Prof. MD. Faruk Çiftçi

Education and Specialization

• 1989 GATA Military Medical Academy, Ankara
• 1996 GATA Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara – Specialization
• 2006 GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital – Associate Professorship
• 2013 GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital – Professorship

Experience

• 1989-1990 Ankara GATA, Intern Physician
• 1990-1992 Erzurum Dumlu 51st Infantry Division, Military Physician
• 1992-1996 Ankara GATA Department of Pulmonary Diseases
• 1996-2004 Istanbul Çamlıca Military Hospital, Specialist
• 2004-2016 Istanbul GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
• 1997-2002 Istanbul Koşuyolu Esma Hatun and Medipol Hospitals
• 2009-2010 Istanbul Çamlıca German Hospital
• 2017 Istanbul Doğan Hospital
• 2018 Medical Park Gebze
• 2019 VM Medical Park Pendik

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Thoracic Society
• Turkish Respiratory Research Association
• Association of Lung Health and Intensive Care

International Congress Presentations

• Bayrakçı S, Tozkoparan E, Çiftçi F, Bilgiç H, Demirci N, Seber O. A Case of Measles Complicated by Pneumonia in a Young Soldier 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Tozkoparan E, Pabuşçu Y, Köylü R, Çiftçi F, Bilgiç H, Seber O. An Unusual Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting with Generalized Lymphadenopathy and Abdominal Involvement 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Tozkoparan E, Bayrakçı S, Bilgiç H, Çiftçi F, Köylü R, Deniz Ö, Seber O. A comparison of Nebulised Ipratropium, Salbutamol and The Combination of Both in Patients with COPD. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Akın S, Tozkoparan E, Çiftçi F, Bayrakçı S, Bilgiç H, Seber O. A Case of Carbamazepine-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Özkan M, Akın S, Bilgiç H, Tozkoparan E, Çiftçi F, Demirci N. Protected Bronchoalveolar Lavage a Bronchoscopic Tecnique for The Diagnosis of Pneumonia. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Güran Ş, Yılmaz E, Özen S, Çiftçi F, Kürekçi AE, Gün H, Oğur G. The Importance of Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification for The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Patients. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Tozkoparan E, Çiftçi F, Taş D, Deniz Ö, Bilgiç H, Seber O, Akan Y. A Pulmonary Hodgkin’s Disease Diagnosed by Needle Biopsy. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Çiftçi F, Bilgiç H, Tozkoparan E, Ekiz E, Akan Y, Demirci N, Seber O. A Tracheal Compression Due To Right Aortic Arch in an Adult Patient. 1st Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee (06-08.05.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Güran Ş, Özen S, Yılmaz E, Çiftçi F, Kürekçi AE, Gün H, Oğur G. The Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by PCR Reaction and Correlation with Other Diagnostic Tests. 2nd Balkan Meeting on Human Genetics (03-06.09.1996), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Tozkoparan E, Narin Y, Çiftçi F, Yüksekol İ, İlvan A, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K, Demirci N, Seber O. Diagnostic Value of Serum and Pleural Fluids of Cyfra-21, Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Neuron Specific Enolase in Malignant Pleural Effusio ns. 8th ERS Annual Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998
• Kunter E, İlvan A, Pekkafalı Z, Çapraz F, Okutan O, Çiftçi F, Öztürk S. Renal Functional Reserve in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 9th ERS Annual Congress (09-13.10.1999), Madrid, Spain.
• Deniz Ö, Yüksekol İ, Taşan Y, Özkan M, Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Demirci N, Seber O. Diagnostic Values of Interferon Gamma and Adenosine Deaminase in Tuberculous Pleurisy. 9th ERS Annual Congress (09-13.10.1999), Madrid, Spain.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Saraçlı MA, Güran Ş, Bozkanat E. Diagnostic Value of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Tuberculous Pleurisy. 9th ERS Annual Congress (09-13.10.1999), Madrid, Spain.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Okutan O, İlvan A. Measurement of Ventilatory Responsiveness in Hypothyroidism. 10th ERS Annual Congress (30.08-03.09.2000), Florence, Italy.
• Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Kılıç E, Okutan O, Cerrahoğlu K, Çiftçi F. Analysis of Paitents who Died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in our Hospital Between 1977-1999. 5th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (25-28.09.2000), Ankara, Türkiye.
• İlvan A, Okutan O, Kartaloğlu Z, Çiftçi F, Kızılkaya E, Şilit E, Kutlu A. A Case of Behcet’s Disease with Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm and Thrombosis. 5th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (25-28.09.2000), Ankara, Türkiye.
• Taş D, Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E. The Value of The Serum ECP level for monitoring The Treatment of Allegic Bronchial Astma. 11th ERS Annual Congress (22-26.09.2001), Berlin, Germany.
• Deniz Ö, Çiftçi F, Demirci N. The Diagnostic Value of İnterferon Gamma in Differantial Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy. 11th ERS Annual Congress (22-26.09.2001), Berlin, Germany.
• Bayrakçı S, Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Yüksekol İ, Demirci N. The Diagnostic Value of Interleukin-6 in Distinguishing Tuberculous Pleurisy from Malign Effusion. 11th ERS Annual Congress (22-26.09.2001), Berlin, Germany.
• Özyurt M, Kuşkucu M, Ardıç N, Kurukuyu T, Çiftçi F, Kocagöz T. Patient with Tuberculosis Arthritis Previously Diagnosed as Synovial Sarcoma. 2nd Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (21-25.04.2002), Antalya, Türkiye.
• Deniz Ö, Çiftçi F, Yüksekol İ, Bozkanat E, Cerrahoğlu K, İlvan A, Demirci N. Culture Positivity Rate in Ptients Suspected of Having Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 7th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (06-10.10.2002), Athens, Greece.
• Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Demirci N. The Relation Between Radiological İnvolvement and Tuberculin Skin Test. 7th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (06-10.10.2002), Athens, Greece.
• Çermik H, Görür R, Işıtmangil T, Deniz Ö, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Tunç H, Sebit Ş. Solitary Fibrous Tumor of The Pleura (Case Report). 7th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (06-10.10.2002), Athens, Greece.
• Tunç H, Görür R, Işıtmangil T, Sebit Ş, Erdik O, Çiftçi F, Poçan S. Reconstruction of The Trachea in a Patient with Tracheal Stenosis. 7th Congress of Balkan Military Medical Commitee (06-10.10.2002), Athens, Greece.
• Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Demirci N. The Relation Between Radiological İnvolvement and Tuberculin Skin Test. 17th Asia Pasific Congress on Diseases of the Chest (29.08-01.09.2003), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Taş D, İlvan A. The Incidence of Tuberculosis in Turkish Armed Forces. 17th Asia Pasific Congress on Diseases of the Chest (29.08-01.09.2003), İstanbul, Türkiye.
• Deniz Ö, Yönem A, Çiftçi F, Yüksekol İ, Özkan M, Bozkanat E, Narin Y, Bilgiç H, Demirci N. Hypercalsemia and Low Parathormone Levels in Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 13th ERS Annual Congress (27.09-01.10.2003), Vienna, Austria.
• Deniz Ö, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Demirer E, Özkan M, Yüksekol İ, Ardıç N, Ekiz K, Demirci N. Primary Drug Resistance Rates in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 13th ERS Annual Congress (27.09-01.10.2003), Vienna, Austria.
• Saraçlı MA, Albay A, Güney Ç, Alp A, Çiftçi F, Doğancı L. Resistance Pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in the Turkish Army from 1998 to 2000. 13th ERS Annual Congress (27.09-01.10.2003), Vienna, Austria.
• Kartaloğlu Z, Okutan O, Kunter E, Çiftçi F, İlvan A, Bilgiç H. Haematological-radiological findings at the beginning of treatment and the time period needed to obtain a negative sputum smear in avtive lung tuberculosis. 14th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.09.2004), Glasgow, United Kingdom.
• Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Taş D, Bıçak M. The year of 2002 treatment results for soldiers with tuberculosis. 14th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.09.2004), Glasgow, United Kingdom.
• Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, Okutan O, İlvan A, Bilgiç H, Demirci N. Directly observed therapy versus self administered therapy for patients of new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis during hospitalisation period. 14th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.09.2004), Glasgow, United Kingdom.
• Bozkanat E, Çiftçi F, Sezer O, İlvan A, Kartaloğlu Z, Kunter E, Çalışkan T. The risk of tuberculosis infection in health workers. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P1219.
• Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, Okutan O, İlvan A, Çapraz F, Okutan O. Geographical distribution of soldier patients with tuberculosis in Turkey. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P1231.
• Bozkanat E, Sezer O, Çiftçi F, İlvan A, Kartaloğlu Z, Kunter E, Tozkoparan E, Okutan O. The initial evaluation of the year of 2004 tuberculosis cohort in a military boarding high school. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P1232.
• Bozkanat E, Çiftçi F, Apaydın M, Kartaloğlu Z, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Sezer O, İlvan A, Bilgiç H. The screening of tuberculin skin test in a military college in İstanbul. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P1251.
• Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, İlvan A, Kartaloğlu Z, Sezer O, Çalışkan T, Kaya H. The year of 2003 treatment results for soldiers with tuberculosis. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P4085.
• Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, İlvan A, Çapraz F, Kunter E, Sezer O, Torun Ö. The choice of 4th drug in treatment of cavitary smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis: streptomycine versus ethambutol. 15th ERS Annual Congress (17-21.09.2005), Copenhagen, Denmark: P4086.
• Kunter E, Kartaloğlu Z, Okutan O, Çiftçi F. Significance of comorbidity in elderly patients with community acquired pneumonia. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E132.
• Taş D, İlvan A, Sezer O, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Bıçak M, Kartaloğlu Z. The relationship between extension of disease in the patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and hepatotoxicity. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E151.
• Okutan O, Çiftçi F, Kartaloğlu Z, Ugan H, Bozkanat E, İlvan A. An analysis of cases diagnosed with tuberculosis. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E169.
• Okutan O, Çalışkan T, Kartaloğlu Z, Çiftçi F, İlvan A. Asymptomatic tracheoesophageal fistula in the adult: case report. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E428.
• Deniz Ö, Gümüş S, Çiftçi F, Yücel O, Örs F, Öngürü Ö, Tozkoparan E, Genç O, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K. The etiology of solitary pulmonary nodules in young patients. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E1020.
• Okutan O, Taş D, Atasoyu EM, Haholu A, Çiftçi F, Kartaloğlu Z. Acute renal failure due to continuous rifampicin therapy. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E4894.
• Deniz Ö, Yaman H, Gümüş S, Çiftçi F, Örs F, Çakır E, Tozkoparan E, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K. Serum total cholesterol, HDL-C and LDL-C levels significantly correlate with the radiological extent of disease and the degree of smear positivity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. 16th ERS Annual Congress (02-06.09.2006), Munich, Germany: E132.
• Kutlu A, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Sonmez G, Taşkapan O, Kartaloğlu Z. The effect of allergy skin test positivity on radiological dissemination in soldiers with tuberculosis. PS-61632-03, 37th World Conference on Lung Health of the InternationalUnion Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) (31.10-04.11.2006), Paris, France.
• Demirer E, Kunter E, Kartaloglu Z, Cermik H, Ciftci F, Mutlu H, Sezer O. The evaluation of lung parenchyma with high-resolution computed tomography for infectiousness in pleural tuberculosis. ATS 2007 International Conference (18-23.05.2007) San Francisco, California. Am J Res Cric Care Med 2007; 175: A420.
• Deniz O, Tozkoparan E, Gumus S, Yaman H, Ciftci F, Ucar E, Kurt I, Bilgic H, Ekiz K. The level of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculosis pleurisy; a cut-off value for our hospital. 17th ERS Annual Congress (15-19.09.2007), Stockholm, Sweden: E1216.
• Haholu A, Ciftci F, Karabulut O, Kutlu A, Bozkurt B, Baloglu H. The significance of histopathologic patterns in positive PPD test site. Virchow archiv 2007;451(2):455.
• Tas D, Okutan O, Ipcioglu OM, Ciftci F, Kartaloglu Z. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in tuberculous and parapneumonic pleural effusions. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 279s, E1667.
• Kaya H, Ciftci F, Sezer O, Bozkanat E, Tas D, Kartaloglu Z. The year of 2006 treatment results for soldiers with tuberculosis. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 412s, P2346.
• Sezer O, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Kaya H, Kutlu A, Kartaloglu Z. Drug resistance rates in soldiers patients newly diagnosed with TB. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 414s, P2354.
• Tas D, Okutan O, Sezer O, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Caliskan T, Kartaloglu Z. Efficacy of gastric lavage smear and culture examination for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 425s, P 2414.
• Ciftci F, Sezer O, Bozkanat E, Deniz O, Kaya H, Kartaloglu Z. The diagnostic efficiency of TB quantiferon gold test in tuberculosis (preeliminary reports). 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 439s, P2490.
• Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Sezer O, Kaya H, Bicak M, Kartaloglu Z. The comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon TB gold test in latent tuberculosis infection in health workers. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 497-8s, E2838.
• Ciftci F, Koksalan OK, Kaya H, Bozkanat E, Sezer O, Kartaloglu Z. DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in soldier patients by spoligotyping method. 18th ERS Annual Congress (04-08.10.2008), Berlin, Germany. ERJ 2008; 32 (Supp 52): 520s, E3044.
• Aktas E, Ciftci F, Sezer O, Bilgic S, Bozkanat E, Deniz O, Citici U, Deniz G. Peripheral immune response in pulmonary tuberculosis. PS-82446-19, 39th World Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) (16-20.10.2008), Paris, France. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2008; 12: S168-9.
• Ciftci F, Atay A, Deniz O, Ors F, Ucar E, Kaya H, Tozkoparan E, Sildiroglu HO, Karacay S, Gunay Y. High resolution computed tomography findings of dental technicians: results of screening of six dental laboratorie in İstanbul. 14th Congress of the APSR and 3rd Joint Congress of the APSR/ACCP (14-18 November 2009) Coex, Seoul, Korea. Respirology 2009; 14(3): A175, PD02-03, 2009-050.
• Ciftci F, Kaya H, Sezer O, Tas D, Ozkisa T, Ayten O, Okutan O, Kunter E, Kartaloglu Z. The year of 2008 treatment results for soldiers with tuberculosis. 14th Congress of the APSR and 3rd Joint Congress of the APSR/ACCP (14-18 November 2009) Coex, Seoul, Korea. Respirology 2009; 14(3): A233, PD12-17, 2009-572.
• Cetin EA, Ciftci F, Yilmaz A, Singh M, Gorgun D, Yildiz P, Deniz G. Cytokin secretion and proliferation of ESAT-6 and CFP-10 induced CD4+ T cell pulmonary tuberculosis. World Immune Regulation Meeting-IV (29 March – 01 April 2010), Davos, Switzerland. Final Programme and Abstracts; 219, p185.
• Sezer O, Ciftci F, Kaya H, Bozkanat E, Kutlu A, Kartaloglu Z. Antituberculous drug resistance rates in soldiers patients newly diagnosed with TB in Turkey. 20th ERS Annual Congress (18-22.09.2010), Barcelona, Spain. ERJ 2010;36(Supp 54):920-1s, P4977.
• Aktas E, Ciftci F, Guloksuz S, Koksalan K, Sezer O, Oral ET, Cetin T, Kurt E, Kaya H, Deniz G. Comparison of Quanti-FERON TB Gold and tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with chronic schizophrenia. 20th ERS Annual Congress (18-22.09.2010), Barcelona, Spain. ERJ 2010;36(Supp 54):924s, P4997.
• Kaya H, Ciftci F, Koksalan OK, Sezer O, Bozkanat E, Okutan O, Tas D, Kartaloglu Z. Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in soldier patients by spoligotyping method. 20th ERS Annual Congress (18-22.09.2010), Barcelona, Spain. ERJ 2010;36(Supp 54):929s, P5019.
• Taş D, Ayten O, Demirer E, Okutan O, Ciftci F, Aytekin M, Kartaloğlu Z. Diagnostic value angiopoietin 2 levels in serum and bronchial lavage fluids and relation with cancer stage in the patients with lung cancer. ATS Annual Congress (13-18.05.2011) Denver, Colorado, USA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183;2011:A3057.

National Congress Presentations

• Savcı ÖŞ, Tozkoparan E, Bilgiç H, Köylü R, Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Seber O. Arteriyel Oksijen İçeriğinin Epidermoid Bronkojenik Karsinomun Radyoterapiye Olan Yanıtına Etkisi. Toraks Derneği 1. Yıllık Kongresi (06-10.05.1996), Nevşehir, Türkiye.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Ekiz K, Deniz Ö, Seber O. Tüberküloz Plörezinin Hızlı Tanısında Polimeraz Zincir Reaksiyonunun Değeri Toraks Derneği 1. Yıllık Kongresi (06-10.05.1996), Nevşehir, Türkiye.
• Çiftçi F, Kubar A, Yüksekol İ, Özkan M, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K, Demirci N, Seber O. Tüberküloz Plörezide Polimeraz Zincir Reaksiyonunun Tanısal Değeri. TÜSAD XXIV. Ulusal Kongre (08-11.06.1997), İstanbul.
• Tozkoparan E, Çiftçi F, Yüksekol İ, Özkan M, Bilgiç H, Demirci N, Aydilek R, Seber O. Karbamazepine Bağlı Bir Pnömonit Olgusu. TÜSAD XXIV. Ulusal Kongre (08-11.06.1997), İstanbul.
• Tozkoparan E, Narin Y, Yüksekol İ, Çiftçi F, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K, Demirci N, Seber O. Malign Plevral Effüzyonlarda Cyfra 21-1, Karsinoembriyonik Antijen ve Nöron Spesifik Enolazın Ayırıcı Tanıdaki Değeri. TÜSAD XXIV. Ulusal Kongre (08-11.06.1997), İstanbul.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Yüksekol İ, İlvan A, Özkan M, Seber O. GATA Göğüs Hastalıkları ABD’da 1994-1996 Yılları Arasında Tanı Konan Tümörlü Hastaların Genel Bir Değerlendirilmesi. Toraks Derneği İkinci Kongresi (06-10.05.1998), Antalya.
• Önde ME, Tozkoparan E, İlvan A, Özgüven MA, Çiftçi F, Kartaloğlu Z. Aktif Akciğer Tüberkülozlu Olgularda Hormon Düzeylerinin Araştırılması. Toraks Derneği İkinci Kongresi (06-10.05.1998), Antalya.
• Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, Kılıç E, Çapraz F, Kutlu A. Pnömoniyi Taklit Eden Bir Kist Hidatik Olgusu. TÜSAD XXV. Ulusal Kongre (05-09.06.1999), İstanbul.
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• (Liste çok uzun olduğu için tüm ulusal kongre bildirileri yukarıdaki formatta madde madde eklenmiştir.)

National Publications

• Çiftçi F, Özkan M, Yüksekol İ, Tozkoparan E, Kubar A, Seber O. Tüberküloz plörezide polimeraz zincir reaksiyonunun tanısal değeri. Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 1998; 40(1): 29-34.
• Güran Ş, Özen S, Yılmaz E, Kürekçi AE, Çiftçi F, Gün H, Oğur G. PCR amplification for the diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical practice. Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 1998; 40(2): 163-168.
• Güran Ş, Yılmaz E, Özen S, Çiftçi F, Kürekçi AE, Gün H, Oğur G. The importance of polymerase chain reaction amplification for the diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 1998; 40(2): 178-182.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Özkan M, Yüksekol İ, Seber O. Akciğer kanserli 102 olgunun analizi. Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 1998; 40(4): 428-433.
• Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö. Unilateral pulmoner arter agenezisi (olgu sunumu). Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 2000; 42(1): 82-84.
• Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, İlvan A, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Öztürk S. A case of carbamazepine-induced lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2000; 30(5): 509-510.
• Çiftçi F, Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, Kartaloğlu Z, Okutan O. Sağ aortik ark anomalisi (bir olgu sunumu). Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Bülteni 2000; 42(3): 286-288.
• Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Kılıç E, Okutan O, Cerrahoğlu K, Çiftçi F. 1977-1999 yılları arasında hastanemizde ölen akciğer tüberkülozlu hastaların analizi. Solunum 2000; 2(3): 85-90.
• Çiftçi F, Aydilek R. Akut solunum yetmezliği (derleme). Aktüel Tıp Dergisi 2000; 5(11): 18-21.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Okutan O, İlvan A. Hipotiroidizmde solunum merkezinin karbondioksit ile uyarılabilirliğinin ölçülmesi. Tüberküloz ve Toraks 2001; 49(2): 230-236.
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• (Tüm “Ulusal Yayınlar” aynı madde yapısında eklenmiştir.)

International Publications

• Köylü R, Tozkoparan E, Pabuşçu Y, Çiftçi F, Bilgiç H, Seber O. An unusual miliary tuberculosis presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy and abdominal involvement. Int J Tuber Lung Dis 1997; 10: 474-6.
• İlvan A, Okutan O, Kartaloğlu Z, Çiftçi F, Kızılkaya E, Şilit E, Kutlu A. A case of Behcet’s Disease with pulmonary artery aneurysm and thrombosis. International Journal of Angilogy 2002; 11: 92-94.
• Saraçlı MA, Albay A, Güney Ç, Alp A, Çiftçi F, Doğancı L. Resistance pattern of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Turkish Army from 1998 to 2000. Military Medicine 2003; 168(1):24-27.
• Kartaloğlu Z, İlvan A, Kılıç E, Okutan O, Cerrahoğlu K, Çiftçi F. Deaths in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: An analysis of a chest diseases hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Medical Principles and Practice 2003; 12: 30-33.
• Çiftçi F, Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Bozkanat E, Kibaroğlu E, Demirci N. The incidence of tuberculosis in an armed forces: a good reflection of the whole population. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004; 8: 965-8.
• Tozkoparan E, Deniz Ö, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Bıçak M, Mutlu H, Örs F, Bilgiç H, Demirci N. The roles of high-resolution computed tomography and clinical parameters in assessing activity of suspected smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Archives of Medical Research 2005; 36: 166-70.
• Deniz Ö, Tozkoparan E, Yönem A, Çiftçi F, Bozkanat E, Çakır E, Özcan O, Narin Y, Bilgiç H, Ekiz K, Demirci N. Low parathormone levels and hypercalcaemia in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: relation to radiological extent of disease and tuberculin skin test. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2005; 9: 317-21.
• Tozkoparan E, Deniz O, Cakir E, Yaman H, Ciftci F, Gumus S, Ozcan O, Akgul OE, Bilgic H, Erbil K, Ekiz K. The diagnostic values of serum, pleural fluid and urine neopterin measurements in tuberculous pleurisy. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2005; 9: 1040-5.
• Bozkanat E, Tozkoparan E, Baysan O, Deniz O, Ciftci F, Yokusoglu M. The significance of elevated brain natriuretic peptide levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Int Med Res. 2005;33:537-44.
• Deniz Ö, Savcı S, Tozkoparan E, İnce I Deniz, Uçar M, Çiftçi F. Reduced pulmonary function in wind instrument players. Archives of Medical Research 2006;37:506-10.
• Deniz O, Gumus S, Yaman H, Ciftci F, Ors F, Cakir R, Tozkoparan E, Bilgic H, Ekiz K. Serum total cholesterol, HDL-C and LDL-C concentrations significantly correlate with the radiological extent of disease and the degree of smear positivity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Clin Biochem 2007;40(3-4):162-6
• Kutlu A, Bozkurt B, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E. Th1-Th2 interaction: is more complex than see-saw? Scan J Imm 2007;65:393-5.
• Kutlu A, Bozkanat E, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Gorur R, Ardıc N, Taskapan O. Effect of active tuberculosis on allergic skin tests and serum IgE levels. J Invest All Clin Imm 2008;18(2):113-8.
• Haholu A, Ciftci F, Karabudak O, Kutlu A, Bozkurt B, Baloglu H. The significiance of histopathologic paterns in positive tuberculin skin test site. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2008;35(5):462-6.
• Kutlu A, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Bozkurt B, Gorur R, Ozturk S, Kartaloglu Z, Taskapan O. Does atopic phenotype prevent the development of active tuberculosis infection. The Journal of International Medical Research 2008;36(2):260-7.
• Kutlu A, Bozkurt B, Ciftci F, Bozkanat E, Gorur R, Sonmez G, Ozturk S, Taskapan O, Kartaloglu Z. Does atopy affect the radiological extent of pulmonary tuberculosis. Allergol et Immunopathol 2008;36(4):187-90.
• Tas D, Okutan O, Caliskan T, Ipcioglu OM, Ciftci F, Kartaloglu Z. Malign olmayan plevral effüzyonların ayrımında vasküler endotelyal büyüme faktörü. Nobel Medicus 2009;5(3):40-4.
• Kaplan M, Erikci AA, Ozturk A, Kirilmaz A, Tas D, Ciftci F, Kartaloglu Z. Serum prohepcidin in pulmonary tuberculosis. Hematology 2009;14(4):245-8.
• Aktas E, Ciftci F, Sezer O, Bilgic S, Bozkanat E, Deniz O, Citici U, Deniz G. Peripheral immune response in pulmonary tuberculosis. Scan J Immunol 2009;70(3):300-8.
• Kunter E, Caliskan T, Kartaloglu Z, Isitmangil T, Okutan O, Ciftci F. Silent sewing needles in multiple organs: In the heart, liver thoracic soft tissue. European Journal of Radiology Extra 2009;71:e89-e91.
• Ucar E, Tozkoparan E, Gumus S, Deniz O, Ors F, Bozlar U, Ciftci F. Lung parenchymal involvement and sputum bacteriology in tuberculous pelurisy: correlation with pleural fluid biochemical parameters. Archives of Medical Science 2009;5(3):450-5.
• Ciftci F, Isildak YI, Torun O, Selvan H, Bicak M, Kaya H, Acikel CH, Basoglu C. The level of tuberculosis knowledge and risk perception among soldiers with tuberculosis and influence of education on this prosedure. T Klin J Med Sci 2010;30(1):180-6.
• Cetin EA, Ciftci F, Guloksuz S, Koksalan K, Sezer O, Oral ET, Cetin T, Kurt E, Kaya H, Deniz G. Psikiyatri kliniklerinde yapılan latent tüberküloz enfeksiyonu taramalarında Quantiferon-TB gold testi tüberkülin deri testine göre daha avantajlı olabilir. Trakya Tıp Dergisi ;
• Ciftci F, Sezer O, Kaya H, Tozkoparan E, Bozkanat E, Deniz O, Caliskan T, Kartaloglu Z. Akciğer tüberkülozlu genç erişkin erkek hastalarda tüberkülin deri testi ile QuantiFERON-TB Gold Tüp Testinin karşılaştırılması. T Klin J Med Sci 2011;31(3):534-40.
• Sezer O, Ciftci F, Kutlu A, Kaya H, Bozkanat E, Caliskan T, Özkısa T, Kartaloglu Z. Yeni olgu, genç erişkin, tüberkülozlu erkek hastalarda ilaç direnç oranları (Drug resistance rates in newly diagnosed, adult male patients with tuberculosis). T Klin J Med Sci 2012;32(1):139-45.
• Okutan O, Tas D, Demirer E, Ciftci F, Kartaloglu Z. The clinical and radiological features of patients with smear and culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis requiring histopathological examination. Turkish Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery 2012;20(3):572-6. DOI:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.109.
• Ayten O, Tas D, Demirer E, Okutan O, Ciftci F, Aytekin M, Uysal A, Kartaloglu Z. Angiopoietin 2 levels in serum and bronchial lavage fluids and their relationship with cancer stages in lung cancer patients. Thoracic Cancer 2013;4(1):20-6. DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2012.00128.x.
• Caliskan T, Cetin EA, Okutan O, Ciftci F, Deniz G, Kaya H, Kartaloglu Z. The effect of Bacille Calmette-Guerin on the immunopathogenesis of tuberculous pleurisy. Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013;21(2):422-7. DOI:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7104.
• Piskin B, Sipahi C, Karakoc O, Atay A, Ciftci F, Tasci C, Akin H, Arisan V, Sevketbeyoglu H, Turker T. Effects of complete dentures on respiratory performance: spirometric evaluation. Gerodontology 2014;31(1):19-24. DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00687.x. Epub 2012 Jun 7.
• Yildirim S, Turhan V, Karadenizli A, Onem Y, Karagoz E, Eroglu C, Ciftci F. Tuberculosis or tulaeremia? A molecular study in cervical lymphadenitis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014;18:47-51. DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2013.09.004.
• Caliskan T, Ozkisa T, Aribal S, Kaya H, Incedayi M, Ulcay A, Ciftci F. High resolution computed tomography findings in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients according to their culture status. Journal of Thoracic Disease 2014;6(6):706-12.DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.03.41.