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

Toprak D., Soysal A., TORUNOGLU M. A., Turgut M., Turkoglu S., PIMENTA F. C., ...More

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL, vol.33, no.10, pp.1087-1089, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Polymerase 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.