Pneumococcal serotypes causing pediatric meningitis in Turkey: Application of a new technology in the investigation of cases negative by conventional culture

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-293

  Ceyhan, M ^a   Yildirim, I ^b   Sheppard, C L ^c   George, R C ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS; TURKEY;

EID: 77952423246     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0853-y     Document Type: Article

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