Yordan Kalchev

Selected Publications

1. Yordan Kalchev, Gergana Lengerova, Tihomir Dermendzhiev, Mariana Murdjeva. Quick nephelometric method for microbiological screening of urine samples. Science and Youth 2018;203-205
2. Kalchev YI, Lengerova GB, Asif U, Burnusuzov HA, Murdjeva MA. Fatal chemotherapy-induced combined infection in a Hodgkin’s disease patient: а case report. Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2019;61(4):620-3. doi: 10.3897/folmed.61.e47811.
   (SJR=0.25; Q 3)
3. Lengerova GB, Murdjeva MA, Radeva NB, Kalchev YI, Petrov MM, Komitova RT, Levterova VS, Korsun NS, Kantardjiev TV. Pertussis associated
   with viral infections in infants. Clin Case Rep J. 2020;1(4):1–4
4. Kalchev Y, Petkova Ts, Raycheva R, Kabayira B, Deneva T, Murdjeva M. Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Patients with Acute Central Nervous System Infections. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2020; 8(B):1251-1255.
   https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2020. 5497.
   https://www.id-press.eu/mjms/article/view/5497. (SJR=0.26; Q 3)
5. Y. Kalchev, Ts. Petkova, R. Raycheva, P. Argirova,  M. Stoycheva, M. Murdjeva. Combined testing of cerebrospinal fluid IL-12(p40) and serum C-reactive protein as a possible discriminator of acute bacterial neuroinfections. Cytokine. 2021(140):155423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2021.155423. (SJR=1.09; IF=2.952; Q 2)
6. M. Pavlova, E. Alexandrova, Y. Kalchev, V. Velev, M. Murdjeva, T. Kantardjiev. A study of paratyphoid fever in Bulgarian children. Acta Medica Bulgarica. 2021;48(1):59-62. (2020 SJR=0.12; Q4)

Memberships

1. Bulgarian Medical Association
2. Bulgarian Association of Microbiologists
3. Federation of European Microbiological Societies 
4. European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases(ESCMID)
5. ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain – ESGIB
   
   

Training and Educational Courses

1. Practice under the supervision of José Ranahlo, Cell Biology Department, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 03.07. – 03.08.2010, Lisbon, Portugal;
2. Practice under the supervision of Dr. Antionio Gil Núñez, Stroke Unit, Neurology Department, 02.04. – 02.05.2012, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain;
3. Control of Multi-drug Resistant Micro-organisms in Health Care Setting, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 05.09. – 07.09.2017, Stockholm, Sweden;
4. Acute Bacterial CNS Infections of the Brain, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), 11.10. – 13.10.2018, Munich, Germany;
5. Third Encephalitis Course, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), 26.06. – 28.06.2019, Grenoble, France;
6. Global Health: Vector-borne Diseases, Institute Pasteur Seminar, Open Medical Institute, The American Austrian Foundation, 03.09. – 08.09.2019, Salzburg, Austria;
7. Hot Topics in Central Nervous System Infections, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Postgraduate Educational Course, 14.04., 28.04., 12.05., 19.05.2021, Online Course;
8. Implant Associated Infection: Basic Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Postgraduate Educational Course, 02.06.2021, Online Course;

ERASMUS + Exchange program

1. Julius-Maximilians-Universität
   Würzburg, Institutfür Hygiene und Mikrobiologie Josef-Schneider-Str.2 / E1 97080, Würzburg,
   Germany, 09.10. – 13.10.2017, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Kurzai;
2. University of  Latvia, 19 Raina blvd., LV 1586, Riga, Latvia, 01.10. – 05.10.2018, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Tatjana Tračevska, M.D., Ph.D.;
3. University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 20/1, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia, 23.09. – 27.09.2019, under the supervision of Prof. Maja Abram, M.D., Ph.D.;