacteria in the adenoid tissues of children with otitis media with effusion, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 64, (2002). 2. Özden, M., A. Kalkan, K. Demirdağ, S.S. Kılıç ve A. Özdarendeli, Ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole resistance and extended spectrum β-lactamase production in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections, Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 21, (2003). 3. Demirdağ, K., S. Yılmaz, A. Özdarendeli, M. Özden, A. Kalkan ve S.S. Kılıç, Levels of plasma malondialdehyde and erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities in patients with chronic hepatitis B, Hepatogastroenterology, 50, (2003). 4. Özkan, A., S.S. Kılıç, A. Kalkan, M. Özden, K. Demirdağ ve A. Özdarendeli, Seropositivity of Epstein-Barr virus in Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey, Asian Pac. J. Allergy Immunol., 21, (2003). 5. Demirdağ, K., M. Özden, Y. Saral, A. Kalkan, S.S. Kılıç ve A. Ozdarendeli, A cutaneous anthrax in adults: a review of 25 cases in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, Infection, 31, (2003). 6. Demirdağ, K., M. Özden, A. Kalkan, A. Godekmerdan ve S.S. Kılıç, Serum cytokine levels in patients with acute brucellosis and their relation to the traditional inflammatory markers, FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol., 39, (2003). 7. Demirdağ, K., Đ.H. Bahçecioğlu, Đ.H. Özercan, M. Özden, S. Yılmaz ve A. Kalkan, Role of L- carnitine in the prevention of acute liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats, J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol., 19, (2004). 8. Özden, M., A. Kalkan, K. Demirdağ, S.S. Kılıç, A. Denk ve P. Yüce, Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in patients with acute brucellosis, Scand J. Infect. Dis., 36, (2004). 9. Kaplan, M., A. Kalkan, S. Hoşoğlu, S. Kuk, M. Özden, K. Demirdağ ve A. Özdarendeli, The frequency of Toxocara infection in mental retarded children, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 99, (2004). 10. Özden, M., A. Kalkan, K. Demirdağ, A. Denk ve S.S. Kılıç, Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in patients with hepatitis B and meningitis, Journal of Infection, 49, (2004). 11. Kalkan, A., M. Özden, T. Yılmaz, K. Demirdağ, Y. Bulut ve A. Özdarendeli, A case of mumps conjunctivitis: Detection of the virus RNA by nested PCR in tear sample, Scand. J. Infect. Dis., 36, (2004). 12. Onur, R., M. Özden, Đ. Orhan, A. Kalkan ve A. Semerciöz, Incidence of bacteraemia after urodynamic study, J. Hosp. Infect., 57, (2004). 13. Gödekmerdan, A., M. Özden, A. Ayar, M.F. Gürsu, A.T. Ozan ve S. Serhatlıoğlu, Diminished cellular and humoral immunity in workers occupationally exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation, Archives of Medical Research, 35, (2004). 14. Akbulut, H.H., S.S. Kiliç, V. Bulut ve M. Ozden, Determination of intracellular cytokines produced by Th1 and Th2 cells using flow cytometry in patients with brucellosis, FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol., 45, (2005).

4 15. Kılıç, N., M. Özden ve A. Kalkan, Lipid peroxidation levels in patients with acute brucellosis, Clin. Exp. Med., 5, (2005). 16. Kalkan, A., A. Özdarendeli, Y. Bulut, Y. Saral, M. Özden, N. Keleştimur ve Z.A. Toraman, Prevalence and genotypic distribution of hepatitis GB-C/HG and TT viruses in blood donors, mentally retarded children and four groups of patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 58, (2005). 17. Kalkan, A., M. Özden ve H. Akbulut, Serum neopterin levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B, Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 58, (2005). 18. Özdarendeli, A., Z.A. Toroman, A. Kalkan, S.S. Kılıç, M. Özden ve M.Z. Doymaz, Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis G virus among hemodialysis patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Med. Princ. Pract., 14, (2005). 19. Kizirgil, A., K. Demirdağ, M. Özden, Y. Bulut, Y. Yakupoğulları ve Z.A. Toraman, In vitro activity of three different antimicrobial agents against ESBL producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates, Microbiol. Res., 160, (2005). 20. Özden, M., K. Demirdağ, A. Kalkan, H. Özdemir ve P. Yüce, A case of brucella spondylodiscitis with extended, multiple-level involvement, South Med. J., 98, (2005). 21. Özdarendeli, A., Z.A. Toroman, Y. Bulut, K. Demirdağ, A. Kalkan, M. Özden ve S.S. Kılıç, Combined branched-dna and conventional HBV PCR assays for detection of serum HBV-DNA in hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B patients, Hepato-Gastroenterology, 53, (2006). 22. Kalkan, A., S. Serhatlıoğlu, M. Özden, A. Denk, K. Demirdağ, T. Yılmaz ve S.S. Kılıç, Paradoxically developed optochiasmatic tuberculoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis: A case report with 18-month follow up by MRI, Southern Medical Journal, 99, (2006). 23. Kaplan, M., A. Kalkan, S. Kuk, K. Demirdağ, M. Ozden ve S.S. Kılıç, Toxocara seroprevalance in schizophrenic patients in Turkey, Yonsei Medical Journal, 49, (2008). Presentations at International Scientific Meetings 1. Demirdağ, K., Y. Doğan, M. Özden, Y. Şen, D. Aygün ve A. Kalkan, The carriage rate of group A, C and G Streptococci in throat among healty school children in Elazıg, Turkey, 19 th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Đstanbul, Book of Abstracts, 116, Kaplan, M., K. Demirdağ, S. Kuk, M. Özden ve A. Kalkan, Seroprevalence of toxacariasis in psychiatric patients, 11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ECCMID), Istanbul, Vol 7 (Supp 1), 348, Blackwell Science, Özden, M., A. Kalkan, K. Demirdağ ve A. Gödekmerdan, Peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with brucellosis, 4 th Balkan Congress of Immunology, Đstanbul, Vol 9, 168, Đlhan, F., M. Özden, H. Akbulut ve V. Bulut, Cytokine measurements in culture supernatant of inactive Lepramatous leprosy, 4 th Balkan Congress of Immunology, Đstanbul, Vol 9, 191, 2004.

5 5. Özden, M., A. Kalkan, Y. Özkan, K. Demirdağ ve A. Denk, Diabetes insipidus due to Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Prague, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Vol 10 (Suppl 3), 662, Blackwell Publishing, Akbulut, H., M. Özden, Đ. Çelik ve A. Akbulut, Cytokine levels in patients with brucellosis and their relations with the treatment, 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ECCMID), Copenhagen, Vol 11 (Suppl 2), 160, Blackwell Publishing, Kalkan, A., M. Özden, K. Demirdağ, P. Yüce ve S.S. Kılıç, Brucellar spondylitis: rewiew of 24 cases and compared to inpatient without spondylitis, 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ECCMID), Copenhagen, Vol 11 (Suppl 2), 159, Blackwell Publishing, Kalkan, A., Đ. Çelik, M. Özden, S. Serhatlıoğlu, A. Denk, K. Demirdağ, ve S.S. Kılıç, Atypical cerebrospinal fluid and clinical presentation of tuberculosis menengitis: a case report followed by MRI, 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ECCMID), Copenhagen, Vol 11 (Suppl 2), 645, Blackwell Publishing, Kalkan, A., S. Serhatlıoğlu, M. Özden, A. Denk, K. Demirdağ ve S. Kılıç, Optochiasmatic tuberculoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis developed during treatment of multiple intra-cranial tuberculomas with anti-tuberculous agents: a case report with 18 months follow-up by MRI, 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ECCMID), Copenhagen, Vol 11 (Suppl 2), 643, Blackwell Publishing 2005.

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