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PCR-BASED NATIONAL BACTERIAL MENINGITIS SURVEILLANCE IN TURKEY YEARS 2006 TO 2009

dc.contributor.authorsToprak, Demet; Soysal, Ahmet; Torunoglu, Mehmet Ali; Turgut, Mehmet; Turkoglu, Salih; Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina; Carvalho, Maria da Gloria; Wang, Xin; Mayer, Leonard; Altinkanat, Gulsen; Soyletir, Guner; Mete, Birgul; Bakir, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-13T12:46:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-11T08:15:31Z
dc.date.available2022-03-13T12:46:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPolymerase chain reaction-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis including 841 children revealed 246 with bacterial DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples of which 53% were Streptococcus pneumoniae, 19% Neisseria meningitidis, and 16% Haemophilus influenzae type b. The most common S. pneumoniae serotypes/serogroups were 1, 19F, 6A/6B, 23F, 5, 14, 18 and 19A. Among 47 meningococci, 86% were serogroup B, 6% serogroup C, 3% serogroup A, 3% serogroup X and 3% serogroup W.
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/INF.0000000000000378
dc.identifier.eissn1532-0987
dc.identifier.issn0891-3668
dc.identifier.pubmed25361189
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/237988
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000342198700023
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
dc.relation.ispartofPEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectsurveillance
dc.subjectbacterial
dc.subjectmeningitis
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectSTREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE
dc.subjectNEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS
dc.subjectDISEASE
dc.subjectASSAYS
dc.titlePCR-BASED NATIONAL BACTERIAL MENINGITIS SURVEILLANCE IN TURKEY YEARS 2006 TO 2009
dc.typearticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage1089
oaire.citation.issue10
oaire.citation.startPage1087
oaire.citation.titlePEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
oaire.citation.volume33

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