A Prospective Study of Etiology of Childhood Acute Bacterial Meningitis, Turkey - Volume 14, Number 7—July 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Ceyhan M, Yildirim I, Balmer P, Borrow R, Dikici B, Turgut M, Kurt N, Aydogan A, Ecevit C, Anlar Y, Gulumser O, Tanir G, Salman N, Gurler N, Hatipoglu N, Hacimustafaoglu M, Celebi S, Coskun Y, Alhan E, Celik U, Camcioglu Y, Secmeer G, Gur D, Gray S. A Prospective Study of Etiology of Childhood Acute Bacterial Meningitis, Turkey - Volume 14, Number 7—July 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 1089-1096. PMID: 18598630, PMCID: PMC2600347, DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.070938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute bacterial meningitisBacterial meningitisSerogroup WCSF samplesChildhood acute bacterial meningitisHaemophilus influenzae type bInfectious Diseases journal - CDCEtiology of meningitisInfluenzae type bCerebrospinal fluid samplesPCR-positive samplesProspective studyBacterial etiologyMeningococcal diseaseVaccination policyCost of diseaseMeningitisS. pneumoniaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeClinical diagnosisEtiologyN. meningitidisNeisseria meningitidisDiseaseType B