Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

A Prospective Study of Etiology of Childhood Acute Bacterial Meningitis, Turkey

Mehmet Ceyhan*

, Inci Yildirim*, Paul Balmer†, Ray Borrow†, Bunyamin Dikici‡, Mehmet Turgut§, Nese Kurt§, Aysel Aydogan¶, Cigdem Ecevit¶, Yasar Anlar#, Ozlem Gulumser#, Gonul Tanir, Nuran Salman††, Nezahat Gurler††, Nevin Hatipoglu††, Mustafa Hacimustafaoglu‡‡, Solmaz Celebi‡‡, Yavuz Coskun§§, Emre Alhan¶¶, Umit Celik¶¶, Yildiz Camcioglu††, Gulten Secmeer*, Deniz Gur##, and Steve Gray†

Author affiliations: *Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; †Health Protection Agency North West, Manchester, United Kingdom; ‡Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey; §Firat University, Elazig, Turkey; ¶Dr. Behcet Uz Children’s Hospital, Izmir, Turkey; #Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey; **Sami Ulus Children’s Hospital, Ankara; ††Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; ‡‡Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey; §§Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey; ¶¶Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey; ##Pediatric Microbiology Laboratory, Ankara;

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Distribution of etiology of acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey detected by using PCR analysis. Of 243 PCR-confirmed cases, 138 (56.5%) were attributable to Neisseria meningitidis, 55 (22.5%) to Streptococcus pneumoniae, and 50 (20.5%) to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

Figure 3. Distribution of etiology of acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey detected by using PCR analysis. Of 243 PCR-confirmed cases, 138 (56.5%) were attributable to Neisseria meningitidis, 55 (22.5%) to Streptococcus pneumoniae, and 50 (20.5%) to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

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