PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES · AKDENIZ
Doç. Dr. Tuğçe Tural Kara
Associate Professor at the Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases · Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya
Associate professor at the Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine in Antalya (Doç. Dr. since 2020). Graduated from Hacettepe University (2007); completed paediatrics residency and Yan Dal in paediatric infectious diseases at Ankara University (2016). Specialises in infections in immunocompromised patients, paediatric vaccinology, post-transplant infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. Actively publishes in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, European Journal of Pediatrics, and Frontiers in Pediatrics — including in 2024–2025.
Specialties:
Paediatrics
15+
years of experience
40+
publications
Doç.
since 2020
Hacettepe University — MDAnkara University — Yan DalESPIDPediatric Infectious Diseases
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU
Russian
· via BergemHealth coordinator
TR
Turkish
· native
EN
English
· professionally
ANTALYA · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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★2020First place — poster presentation7th National Vaccination Symposiumverified in AVESIS
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2018First place — poster presentation11th National Congress of Paediatric InfectionsAVESIS
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2017Third place — oral presentation10th National Congress of Paediatric InfectionsAVESIS
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2016First place — poster presentation60th Turkish National Congress of PaediatricsAVESIS
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM
What Doç. Dr. Tuğçe Tural Kara does
Paediatric infectious disease diagnosis and treatment at Akdeniz University Hospital.
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01Post-transplant infectionsimmunosuppressed patients
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02Paediatric vaccinologyroutine and catch-up schedules
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03Lower respiratory tract infectionsMycoplasma, respiratory viruses
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04CNS fungal infectionsincluding post-transplant aspergillosis
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
From Hacettepe to Akdeniz University via subspecialty training at Ankara University.
since 2020
Associate professor in paediatric infectious diseases
Akdeniz University, Antalya
since 2016
Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Akdeniz
Senior specialist
2013–2016
Yan Dal in paediatric infectious diseases
Ankara University
2007–2012
Paediatrics residency
Başkent University, Ankara
2007
MD
Hacettepe University, Ankara
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
Active 2024–2025 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
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2025European Journal of Pediatrics«Mycoplasma pneumoniae in hospitalised children in the post-COVID era: Turkish multicenter cohort»· co-author
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2025Children (Basel)«Propolis as a treatment option for Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in children»· co-author
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2024Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal«Central Nervous System Aspergillosis in a Child After Renal Transplantation»· co-author
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2024Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal«Adenovirus role in hepatitis of unknown etiology, Türkiye 2022–2023»· co-author
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