A prospective study of etiology of childhood acute bacterial meningitis, Turkey

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1089-1096

  Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Yildirim, Inci ^a   Balmer, Paul ^b   Borrow, Ray ^b   Dikici, Bunyamin ^c   Turgut, Mehmet ^d   Kurt, Nese ^d   Aydogan, Aysel ^e   Ecevit, Cigdem ^e   Anlar, Yasar ^f   Gulumser, Ozlem ^f   Tanir, Gonul ^g   Salman, Nuran ^h   Gurler, Nezahat ^h   Hatipoglu, Nevin ^h   Hacimustafaoglu, Mustafa ⁱ   Celebi, Solmaz ⁱ   Coskun, Yavuz ^j   Alhan, Emre ^k   Celik, Umit ^k   Camcioglu, Yildiz ^h   Secmeer, Gulten ^a   Gur, Deniz ^l   Gray, Steve ^b   more..

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^h ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l Pediatric Microbiology Laboratory   (Turkey)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY;

EID: 46349089122     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.070938     Document Type: Article

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